Alyssa checked the directions on the recipe and scratched off what she had already done, just to make sure that she was on the right track.
According to the directions, now it was time for her to roll up the salmon slices and then transfer them onto a plate. So she first grabbed the plate and placed it closer to her and then rolling up her sleeves, she bent over and slowly but delicately, rolled the first slice of salmon starting from the thinner end and working her way to the larger end, until the salmon was fully rolled up. She made sure that the salmon slice wouldn't unroll itself, before placing it on the plate. Then she started working on the next slice of salmon, rolling it up and adding it to the first one on the plate. She repeated the steps until all her slices of salmon had been rolled and were now lying on the plate.
Then she picked up the soft cheese and started breaking it up with her fingers until they were almost the size of crumbs. Picking up the cheese crumbs with her fingers, she lightly sprinkled the cheese over her rolled salmon until all the salmon was covered with cheese. Once she was done with the cheese sprinkling, using her fingers again, she picked up the basil and sprinkled that on top of the rolled salmon slices as well.
Now for the last part of the directions. Toothpicks. Where were the toothpicks? Alyssa couldn't seem to see them on her table. So she searched through the preparation utensils but couldn't find it there. It definitely wasn't with the ingredients either, so Alyssa decided to search through her basket one more time, and was glad that she had, because stuck in the corner of the basket, was a small vial containing toothpicks.
Alyssa pulled it out of the basket and poured out the toothpicks into her hand. Taking one toothpick at a time, she pierced each rolled salmon piece right down the center.
She then checked through her recipe directions one more time, to make sure that she had done everything as directed, scratching off each step, just to be on the safe side.