Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness Pierre?

I'm at the part where I go to the meadow at 10:00 a.m., and I did that, and I chose the appetizer recipe, and Pierre said to come back at 6:00 p.m. or something like that. So I got home, but I had already made the recipe, so I just took care of my animals and dawdled around till six, when I ran to the meadow, and no one was there... Was I supposed to cook a recipe after choosing the type of food I was going to cook?