Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced mango; water. Sprint standup. Mass email comparison followup. 1:1 with Eric. For lunch I prepared for Patrick and me stir-fried velvet chicken with snap peas and lemon-ginger sauce found on Serious Eats except we had lime instead of lemon. This recipe was very frustrating to make because of poorly ordered, poorly written directions. For example, "combine remaining soy sauce, wine, and cornstarch in a small bowl" and later "combine remaining ginger, garlic, and scallions in a small bowl and set aside" forces you to stop where you are reading then look in multiple other locations for the quantities specified in the ingredients list and the quantities you have used while also doing the math to subtract amounts used from the amounts originally specified. If you are also halving or doubling the recipe, prepare for lots of mental gymnastics. If you printed the recipe duplex, then some of your listed ingredients are on the back side, so prepare to flip and flip and flip, subtracting and halving or doubling along the way. The recipe turned out okay except the pea pods were inedible. I used English peas, which seemed like a reasonable substitute for snap peas, but the pods turned out too rubbery and were hard to cut. Now I know: sugar peas and snap peas have edible pods. We tolerated it by splitting the pods, releasing the peas, and discarding the pods. The peas were fine. Water to drink. Continued working. Met with Joel on short notice to discuss anchors and links. Dinner at home with Patrick: we prepared pork dumplings and steamed them in bamboo baskets atop a wok filled with water. This was probably our first time making dumplings together. Water and red wine to drink. Ginger-soy dipping sauces. I washed dishes and Patrick helped clean and tidy. Afterwards we watched various clips on YouTube and Disney+ mostly related to Star Wars. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Updates for home websites.