Friday, December 16, 2022
Vacation day 7 of 30. Breakfast with Patrick: we split two pastries from B Patisserie: one chocolate-almond-banana croissant and one kouign amann, both heated. Half cups of decaf coffee with milk to drink. Later I had my usual medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, toasted and crushed hazelnuts, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, golden raisins; water. Today Patrick prepared Southern rum balls, chocolate gingerbread cookies, and braised cola and bourbon brisket. For lunch we ate leftovers from Lazy Susan. For dinner we ordered delivery from Papa Mak's via Uber Eats: burgers, fries, and onion rings. I found a small bone while eating my burger. Cocktails: ranch water. Afterwards we watched trailers for Barbie and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse and Moonlighting s3:e8 (It's a Wonderful Job) on YouTube. I washed dishes. Patrick went to bed. I babysat the brisket while it cooled, which was a bit of work to cool it quickly. I removed the brisket whole into a separate container which was sealed with plastic wrap and placed in the fridge. I then tried to cool the gravy by placing it in a pitcher then placing the pitcher into a steel bowl with an ice water bath, but the pitcher was plastic and too insulating. Instead I washed the steel bowl, then used the sink as an ice water bath, and this was effective. To bed a little after 11 p.m.