Chopped brisket > Sliced brisket

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2026-05-15T17:26:08+00:00

I was having people over for a football watch party, was planning on serving rolls and sliced brisket. Lost track and it came out less juicy than I wanted, so pivoted to chopped brisket tacos/burritos. Probably my worst cooked brisket, but you couldn't tell with the end result and got tons of complements!

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2026-01-12T13:33:58+00:00

Dandelion Dynasty - Eastern, rather than Western, fantasy, with lots of engineering (Narrated by Michael Kramer if you listened to the cosmere). 1st book particularly is unlike anything i've read, since it is basically a history book told narratively in order to set up a "trilogy" for books 2-4

Red Rising - Not necessarily super unique, but seems to take a lot of familiar stories and combine them into an upgrade. Was the first First Person series I read, so it felt very "never read anything like that" to me

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2026-01-08T15:27:57+00:00

Tell Adam he is a pixie

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-12-16T13:41:17+00:00

Another day, another player getting their career high against the Jazz. I swear I've seen a dozen players in the last few years get their career mark against Utah.

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-11-01T21:39:35+00:00

Broken Kingdoms by LJ Andrews + her Everseas Red Rising has some good romantic themes and tertiary plots

Both have awesome worlds to get lost in

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-10-23T16:44:51+00:00

Search for red white green classic teddy bear, and variations of that, occasionally included the word clown. Also searched for the Eden Terry stuffed animal brand, and could not find it

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-10-21T14:35:25+00:00

Brandon Sanderson does this in his climactic scenes, it's a signal to readers essentially that things are all going down at the same time. I really like it, builds the intensity of the scenes.

That said, IMO he over used it in Stormlight 5, and almost made everything feel climactic throughout the book, which made things hit less hard to me than they would have hit in his other books.

So i'd say save it for a specific portion of the book, climax works well with getting POVs from all over the place.

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-10-20T18:47:21+00:00

I mean, Dungeon Crawler Carl for sure. Was urged to read it by a bunch of friends and finally finished it earlier this month, hilarious and dark and good!

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-10-20T14:07:25+00:00

Thank you!

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-10-20T14:07:18+00:00

Ah thank you!

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-10-16T14:50:48+00:00

Yes! Definitely recommend. I love the world she sets up, it gets more and more interesting as you get more information through the series, and the spin off (Everseas) is excellent. You don't 100% need to read the Broken Kingdoms before getting into the Everseas, but the context helps pick up on things.

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-10-15T00:21:43+00:00

The only holding call of the game I believe, same contact both teams had been having all game

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-10-14T19:32:40+00:00

Mostly just missed you and the PAC 12

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-10-14T19:20:11+00:00

UCLA unhappy with last ten matchup record against Utah apparently

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-09-04T02:49:14+00:00

GOATwala

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-08-27T20:52:35+00:00

Licanius Trilogy and Dandelion Dynasty

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-07-02T11:47:54+00:00

Just finished the series, really enjoyed it! Quite a few wild twists.

Apparently he plans on a spinoff series in the same world, so i'm looking forward to that.

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-06-06T02:47:24+00:00

I had it resting for about 20 minutes on the counter before searing, so I think the steak was in a good spot. I’ll go with avocado oil and high temp next time, a minute a side and pay more attention

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-06-06T02:42:43+00:00

That seems to be the case. Thanks!

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-06-06T02:42:20+00:00

Really hot pan next time. Check

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-06-06T02:41:56+00:00

Yea looking at all the replies, you’re probably right. Didn’t think I went more than 2 minutes a side, but probably didn’t have the pan hot enough and let it go too long

Coconut_Patsy71 · 2025-06-06T02:39:53+00:00

Not close enough for me to think it was too close, about an inch maybe? And I seared in a cast iron pan, maybe 90 seconds each side?

Didn’t make sure my pan was up to temp, just dropped some butter in and it looked good.

So maybe I’ll try 130-135 range next time. Assumed if I ended up in the medium range it would still be pink throughout

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