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Brisket and Other Party Foods

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For Caroline's birthday party, I made sous vide brisket^[@rev]. Costco only had choice-level flat brisket. I got a 9.09 lbs piece and it didn't need much trimming. I would have preferred a prime "packer" even though it would have been much more work. But they didn't have it.

I trimmed what I needed and then cut it down the middle. I used the seasoning mix from the recipe without doubling it. I don't do another coat so I just used 1x. I added 1/4 tsp of liquid smoke in each bag. I put it in with the steak^[@rev] at 140°F and then brought it to 155°F for the next 26 hours. I quick-chilled it Saturday night in a cooler with ice and left it overnight (I meant to take it out but forgot. Thankfully, there was just a tad bit of ice left in the water and I checked the temp. It was fine overnight).

To reheat it, I put it in a cooler with hot tap water for a bit and then smoked it on the grill for 2.5 hours or so.

It was pretty good! Not super smokey but I liked the flavor and the crust. We basically just had enough. Everyone ate but it was not plentiful. Oops.

I also made "blue box". It was 1 large "deluxe" box and one regular. The deluxe has a sauce packet while the regular needs to be mixed with butter and milk. That also went.

Finally, Meredith made 2 lbs (two batches) of Omi's Haricots Verts Salad [Gaby Dalkin]^[@rev] with regular green beans and sans shallots. They were also popular!

Overall, pretty good though I wish we had a bit more.

And of course we had Tractor Birthday Cake^[@rev] for dessert with a watermelon and Blue Bell Cookies ’n Cream Cone Ice Cream.