Reprises

Made repeats of two recent dishes.

1. Saffron Rice Pilaf with Pine Nuts. Not much variation but used california white rice. Rice came out somewhat soggy. Probably want to stick with jasmine/basmati rice and use 3-1/2 C water for 2 C rice.
2. Also repeated Grilled, Marinated Flank steak. Use flap meat and flank steak from Marina Foods. Forgot the pepper in the marinade but otherwise similar. Found my timing intuition was off. Meat came out undercooked. Also flap meat was much more variable in thickness with a very thick end that cooked more slowly and a very thin end. Wasn't as satisfying in terms of the marinade flavor. Don't know what this was. Maybe to much soy sauce relative to other ingredients?