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From the WHO situation reports: I check the WHO situation reports daily. There are great weaknesses in their data and it is usually a day or more behind Worldometer or Johns Hopkins data. But it is easy to track changes because they make all past reports available. China had 116 new cases in their situation report 61. {this number disagrees with Worldometer} In report 60 it was 126 In report 59 it was 58 In report 58 it was 39 From South Korea 61: 147 {this number disagrees with Worldometer} 60: 239 59: 93 58: 84 These have to be disturbing trends that need exploration. Again, they do not match Worldometer's numbers.

Never been to Arlington Kebob. But these are as good as Istanbul Grill which is my other top choice for Kebabs. Plus it is way cheaper. Of course, it is a quick grill and not a sit down restaurant. But we will not be sitting down in restaurants any time soon.

You left off his faked moon landing movies. Have you seen my new tinfoil hat?

Picked up after orderig online. Paid and tipped online so Kay just went in and grabbed the bag. Got the three kabob combo: beef shish, chicken, lamb. All were juicy and tender. Sides of rice and chickpeas Also got a veggie platter which was potato, spinach and chick peas, w/rice. The potatoes should have been eggplant so the platter was a bit of disappointment. The spinach and chickpeas were very good, but hte chick pea portion was two times that of the other two, maybe more. So loads and loads of chickpeas. The potato was eh. Got bread and a salad as well, plus white and green sauces. They are definitely hurting for business. I hope they survive. I'd do the Kabob combo with an eggplant appetizer, a spinach side and a veggie kebab side for about the same price as what we got, which was $33 with 20% tip. We have leftovers.

Well... you are forgiven.

It is a matter of playing percentages. Grocery employees need to take precautions. I shopped at H mart and except for check out, it was easy to maintain 6' and they were sanitizing shopping cart handles. Whole foods is putting up Plexiglas in their check out lines.

No bacon in the casserole too?

Bread w/TJs peanut butter & raspberry jelly "Japanese" tofu & mushroom soup.

Spot on. The Imperial college numbers also line up with the guy from Harvard School of Epidemiology.

The last of the clam and seaweed noodle salad, even better today Beet greens Fried eggs for me, scrambles for Kay, both done in olive oil.

I passed the greens soup thru the mouli and we had a mug or two of that to start. Really improved the soup. I put it in the Vita Mix at high for a minute. Baked beets, chilled and marinated in red wine vinegar, lots of salt & pepper, a few drops olive oil Pork belly and skirt steak on the yaki niku grill. I rubbed the meats with yuzu kosho and let it sit for almost an hour. We dipped into salt W/sesame oil; soy; wasabi Pistachio gelato Dinks: Negroni type to start: Green Hat gin, Capitoline white vermouth, Luxardo Aperitivo Americano {their Aperol. its really better than the original!} angostura orange bitters, Bitterman's hopped grapefruit. A glass of Cenatiempo Ischhia rosso: nicely ripe and chewy piedirosso

We NEED more ice cream than we can eat Macaroons.

Olive oil fried egg whites for breakfast. Better than Kay's scrambles egg whites. Are egg whites good for cats? We are going to get one shortly.

I cut them in half. Used a carbon steel pan but cast iron would work too. Then I sliced half an onion into rings and cooked them in olive oil until caramelized. The I rinsed the kalettes and left about 1/4 cup water on them. Tossed them onto the onions, truned a fw times and covered for about 3 or 4 minutes. Then uncovered, seasoned and cooked a final two minutes. They were tender crisp. Put them in a bowl, hit them with some sesame oil and lemon juice. I possibly used a drop or two of soy or fish sauce, I am too senile to remember. I have never got kalettes just right before so this is my method going forward.

Olive oil fried eggs for me, scrambled for Kay. Cold beet greens w/olive oil, better than when warm. Trail mix. Coffee. Technical question: When does lunch end? Snacking begin? Dinner start?

I have dialed this machine in. I follow the basic recipe: 5 egg yolks, 2 cups milk, 2 cups heavy cream, 1 vanilla bean, pinch salt, 1-1/2 tsp vanilla. If I want an ice cream texture, I beat the eggs w/sugar on 3 or 4 on my stand mixer {I have an old mixmaster I scored for $10 on Craig's list}and when tempering the eggs I beat the hot cream/milk mix into the beaten eggs, again on a higher speed but just how high depends on the machine as if I go too fast, I wnd up wearing the ice cream mix. Then I cook the egg/dairy mix and add in my flavorings as the mix cools. For a more gelato~like product, I use 6 yolks and do all the mixing on speed 1 and stop it and scrape down a lot so I incorporate as little air in the mix as possible. Otherwise it is the same. I make a batch or two of gelato base, flavor and strain them then refrigerate overnight. I can spin them as desired. Since I only have one freezer bowl, I make 1-1/2 quarts a day {one batch} Right now, we have Perisian saffron and a batch of Bronte pistachio. Some of my next ideas are balsamico, and a Persian pomegranate molases & walnut {fessenjan gelato!} We have made green tea which just involved mixing in matcha powder, ginger {with chopped TJ's candied ginger} and vanilla.

Yesterday and today, we did triage on our refrigerators {yes we have 2} and did a lot of prep and cooking. That informed today's dinner. Clam salad: left over clams that had been steamed w/garlic & white wine, removed from the shell and tossed with Japanese seaweed noodle, shredded carrot & English cuke, sesame oil, vinegar, mirin, soy. Really good and the noodles are crunchy which was unexpected. Greens soup: we cooked this yesterday but finished it today and started eating it. Cooked radish and daikon greens, a carrot, one celery stalk, a bunch of flowering Tuscan kale, some green onion, garlic & ginger until soft. Added some cream and milk at the end. Today I pureed it in the Vitamix w/Asian pear, apple, ginger, a bit of raw onion and added the clam juice {we had nearly a quart!} We ate it and it was pretty stringy from the greens. I am going to pass the remainder thru a mouli if I can. Beet greens sauteed w/garlic & olive oil, w/lemon juice Kalettes sauted w/caramelized onion, olive oil, salt, pepper, spice rub, Aleppo. Drink: Korean yogurt & soju blended with ginger juice, a bit of syrup from Luxardo cherries, simple syrup Later, more gelato.

Yes. Two separate flavors. Sargol 1a saffron, and Bronte pistachio paste.

I would take the Imperial College number very seriously. I think that this is a worst case scenario of no response which is not where we are. But our medical capacity is horrendously poor right now. We have not ordered out the military to set up isolation wards, mobile hospitals like it says in the medical emergency plan. Tesla says he can manufacture respirators & ventilators, but dr POTUS is not ordering the production of masks, ventilators. In 6 months time we could have a seriously ramped up supply if the government orders them. Most states cannot run deficits, so the feds have to do it. The 1.1 million from the Post is not even given a cite. That number is .34% of the population. Let's say we have 0.5% mortality. That translates to 22 million infected or less than 10%. Right now our Mortality rate is low but our growth rate is very high. Other countries have had big moves in mortality as time goes by. I think 1.1 million is quite possibly where we end up with our current response.

Ideally we would have mass testing so we could concentrate the quarantine/distancing to those needing it. But it still would be a major effort. The city in Italy that tested everyone had amazing results.

I can't get into the app. I keep getting a "Do you have internet" message. I tried YouTube and it streamed so I have internet. We found Les Contes d'Hoffman w/Shicoff, Mintzer, Gallardo Domas, Graves, Dessay from 1995 La Scala. SHicoff is simply amazing as Hoffman and Ramey was in the best form I have ever heard/seen him in. Mintzer was superb as Nicklausse and the conducting by Chailley superb. Just incredible production all around.

Wednesday: Frozen Daiquiri Clams in abundant white wine and extravagant amounts of garlic Homemade Water Kimchi Bread to soak up the juices. Made lots of crudite, soup so nibbled we we prepared. Split a can of some Hazy IPA

Tuesday: went shopping so I picked up some H-Mart sashimi. Fluke & yellowtail. Superb except for two tail bits from Yelowtail that were super fishy. Assorted pickles and rice w/umeboshi. Draft Makkoli Homemade saffron gelato & pistachio gelato.

I can't even sign in because of so much traffic on site.

Our go to Japanese inspired soup: hon dashi, soy, ume shiso vinegar, sesame oil, mirin. Stuff: soft tofu cut into sticks and boiled in salted water 1 minute, daikon leaves, king oyster mushrooms, spring onion