{"id":6553,"date":"2020-06-21T19:17:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T00:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/?p=6553"},"modified":"2021-05-22T16:42:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T21:42:01","slug":"open-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/21\/open-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Open, closed &#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s kinda hard to know what is happening &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Since we live in a country, and a state, with no consistent pandemic policies, stuff&#8217;s open, stuff&#8217;s closed, a fall spike (or even August) of Covid-19 cases is predicted, and there are lots of headlines now about numbers of sick people going up.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, University of Wisconsin where I work announced &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/smartrestart.wisc.edu\/\">Smart Restart<\/a>&#8221; and already the <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.wisc.edu\/graduate-students\/\">UW Covid-19 resource page<\/a> that us departmental webmasters have been linking to is gone, although the info has been re-categorized and you can get to the info by selecting from the &#8220;Information for&#8221; tab,\u00a0 and picking who you are, like undergrads, grad students, employees, etc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-21-at-6.13.42-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-21-at-6.13.42-PM.png 648w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-21-at-6.13.42-PM-150x80.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had small groups of friends &amp; kids over, no more than 4 at a time, to sit outside, and have a drink, and eat a bit.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m getting a haircut next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>And supposedly I&#8217;m going back to campus, sometime around Sept. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it&#8217;s Father&#8217;s Day, and I went and picked strawberries at my CSA farm this morning, and we&#8217;re going to eat them with <a href=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/2018\/05\/22\/victoria-sponge-or-dads-day-cake\/\">cake and pastry cream<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are my cooking adventures, back to last Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBbfdqIDdRH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBbfdqIDdRH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asparagus quiche, cornmeal blueberry muffins, and lots of fruit for Sunday brunch<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/debslunch\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> deb<\/a> (@debslunch) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2020-06-14T20:51:17+00:00\">Jun 14, 2020 at 1:51pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6566\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6566\" class=\"wp-image-6566 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/berrycrispbrekkie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/berrycrispbrekkie.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/berrycrispbrekkie-473x450.jpg 473w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/berrycrispbrekkie-150x143.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leftover berry crisp, that we&#8217;d had for Sunday dessert, for Monday breakfast<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6565\" style=\"width: 534px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6565\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cornmealbberrymuffins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cornmealbberrymuffins.jpg 524w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cornmealbberrymuffins-363x450.jpg 363w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cornmealbberrymuffins-121x150.jpg 121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More leftovers for breakfast &#8211; one of Sunday&#8217;s cornmeal blueberry muffins lightly fried in butter, thick yogurt on the side, drizzle of maple syrup. Tuesday. I went for a bike ride before breakfast<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6564\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6564\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bokchoysteakbowl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bokchoysteakbowl.jpg 488w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bokchoysteakbowl-338x450.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bokchoysteakbowl-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steak, potato &amp; bok choy bowls with Siracha mayonaise, and radish, turnip, slaw<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6563\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6563\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dianesdadssummersandwich.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dianesdadssummersandwich.jpg 488w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dianesdadssummersandwich-338x450.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dianesdadssummersandwich-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/07\/24\/199149179\/taste-of-summer-finalist-dianes-dads-sandwich\">Diane&#8217;s Dad&#8217;s summer sandwich<\/a>, to go with <a href=\"https:\/\/mplfoundation.org\/event\/lunch-for-libraries-with-mark-bittman\/\">Lunch for Libraries with Mark Bittman<\/a>, online, on Thursday<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6562\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6562\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dianesdadssummersandwich1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dianesdadssummersandwich1.jpg 488w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dianesdadssummersandwich1-338x450.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dianesdadssummersandwich1-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diane&#8217;s Dad&#8217;s summer sandwich, to go with Lunch for Libraries with Mark Bittman, online, on Thursday<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Also on Thursday, we had a big taco salad with the leftover steak from the bok choy bowls (local meat, purchased at the Farners Market), with tomato and avocado, and the slaw that was on the bok choy bowls, and feta, and crumpled up corn chips. Marred only by the bottled ranch dressing that I dredged outta the fridge and combined with some homemade ranch dip, said dressing turned out to have a 2011 use-by date. Since I combined with other dressing though, and the salad had so many fresh ingredients, the old dressing didn&#8217;t really wreck the salad too much. Plus we didn&#8217;t know how old it was till after we were done eating. <a id=jinx><\/a>Since it was kind of a light supper I decided to make these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/recipes\/food\/views\/double-decker-peanut-butter-brownies\">peanut butter brownie bars<\/a> which I&#8217;ve made a few times before and they were well liked. But I seem to have some kind of jinx on bars at the moment. In this case I followed the recipe instructions, instead of my own eyes, to take them out of the oven after 25 minutes even if they looked underdone. They were like soup. I had similar troubles with these <a href=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/new-recipes\/2018\/03\/22\/lime-white-chocolate-blondies\/\">white chocolate blondies<\/a>, that are my own recipe. They came out soggy and greasy and underdone. I think I used baking soda instead of powder and put the lime juice in too soon. You have to fold it in last, like my own recipe says! &#8211; so it doesn&#8217;t make the leavening start to work. Both batches ended up in the garbage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6558\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6558\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rainysaturdaycat2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rainysaturdaycat2.jpg 488w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rainysaturdaycat2-338x450.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rainysaturdaycat2-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainy Saturday cat<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6557\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6557\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/batwingbrekkie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/batwingbrekkie.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/batwingbrekkie-460x450.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/batwingbrekkie-150x147.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainy Saturday brekkie, leftover potatoes from the bok choy bowls, fried with an egg, and sourdough toast on the side<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6560\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6560\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GarretHostelbridge-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GarretHostelbridge-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GarretHostelbridge-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GarretHostelbridge-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GarretHostelbridge-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GarretHostelbridge.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Attraction_Review-g186225-d17461616-Reviews-Garret_Hostel_Bridge-Cambridge_Cambridgeshire_England.html\">Garret Hostel Bridge<\/a> in Cambridge, posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tim.griffin.50767\">an old friend<\/a> who teaches there<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6556\" style=\"width: 606px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6556\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/scallionpancakes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/scallionpancakes.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/scallionpancakes-413x450.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/scallionpancakes-138x150.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scallion pancakes &#8211; we wrapped them around hot dogs for Saturday dinner<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s kinda hard to know what is happening &#8230; Since we live in a country, and a state, with no consistent pandemic policies, stuff&#8217;s open, stuff&#8217;s closed, a fall spike (or even August) of Covid-19 cases is predicted, and there are lots of headlines now about numbers of sick people going up. Last week, University &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/21\/open-closed\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[251,261,21],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-ds83473gmail-com","4":"post-6553","6":"format-standard","7":"has-post-thumbnail","8":"category-blogpost","9":"post_tag-pandemic","10":"post_tag-uncertain-times","11":"post_tag-weekends"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6553"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7856,"href":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6553\/revisions\/7856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}