End of Hurricane Season

Today is the last official day of Hurricane Season; but since hurricanes can't read, that doesn't mean there's absolutely no chance of having a hurricane until next June. And besides, this is 2020, so all bets are off!

This page will stay this way until a storm enters the Central Pacific area.

I did not make any soymilk yesterday & I did not clean up any of the beet or hakurei greens; it was a rather sparse proothie this morning. I used water instead of soymilk; which allowed me to watch as various ingredients sank to the bottom but other did not. I also used the leftover stalks from the last 2 salads I had here rather than any other greens. And I forgot to take a photo.

Just as I was parking for work The Potential Most Favorite Roommate sent me a photo; it was a male Rose-ringed Parakeet in the ʻOhai Aliʻi. It was eating one of the green seed pods. Both the bird and the plant are invasive species here.

(Photo by Potential Most Favorite Roommate)

I worked today; gave the good news to 7 people that they were released from isolation. I checked in on another 5; all should be out of isolation by the end of the week. And there were 11 that I was not able to get a hold of. I had started out making call backs to people we had been trying to reach since last week; I reached 0 out of 6 people. Dave moved me to follow-up calls before the new cases came in so I did not talk to any new people. About an hour after I returned from lunch there were only the last call back for the day left and Dave only needed 3 people for that so I got off early.

For lunch I went to Down to Earth; the signs were back and the food looked a lot better! I had the Teriyaki Tofu and found it to be a whole lot better than whatever I had last week!

I called Maunalani to pick up the photos Dad had on the wall. But Jazmine was unable to find anyone who knew where Linda put everything so I will have to wait until she is back on duty.

When I got home the cats were napping. Keala was under the tree on the tree skirt again, S'mores was lying in the middle of the living room on one of the zabuton, I couldn't find Luna.

Keala.

S'mores.

 

I was finally able to make the soymilk; I am wondering how it will taste. Because I did not make it on the day I had intended, the beans soaked for 2 days instead of overnight. Even though I put them in the refrigerator, they looked to be a little more frothy on top like they fermented more. When I boiled them the 2nd batch separated out more and the liquid had a sort of pinkish color. Not sure what it all means but I tried it with my chocolate collagen drink and it tasted fine. 

Soymilk squeezed out of okara.

Cooled soymilk has separated.

When its shaken up it looks normal.

After 3 hours of settling.

The okara from the 2nd batch also did not look as finely ground as the 1st batch. I was still able to get out about the same amount of moisture from the okara. I usually dry the okara for 2 hours at 250; every 30 minutes I stir it around and break it up. At the end of the 2 hours, I leave it in the oven while the oven cools. I did that tonight. While I was talking to The Roommate Who Likes to Wash Dishes he was preparing his dinner; but it didn't register with me. When he opened the oven door I realized that my okara was now a bit darker than usual! Auē! It kinda looks like Grape Nuts and tastes a little like toast.

Regular dried okara (L) & overly toasted okara (R).

For dinner I heated up the leftover red mole and cauliflower rice. I also ate the rest of the radishes I had marinated in the sauerkraut brine. I also forgot to take a photo of my dinner.

I forgot to get a screenshot of the Aix weather app so I don't know how it compared to the Tesla app. Looks like the morning was fairly sunny in Kapaʻau but later it turned a little cloudy in the afternoon.

The legislature has proposed some changes in pre-testing travel program. Basically they are looking at a test upon arrival for people who did not get their test results back before they traveled. The cost of the test would be paid by the traveler and they must quarantine until the new test results confirm they are negative.

 

There were 85 new COVID-19 cases reported today for a grand total of 17,925 known cases. There were no new deaths reported so that number remains at 244; there are 1243 active cases. The 7-day average of new cases on Oʻahu is 66 with a 2.2% positivity rate.