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I said last week I would talk about different salads, but I decided that instead I would just mention the salads I'm eating on this journal periodically. Yes, try to control your enthusiasm. Salads.
Today I made a simple carrot salad which tasted way better than I expected. I was going to let it marinate in the refrigerator a little while and then get some parsley later to add, but then it was so good I just ate it all as soon as I made it.
-- two large sweet juicing carrots or four regular carrots, shredded
-- extra-virgin olive oil
-- the juice of one lemon
-- salt and freshly cracked pepper
-- and then spices. You don't need a lot of any of these. Maybe as much as the salt or pepper, to taste. I put in cumin, turmeric, fenugreek, cinnamon, and cayenne pepper.
Fenugreek can be pretty hard to find so if you don't have that one, don't worry about it.
In other news, I've been pondering the subject of book reviews. I used to review books on Goodreads and give them three, four, or five stars. But I've since heard some authors say that they are offended by reviews that are less than five stars, or that you need to explain why you aren't giving a book 5 stars. Also, I realize that if someone gives me their book to read and I don't love it, and I don't want to give it a good review, well... if I give three and four-star reviews, but I don't review them at all, they'll know I thought it was really bad. If I *only* give five star reviews, then if I read your book and I didn't review it, I may have thought it was a pretty great book, just not one of my absolute favorites.
The hard part of this, of course, is that you have to keep quiet about every book that you don't totally absolutely love. And I know some people would like to have 3 and 4-star reviews, because at least it's publicity, and people have a variety of thickness of skin. I personally am not at all offended about a four-star review, and would only be a little bummed by a three-star review if it was from a friend. So I hate to not give those anymore. But I think that's probably the best way to do it.
Note: this is all theoretical anyway, because I hardly can keep up with my e-mail since I developed repetitive stress injuries, much less being able to review every book I love on Goodreads. But, it's still something I ponder.
Today I made a simple carrot salad which tasted way better than I expected. I was going to let it marinate in the refrigerator a little while and then get some parsley later to add, but then it was so good I just ate it all as soon as I made it.
-- two large sweet juicing carrots or four regular carrots, shredded
-- extra-virgin olive oil
-- the juice of one lemon
-- salt and freshly cracked pepper
-- and then spices. You don't need a lot of any of these. Maybe as much as the salt or pepper, to taste. I put in cumin, turmeric, fenugreek, cinnamon, and cayenne pepper.
Fenugreek can be pretty hard to find so if you don't have that one, don't worry about it.
In other news, I've been pondering the subject of book reviews. I used to review books on Goodreads and give them three, four, or five stars. But I've since heard some authors say that they are offended by reviews that are less than five stars, or that you need to explain why you aren't giving a book 5 stars. Also, I realize that if someone gives me their book to read and I don't love it, and I don't want to give it a good review, well... if I give three and four-star reviews, but I don't review them at all, they'll know I thought it was really bad. If I *only* give five star reviews, then if I read your book and I didn't review it, I may have thought it was a pretty great book, just not one of my absolute favorites.
The hard part of this, of course, is that you have to keep quiet about every book that you don't totally absolutely love. And I know some people would like to have 3 and 4-star reviews, because at least it's publicity, and people have a variety of thickness of skin. I personally am not at all offended about a four-star review, and would only be a little bummed by a three-star review if it was from a friend. So I hate to not give those anymore. But I think that's probably the best way to do it.
Note: this is all theoretical anyway, because I hardly can keep up with my e-mail since I developed repetitive stress injuries, much less being able to review every book I love on Goodreads. But, it's still something I ponder.