Fool of a Took Podcast
Fool of a Took is a weekly Lord of the Rings read-through podcast. Bookworms Pat (the Tolkien fanatic and annual re-reader) and Robbie Jean (read it 20 years ago) lead their spouses Chris and Laura (the “fools” who have never read the books) on this journey for the first time as they read a chapter each week and discuss it together.
If you haven't read the book before and are a bit nervous to start, this is the podcast for you! At its core, FOAT is a podcast designed to remove the intimidation many people have with committing to reading The Lord of the Rings. FOAT is about allowing those who have never read the books, as well as seasoned readers and avid fans of LOTR, to enjoy this journey together.
With foods and snacks inspired by the books, mead and wine to be drunk, and hot mics recording everything along the way, the questions still linger in the shadows: Will Pat and Robbie Jean help Chris and Laura finally reach Mordor? Will Chris remember anything from the previous chapter? Is there a LOTR fanatic still to be made? Find out only on Fool of a Took.
Fool of a Took Podcast
022 - "The Breaking of the Fellowship" Season One Finale - Fool of a Took Podcast
As season one concludes, Frodo does an exposition dump, Chris nearly dies, and Sam forces Frodo to relive this childhood trauma. This week we discuss book 2, chapter 10, "The Breaking of the Fellowship", from The Fellowship of the Ring.
Today's "Food For Thought": The Eye of Sugar
I've been waiting a whole book to make these, so the final episode of season 1 felt like the right time! Use any cupcake recipe you like- I did a white cake from scratch but a box mix would be fine.
Once cupcakes have cooled, mix up some red jam with a bit of red food coloring. I used a long piping tip to fill the cupcakes; you could also just cut out a little hole in the center.
For frosting, again you could use homemade American buttercream or white frosting from a can. Mix up some dark yellow, orange, reddish orange, and black. Use an offset small metal spatula to apply a smooth layer of yellow to the cupcakes. Use a toothpick to draw where the black pupil will go. Then use a piping tip to make orange lines coming away from the pupil. I squeezed the leftover orange frosting out and added red to get the reddish orange color. Once you have those on, pull a toothpick through the fire colors to create a jagged, flame effect. Finally, pipe the black in a cat-eye pupil shape. If you want to smooth it as I did, run your spatula under hot water and gently smooth the black icing with it.
Then have your husband attempt to create a tower for it out of graham crackers and your leftover frosting. Act surprised when it falls over due to no structural integrity and makes a giant mess.
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Hi! Welcome to Fool of a Took Podcast, a show about friends reading the Lord of the Rings together. Here's the catch - 2 of the 4 hosts have never read the books before! Pat and Rj help their spouses Chris and Laura read the Lord of the Rings for the first time in a weekly podcast that discusses each chapter along the way.
With chapter snacks, fresh grog, and plenty of tongue wagging, you can be sure we’ll all be “cracked” by the end.
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