Daily Archives: May 19, 2012

From a spark to a flame

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Liskeard started welcoming the flame with a street party, live music, hog roast and generally had a really good time! Hello Dear Reader, We waited, along with everyone else for the flame to arrive. It had been held up through Cornwall and was slightly delayed. The Olympic bus pulled up and Helen stepped off to applause and adulation. She shared her moment with local people and then the flame arrived. It was carried by Duncan Goodhew, a hero of my childhood, who won gold at the Moscow Olympics……we did really well by America boycotting the games, team GB got a lot of gold medals that year. The flame was lit and Helen took the flame on its way. Helen is a local outdoor education teacher, who leads teenagers on expeditions to Nepal and Africa, she has trained students for Ten Tors for many years and students have achieved the Duke of Edinburgh awards because of Helen. It was an honour to be part of her moment. Thanks to everyone who left such kind and encouraging words for my daughter. We’ve had a text today telling us she painted loads of faces and had a good day. Today, I felt proud to be Cornish, English and British. Liskeard was thronging with people and I have watched the live relay on the BBC site, dedicated to the coverage of the relay. It has been truly magical. You can hear me, being very excited on the video……….apologies, it was truly moving and Helen, you absolutely deserved to carry the flame! This is the best example of why Helen carried the flame!

Enjoy Helen’s moment. A magical moment………….Love Froogs xxxx

From manky to marvellous.

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Hello Dear Reader,


I eat manky vegetables! I simply cut off the slimey, manky, even mouldy bits and eat the rest. My cauliflower looked brown and manky in the bag and was eleven days past the best before date! I ignore sell by and best before dates and trust my instincts. As you can see, the inside of the cauli was fine.

Equally, the carrots were ready for the Antiques Roadshow but they were pulled out the the ground last year and have been in CO2 storage for months on end and they can last a bit longer. They’d got a bit wet at the bottom of the fridge and the ends were ‘going’ but I resurrected the rest. I peeled them and grated them and they were fine.

The lettuce was brown and starting to stick to the bag. I cut off what I didn’t like the look of.

Inside, it was fine!

The carrots became carrot cake muffins. 8oz of SR flour, eggs, sugar and marg beaten together, with a teaspoon of cinnamon and half a teaspoon of ground nutmeg, also the grated zest of one orange, plus one very large grated carrot. Spoon into cake tins and bake for about 30 minutes at 180. I ate the orange!

Here’s the result. Cauliflower cheese, with salad and crusty bread.



Grated carrots are great with salad and some dressing. (3 tablespoons of olive oil, one tablespoon of vinegar and a teaspoon of Dijon mustard, a sprinkle of salt and shake in a jam jar with the lid on)



All over the world, people have no choice of what they ate today, if they ate at all. I ate well and we’ve some lovely cakes to eat over the coming week. I’m now stuffed and ready to walk to the other side of Liskeard and watch the Olympic torch come through my town. I’ll have photographs to share tomorrow.




Until tomorrow,


Love Froogs xxxx