Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Doris Day

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The 50's cannot get cheesier than Doris Day and I LOVE her! I am totally addicted to her films, especially the ones she has made with Rock Hudson. Her movies bring you a sense of a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. So if you're ever in a down and mopey mood, be sure to pick up a Doris Day film and it's guaranteed to cheer you right back up :) 

Here is a great box set that I totally recommend...

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My favorite is "Pillow Talk" but I can watch her movies all day long.

Bacardi Rum Cake

I love to bake, I believe that a true vintage housewife and domestic goddess should definitely love baking. My passion for baking started a few years ago when I became a huge fan of all things retro & vintage. And I love sharing recipes with my girlfriends. Here is a simple and delicious recipe for bacardi rum cake.

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Bacardi Rum Cake

Cake Mix:
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
1 x 18 1/2 oz. pkg. yellow cake mix
1 x 3 1/2 oz. pkg. vanilla instant pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup BACARDI Gold Rum
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup cold water
Glaze:
1/2 stick of butter
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup BACARDI Gold rum
Cake: Preheat oven to 325ºF. Grease and flour 12-cup BUNDT pan or a 10-cup tube pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan. In a large mixing bowl combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, BACARDI rum, oil and water. Using an electric mixer beat at low speed until moistened. Beat at high speed 2 minutes. Pour batter over nuts. Bake 1 hour until a skewer inserted in the cake comes out clean.
Cool 15 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate.
Glaze: Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in sugar, water and BACARDI rum. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Prick top of cake with a fork. Spoon and brush glaze evenly over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb the glaze. Repeat until glaze is used up. If you like, decorate the border with whipped cream before serving.

My collection of vintage housewife pics

Here is a few pics I have collected from the internet of vintage housewives. I am simply amazed by the vintage housewife and I believe they deserve more respect because they work just as hard as any other woman or man working in the streets for a living. Here is my tribute to all the domestic goddesses :)

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Friday, February 12, 2010

Diaries Of A Domestic Goddess

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CLEVER IDEAS WORTH KNOWING
Image and video hosting by TinyPicTake your bananas apart when you get home from the store. 
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster. 

  
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Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. 
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold! 

  
Image and video hosting by TinyPicPeppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. 
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking. 

  
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. 
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking. 
Image and video hosting by TinyPicTo really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of 
spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up. 
Image and video hosting by TinyPicFor a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt   Andes  mints in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting. 
Image and video hosting by TinyPicAdd garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste 
of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.   
Image and video hosting by TinyPicLeftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!!  Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm! 
                                                    Image and video hosting by TinyPicReheat Pizza 
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. 
This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works. 

  
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Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. 
Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. 
Just throw bag away when done easy clean up. 

  
Image and video hosting by TinyPicExpanding Frosting 
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. 
You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving. 
                                            Reheating refrigerated bread Image and video hosting by TinyPic
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in 
a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food 
moist and help it reheat faster. 

  
Image and video hosting by TinyPicNewspaper weeds away 
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, 
put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and for- 
get about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not 
get through wet newspapers. 

  
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Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily. 
                            Image and video hosting by TinyPic No More Mosquitoes 
      Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away. 

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To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.


              Image and video hosting by TinyPic Flexible vacuum 
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings. 


                                                    Reducing Static Cling 
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and ... ta da! ... static is gone. 

  
Image and video hosting by TinyPicMeasuring Cups 
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. 
Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such 
as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out. 

  
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Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth! 
                                    Image and video hosting by TinyPic Re open ing envelopes 
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily. 

  
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Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair. 

  
Image and video hosting by TinyPicGoodbye Fruit Flies 
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2' with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever! 

  
Get Rid of Ants cid:B36AC03001C24E5CAA89A1B1A07503D0@RayHP2007
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it 'home,' can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed! 


                    Image and video hosting by TinyPic INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS 
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink and ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material .. I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. Well ... the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us  that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the drye r sheets to make your clothes soft and static free ... that nice fragrance too. You know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box ... well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very longtime (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that!?!  Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share!