Mrs. Housewife

Make your party seem effortless. The best way to keep up with the Jonses' is to not try. This and other advice can be found in a small worn first edition copy of "Easy Entertaining", a book written by Betty Crocker herself. It is with this book and a handful of yellowed, type-written recipes from my Aunt Pearl that I embark on my newest journey: marriage.

My Great Great Aunt Pearl, from what I have heard for I never did meet her, was the classic sweet little old lady who wore aprons and made delicious hand-made food. Basically she embodied everything I ever wanted to be once I got hitched and became a real Mrs. She was born in 1903 and died in 2007. Her hand written and typed recipes were given to me as a wedding present and I am sure that the person who gave me the gift has no real idea of how much this really meant to me. Along with this I also received some very old and worn cook books that I have nestled between two blue mason jars on my counter. I read the book about entertaining from cover to cover on my honeymoon and declared that I feel it is time for some of the 50's to make a comeback.

I will be cooking from these books and recipe cards and reporting back here so that you too can bring out your inner 50's housewife!

It seems I have started a new blog with every new life change in these last couple of years. Many of you will already be familiar with me, but for the new people, a little about me: my name is Jasmine. I am the mother of a daughter who just turned 1 and the wife to "the one who made me laugh". I went to school to become a Natural Chef because I wanted to battle childhood obesity through my cooking. I never did defeat obesity, but I did cook for and live in a Buddhist monastery and then at a frat house. We moved to a small town during my pregnancy, got a classic all-american dog (a chocolate lab) and a couple chickens and set up camp. I never did go back to work; raising my baby girl, keeping the house clean and making my man happy are now my full time job(s).

I have to admit I am about the opposite of a feminist. I love cleaning my house, I happily make my husbands lunch every day he goes to work and I have dinner ready when he gets home. I have no problem being helpless every now and then and I love that I get to stay home all day to enjoy my baby. I plan on popping out many more children and staying home with all of them as well. To me, equal rights means that my husband provides me with a place to live and it is my duty to make sure that he is taken care of. I even touch of my make up before he comes home from work so that I can always look good for him. If you have a problem with this you will probably not enjoy my blog! But for those of you who believe that being a strong woman means doing laundry whole holding a crying baby and vacuuming... well then you stay tuned! My next blog will be to report back to you my Great Great Aunt Pearl's chocolate cake with chocolate frosting... oh yes!