Fun fact:

The baby in Charlie Chaplin’s film ‘The Kid’ - released 100 years ago - is still alive. The actor turned 102 this month and is 1 of only 4 actors from the silent film era who are still living.

“Frankenstein”

cinematography appreciation post: lawrence of arabia

dean martin’s garlic mashed potatoes

thank you so much for 400 tumblr followers!

me, halfway through making standard mashed potatoes: wait, doesn’t dean martin have a recipe for mashed potatoes?

• 3 pounds of golden potatoes (1.5 kilograms)
• ½ cup of butter (1 stick)
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 2/3 cup of milk or cream (160 millileters)
• salt and pepper

basic, but are they the right ratios?

step one: peel the potatoes and dice them. boil the potatoes in salted water until they can be easily pierced with a fork. drain in a collander and place back in the pot.

step two: mince the garlic. melt butter in a saucepan on low heat and add the garlic.

step three: add milk or cream to potatoes and mash with potato masher while pouring in garlic-butter mixture. season with salt and pepper.

dean’s tips: don’t overmix! serve with shrimp and whiskey sauce.

my thoughts: i think another clove of garlic wouldn’t hurt, but they were really good!

my rating:4/5

marlene dietrich’s scrambled eggs

here we go again, back in the kitchen

• butter
• 4 room temperature eggs
• salt

simple enough, isn’t it?

step one: crack three eggs into a bowl. separate one egg and add the yolk to the three eggs. add salt and beat with a fork.

step two: melt butter (i put about a tablespoon) in a pan on low heat until it reaches a golden yellow.

step three: pour the eggs into the pan and turn the heat off. turn with a fork until it reaches desired consistency.

marlene’s tips: do. not. use. an. eggbeater.

my thoughts: they’re good, classic scrambled eggs, nothing special.

my rating: 4/5

eva marie saint’s apple pie

i was about to make jimmy stewart’s apple pie but i was out once it mentioned shredded cheese.

• 4 small green apples
• 1 cup (240 milliliters) cold water
• 3 tablespoons (45 millileters) fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup (140 grams) all purpose flour
• ½ cup (1 stick) diced butter, room temperature
• 1 cup (190 grams) sugar
• 2 teaspoons (8 grams) ground cinnamon

step one: preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit (180 degrees celsius). peel, quarter, and seed four apples before slicing thinly.

step two: grease a 9 inch (23 centimeter) glass pie dish with butter. put the apples in a bowl with the water and lemon juice, let sit for ten minutes.

step three: put flour and butter in a bowl and mash with fork until clumps form (in my case, i used a pastry cutter because i have the tools). add sugar and use fork (or pastry cutter) to work it in.

step four: add one and a half cups of dough into the pie dish and press evenly to the bottom and halfway up the sides of the dish. drain the apples and arrange evenly on top of the dough. sprinkle with cinnamon and the remaining pie dough.

step five: bake for one hour or until the crust is brown and the apples are tender. cool for thirty minutes.

my thoughts: i liked the filling and i love shortbread so the crust was amazing. it was really simple and easy, i’d recommend it for the upcoming holiday season.

rating:4.5/5

Exit Smiling - 1926

“An employee of a touring theatrical company falls for a fugitive”

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Jean Harlow by Harvey White, 1933 - via x