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{Giveaway} Five Piece Lodge Cast Iron Cookware Set

You know what’s blacker than Black Friday? Beautiful, glistening, well seasoned cast iron cookware.

Oh, yeah, baby. Screw waiting in line for some discount plastic crap or overpumped electronica that’ll be in a landfill in 6 months anyway. If you must shop, shop for something hewn from the living, molten rock of Earth. Something hefty enough to stop a bullet. Something that holds heat so well a steak will tremble and bow down before it. Something you can pass down to your grandbabies. Something strong and heavy and black enough to rival Black Friday itself.

Shop for cast iron. Something like this Lodge Five Piece Cast Iron Cookware Set. Or better yet, don’t shop at all. Enter to win this set without even having to even put on your pants. Hey, I have a three-year-old. I am well aware of how overblown pants are as a “thing” in our society.

Lodge Cast Iron Giveaway

Thankful, Joyful, Turkeyful, etc.

You may remember this set from the recent post on Skillet Brussels Sprouts. I couldn’t get it out of my head, but I couldn’t justify buying it for myself, given that I really do have quite enough cast iron, thank you very much.

Solution: Giveaway!

You see, as I type this post it’s Thanksgiving evening and I’ve had a few glasses of my husband’s excellent homebrew, so I’m feeling all “I love you, man!” towards my readers (except for the douche-waffles, but we are ignoring them). It is a screaming blessing to be the girl behind the keyboard of this blog, to be able to connect with, and inspire, and be inspired by other gardeners and productive homemakers. It is an honor to learn from you and to share what I’ve learned, and to help connect questions to answers.

So, this Thanksgiving I thought I’d give thanks for my readers by giving cast iron, which is – as we all know – the heaviest way to give thanks.

Enter To Win

Update: This contest is now over. Congratulations to winner Benita, who is “thankful that my 28 yr old niece was able to come home for Thanksgiving. She recently finished up radiation from her 3rd major diagnose of cancer since she was 23.”

To win this five piece set of Lodge cast iron, simply leave a comment on this post telling me what you are thankful for this holiday season.

This set includes a 10-inch griddle (excellent for pancakes, crepes, etc.), an 8-inch and 10-inch skillet (excellent for, well, everything) and a 5-Quart Dutch oven with lid (necessary for No Knead Bread). It’s a pretty awesome starter set of cast iron. There is very, very little you couldn’t cook on these pieces, and I say this as someone who cooks on cast iron about three times a day.

And look, I know I don’t have to convince you guys – you already know this – but nonstick is bullshit, ok? It’s not good for you or the people you feed (kids? grandma?). It turns out inferior food, and it scratches if you glare at it strongly enough. And according to the Environmental Working Group, “Toxic fumes from the Teflon chemical released from pots and pans at high temperatures may kill pet birds and cause people to develop flu-like symptoms (called “Teflon Flu” or, as scientists describe it, “Polymer fume fever”).”

Cast iron when well seasoned is also pretty dang nonstick but it doesn’t give you flu-like symptons. It just slightly boosts the iron content of your food which is, unless you are very atypical and drink liver smoothies for breakfast, a very good thing. It also goes from stove to oven to table without missing a beat and will help you cook like you really mean it.

So leave a comment and enter to win. I want to buy someone these cast iron pans.

Fine Print Stuff

This giveaway is for the cookware set described here. Contest entirely self-sponsored by Northwest Edible Life (that’s me!). Contest open until Thursday, December 5th 8 PM PST. Winner will be contacted by email. Contest open to residents of the US only, due to shipping costs. Sorry international readers. I still love you, but cast iron is really, really heavy. Fulfillment of prize via Amazon.com. One entry per person. Multiple entries will be disqualified. Void where prohibited by law, blah blah blah. Best of luck everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving, all y’all. Thanks for being the best readers a blogger could hope for.

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  1. I am thankful for my parents who have been there loving me and supporting me as I am going through a divorce. I don’t know what I would do without them.

  2. I am thankful for the opportunity to raise teens, with all the hilarity, mistaken identities, switch cars and fallen angel food cake that it entails. I’ve never had so much fun in my life. 🙂

  5. I am thankful that there are that many comments and people interested in permaculture to help bring this world back to the eden that it once was. WAY TO GO PEOPLE!!! YOU GIVE ME HOPE FOR THE WORLD

  9. Thankful my kids are all healthy (had a bit of a scare in that department recently) and thankful for any opportunity to “plug in” to the earth.

  10. I am thankful for family, friends and good food. I am also thankful for the blogs, like yours, that are always teaching me something new!

  12. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww no chance for those who are international ! Just the Dutch oven would be great
    Have you any idea how much Lodge stuff costs here in France ? I have none because I cannot justify the $200 a pan . I even emailed Lodge direct .No go . They referred me to there European dealers Who are based in Germany who sell at the same price as Ebay USA I would love a dutch oven set . French Cast Iron costs even more !
    I make do with cheap chinese stuff oh well back to my home made Walnut oil 🙂

    David Angers France

  14. I am thankful for being a Southern girl – someone who understands the importance of family, friends, food and fun. Someone who understands what farm-to-table is before it ever became a trend. And, someone who truly understands the value of cast iron pots (with a good season, of course).

  16. This season I am thankful to have all of my family healthy and happy. This Thanksgiving week I have seen two classmates (we are not yet 40) lose their husbands. They both had children at home. It made me realize how blessed I am and has reminded me not to be so quick to anger.

  17. I am grateful for being able to join with so many others on this planet in sustainably producing my own food and cooking for nutrition and deliciousness!!! I am also grateful for being able to find people like yourself on the internet and get a chance to enter this contest!!! Thanks for being there…

  18. I’m thankful to be married to my best friend. No one loves me more and pushes me harder to do my best. He is my biggest fan and lets me fail without criticism. I’m thankful for the life we get to live because of his hard work. I’d love to gift him with this cookware-hes a better cook than I and loves cast iron.
    Thanks

  19. I am thankful for the wonderful bloggers I have come to know on the internet. I don’t have family, its just me and my dogs. And I am TOTALLY thankful for them!!! But I enjoy reading and researching, and I learn so much from reading. I admire the courage and strength of others who go where no one has gone before, and share their journey with those of us stuck in small government subsidized apartments!!!

  21. I’m thankful for having a body that still works, in all it’s gloriousness. and also for learning the very useful term, douche waffle.

  22. Every year I am thankful for my family, our health, home and safety. This year I am particularly thankful for having had an honest (for once) conversation with my mother about the deaths of my father and brother. Boy, it felt really good to clear that up. I am also thankful that I have the luxury of being a part-time stay at home mama. Things just run smoother that way.

  23. I am thankful for gardens and homemade preserves and pickles and everything that reminds me of my grandmas. (And a lot of other stuff too, like this blog!)

  24. I am thankful for my 95 year old father-in-law who has taught me a great many things over the years. I’m also thankful for his 90 year old girlfriend who makes him happy, is his companion & love of his life and gives him a wonderful reason for living.

  26. This year I feel most thankful for the health of my family and the house my husband and I were able to buy near his family. Making a home this year has been an enormous milestone for me. As a Navy brat we moved around a lot, which has led me to really value putting down roots and establishing a home. Thank you for the opportunity to win some lovely cast iron.

  27. Your blogs are wonderful. I always learn so much.
    As to cast-iron, it is the best type of cookware to use. There are some foods that I wouldn’t or can’t cook in any other pan.
    We have all finished a Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend where we have had the opportunity to revalue all the blessings of the year and those to come. This Holiday season promises to be the best ever if we allow it to be.

  28. I’m thankful for the local farmer’s market in my town. It’s established an amazing sense of community in my small city and there are always the best things there; piles of produce, tables of orchids, hot beignets, candle makers, soap makers, the whole nine. It’s become a much-loved part of the weekly routine for me, my boyfriend, my family, and my best friends!

  29. I am thankful that I have a family whose members like one another enough to drive 4 hours for a turkey dinner. And look forward to it, too!

  32. I am thankful for my husband and our families. I am thankful for so many things its hard to say it all in a comment. I would be really thankful to win the cast iron cookware.. it would be a great gift for my hubby.. he’s the cook and loves new kitchen stuff..

  33. I am thankful for my husband and two sons. One son is fulfilling his goal of service in the United States Air Force, and the other is living with us, making a remarkable recovery one day at a time.

  35. I’m thankful my husband will eat whatever I cook for him – like greens and scrambled eggs for breakfast!

  36. There are more things I am thankful for than I could possibly list. At the moment I am most aware of being thankful for the universe knowing what it is doing and for my ability to get out of its way so I can get the things that I need the most.
    Love your blog!

  39. Thankful for my family, being a cancer survivor, all the knowledge I have learned from the internet, for my garden, animals, home, and for becoming as prepared and self reliant as I have become. Thank you all WHO have contributed to these things.

  40. Thankful for so much, but especially for good health, food on the table each night, a wonderful husband and three awesome kids. What more does one need, other than a set of cast iron cookware?!

  41. I am thankful for my health, family, job, and life in general. I try to have a positive outlook on life, which means I am happy! I love cast iron. My children have moved out and are starting their own collections. Thank you for this opportunity to win!

  42. I am grateful for the abundance in my life! For my loving partner, my four-legged best friend, and all the people and plants around me that make life so blissful. May all of us be genuinely childlike enough to be equxisitely thankful for every breathe of fresh air, every smile and every meal that comes our way.

  44. I am thankful that blogs like this are available to help me learn to cook! I have been wanting to try some new recipes with cast irons, but I dont yet have the equipment!

  46. I’m thankful for a warm home and good food, for my children and their enthusiasm. Just back from the holiday, I’m thankful for my whole family. I’m thankful, somewhere along the line this year to have stumbled across your blog. And I do love cast iron.

  47. I am thankful for my 5 month old daughter and my great husband. Now he and I have all the more motivation for being awesome. 🙂

  48. This is super cheese-ball, but I’m thankful for my whole life right now. I got married this year to the nicest man I’ve ever met (or at least tied with my grandfather for nicest man ever), who, coincidentally, is my best friend and favorite person. I started a new job this year and get to design a monthly magazine that’s all about food, food trends, sustainability, and the like, which is pretty much my own personal brand of graphic design heaven. I’m knocked up with my first baby, a boy, and am due in less than two months. I have the most amazing and tight-knit group of friends, my chosen family, that are a source of laughter, sanity and support. I have a crazy but fantastic family, that I disagree with politically on most everything, but they would still bury a body for me with little to no question (figure of speech, I have no bodies to bury). My life was by no means bad before, but if I was able to show the me from five years ago where my life has gone, I doubt she would believe our incredible good fortune. Yeah, reading through this I kind of want to tell myself off for being this happy and smug-sounding, but, damn it, I’m just incredibly grateful. To the universe, or random fortune, or whatever is out there. So, looking at how great I have it right now, maybe I’m not the most in need of a set of cast iron pans. But it would still be pretty awesome.

    • Reading some of these other posts, I realize I sound like a navel-gazing douche-heel. Give the pots to someone else if your random choice ends up on me, there are some fantastic people on here that have better cause to get them.

  49. I’m thankful for lots of things this year: I’m thankful that I have a job this year to pay for the holiday splurging, and that my dahlias kept blooming almost until Thanksgiving. I’m thankful for my family’s health, and for my garden that keeps fresh vegetables on our plates, and also for the great produce sections in our grocery stores, since I forgot to plant most of my winter veggies this fall. And of course I’m thankful for generous bloggers. Happy Holidays!

  50. I am thankful for the goodness which is life. I have learned so much these last three years to bring myself (and my family) toward a more sustainable life. Thank you, Universe, for putting my husband in my path; he is my best friend. Thank you for the physical health of my grown children, though I will never stop worrying, and thanks for the spirit of adventure filling me every day since I turned 50. Oh! And I am grateful for the strength required to kick a 35 -year tobacco addiction. So even if I do not earn a set of cast iron cookware – I STILL WIN!!!!