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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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  2. Ohmygosh! This would be amazing. I don’t even dare to get my hopes up! Thanks for a chance to win!

    • Oh yes- and I am grateful that I have two happy, healthy, busy boys and a supportive husband who supports me as I pursue my dream of becoming a Waldorf early childhood teacher.

  3. I am thankful for the chance to WIN! the cast iron set I was JUST LOOKING AT on Amazon.com – no kidding! And I’m thankful that my family and I know how to cook well enough that we hardly ever need/want to go out to eat. 🙂

  5. I’m thankful for so many blessings in my life, family , friends, health, and this year especially the news that I will become a grandmother.

  6. I’m thankful we have our health and time together as a family and that my husband has a job

  7. I am thankful for my ability to hold hope in my heart. (Not that I’m a “Pollyanna” type or anything.) When life seems really bad, I have sincere hope for better times coming, and that is a great blessing.

  9. I am thankful for having reached the stage of my live where I can be thankful for nearly everything…even the douche waffles who help me appreciate your ability to move through anger and frustration and grow with a finer tuned perspective on what is important and who counts in your life. I am thankful to live in the United States, where we are rich with opportunity and creativity, and my retirement funds allow me to enjoy every moment of the day, to share in the creativity of my favorite (yes, that’s you) bloggers, and live the life I’ve always wanted, near family and friends, and with a damned fine kitchen!

  10. I’m thankful for my family and especially for having the chance to spend time with my son, whom I have not seen in a long time. I am also very thankful for finding your blog… I find it entertaining and inspiring, so thank you for all your good work. 🙂

  11. I’m thankful for good health for our family – always something we tend to take for granted. I’m also grateful for the love of cooking and eating! Love your blog and your wonderful tips on gardening, canning (my newfound love!), recipes, etc… Thanks so for your wonderful blog

  12. I am thankful that I am still breathing. It was dicey for a while, and may be again; but, for now, I breathe and try to take nothing for granted.

  13. We have recently moved to a new area away from family and friends and, although I feel lonesome at times it helps to always find something to be thankful for, like an “attitude of gratitude” we like to say. We bought some land and are planning a home…and my first vegetable garden! Thanks for this great site which is not only educational but entertaining!

  14. I am thankful for having three healthy children. We have had serious illness with one of our children and the fact that she is still here makes me very grateful.

  18. I am thankful that ny grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s and is often very confused, was still with us this year and able to enjoy the party.

  19. I’m thankful for my family, friends, our home in the lovely NW and good health. We use cast iron multiple times a day, but haven’t branched out to all of the pieces in this kit. My fingers are crossed.

    Thanks for your wonderful blog!

  20. I am thankful for so many things in my life. I am always very thankful for my family, both near and far, but this year I am particularly thankful for the friendship and support of the permaculture community both locally and online.

  21. I’m thankful for my best friend’s family who so warmly welcomed me into their home for Thanksgiving and the few days around it. I’m so lucky to have them in my life!

  23. Thankful for for the usual things but also basil, chocolate, raspberries and pizza. Oh, and gravy made from pan drippings! Mmm mmm. xx

  24. I am immensely thankful for my husband – we got married this year. I am specifically thankful that he does all the cooking, and he does it with love, creativity and skill, creating taste sensations every day. I get to focus on my full-time job and the gardening that produces much of our food.

  25. Reminded daily of the fact that other parents are watching their babies battle cancer and lung infections, I cannot help but be beyond thankful for my healthy kiddos. And this Thanksgiving we celebrated with my husband’s 86 year old grandmother, who is still strong and healthy enough to fly across the country to see us. We ate food from my garden, which is still producing even into the winter and I know we are blessed. So many things to be so very thankful for. And thank you, too, for the inspiring and wonderful work that you do to make the world a better place. Happy Holidays, Erica! 🙂

  27. I’m thankful to be married to someone who understands and appreciates my point of view, my amazing boys who surprise me daily with how kind and open-hearted they are and I’m thankful for having the ability to share our home with rescue animals who make our lives rich in so many unexpected ways.

  29. How can I not be most thankful for the bouncing baby boy that showed up this year? Healthy, happy, and even letting me sleep sometimes, my cup runeth over. Or should that be my cast iron?

  30. I am thankful for my happy and healthy family. I am thankful for the ability to live a healthy and sustainable life and to have access to so much support.

  31. I am thankful for my incredible children, my loving & supportive (and really funny!) extended family, and my new job. I’ve struggled for many years financially and emotionally as a single mother of 4, living a thousand miles away from all of my friends & family and things are finally starting to look up! I am so grateful for all of our many blessings and am looking forward to the years to come!

  32. I am thankful for the many things I have learnt through your wonderful blog. God bless.

  33. Erica, You are the best
    Just when I think the gardening season is over and you will take a break,except for the holiday madness, you come up with a super fun giveaway to make 99.999% of us jealous of the one lucky sucker. I hope I am the sucker. I bake all my bread from my own starter and a set like this would definitely better my results. And if my bread sucks sometimes, at least I would know that it wasn’t because of the bake ware. I don’t need to win. I am thankful for everything and everybody in my life. That includes nwedible.

  34. I am exceedingly grateful for my husband being in my life and for the fact that we finally (wednesday!!!) got our woodstove installed and we have HEAT this winter! I am super grateful for that and for knowing that this year I will not get frostbite on my toes! YAY!!!

    How can you not be grateful for that, eh? 😉

  36. I am Thankful for my health and my family. It has taken me a few years to learn what eating well actually meant (hint, it has little to do with calories and fat), now I’m teaching others. I’m so thankful that my family has been supportive on my journey and are starting to make changes too.

  37. I am thankful that there are bright, entertaining folks like you who are out there in the interwebs and freely give us great information, satire and (usually) an uplifting moment from time to time….

  38. I am grateful – so grateful – to live in the time of internet. I love to learn, and having the internet is like being able to access the Library of Alexandria at my fingertips. It’s really remarkable when you think on it!

  40. My family and my boyfriends family who joined us for the celebration this year! So thankful to have great people we love who are happy to squeeze into our home

  41. My family is happy and healthy! I have good friends and a roof over our head! And for that I am truly thankful!

  42. I am thankful every day for my good fortune to be born a first world democratic (in concept) country, with the privilege of choice: my life partner, whether and how many children I will have what I will make for dinner and where my food will come from, who my friends are and how I will live and make my living.
    I couldn’t agree more about your love of cast iron cookware. For the cooking methods you mentioned, it holds its own against any other type of cookware; when you combine the performance with cost when comparing cast iron to other quality cookware, I’m guessing it will win every time.

  44. I’m always grateful for my beautiful, healthy children. What a blessing! But I’m also grateful that we live in such a wealthy country with things like clean, running water into our homes and impressive infrastructure and a stable government and so much freedom to enjoy my beautiful, healthy children. Life could be so much harder, and it is, for so many. Anyone living in a “first world” country is lucky by default. The rest is icing.

  45. What a lovely idea! I’m thankful for too many things to list, but the top is always family and friends. It is all about the people, you know?

  46. I am thankful to be alive. Thankful that my son and I are happy and healthy. Thankful that family and friends have been able to, and did, help us through a very rough year.

  48. Thank God we all have so much to appreciate. It isn’t guaranteed to last forever (unlike the Lodge stuff!), so I am thankful every day for my life, my wife, my family, and friends. Now’s a good time to sit down to watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” all over again.

  49. I am thankful for funny friends & family (like Erica here) who make me smile each and every day!
    Thank you!!!!

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