Posted by: Jen | Wednesday, May 14, 2008

A contest!

I am hereby announcing a contest.

My contest is similar to one at Domestic Hiss last month. (Hey, if I see a good idea, I am so going to “borrow” it.)

I am going to give away a gorgeous cookbook that has particular significance to me.

(Stop snickering. I do occasionally use a cookbook.)

Here it is:

Jan Karon is not only the well-known author of the Mitford books, she is also a resident of my particular little town. I’ve had the opportunity to meet her and she is an absolutely wonderful woman. Very friendly and gracious and just oh-so-Southern.

Because I have enjoyed Miss Karon’s books and because she lives nearby, various people have had the same thought that I might enjoy this cookbook and I now find myself in possession of more copies than I need.

Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook & Kitchen Reader is a compilation of the recipes mentioned in the various Mitford stories. This is Southern cooking at its finest and sure to raise your cholesterol levels, but also make you very popular among your friends and acquaintances, as everyone will want you to cook for them.

Don’t let that deter you! You can always say no and just cook for your own damn self, although that would be a waste of some fine down-home cooking.

So, here are the rules of the contest:

  1. I’ll post a question for everyone to answer.
  2. You leave your answer in the comments. Feel free to use Google to get your answer.
  3. I will close comments on Sunday and hold a drawing that day to select a winner from among the correct guesses.
  4. Then I’ll post the winner here on Monday, followed by actually mailing the book to that person and writing a note to her/him inside the front cover. (International readers should feel free to participate; I’ll happily mail to you too.)
  5. The winner will then try some of the recipes and blog about them. (If the winner does not have a blog, she/he can guest post here.)
  6. The winner will then have a contest of her/his own to find the next person to send the cookbook to and then send it to that person with a note inside the front cover.
  7. Repeat … forever.

Everybody clear on the rules?

Good. You’re a smart group of people.

Here’s the question: What was Thomas Jefferson’s favorite vegetable?

Here’s a hint: I blogged about this very same vegetable recently. As in, within the past month. In fact, I mentioned two variations on it within the same post.

Good luck!

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Responses

  1. The English Pea?? Thanks for the fun contest! :)

    By: DeeMarie on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 7:23 am

  2. The pea (English or garden), which is my favourite vegetable, too :)

    Love the contest (not that I have any expectation at all of winning…).

    Hope you’re having a good day,

    Heidi

    By: Heidi on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 7:43 am

  3. Asparagus. Has to be!
    I heart Mitford. I had no idea you lived by her. What else aren’t you telling me???

    By: green girl on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 8:38 am

  4. What a great idea for a contest! I remember that post and like TJ, your girls love English Peas! But I actually remembered the post more because of all the gagging and protesting that went along with the sugar snap peas!

    By: Lisa@Take90West on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 9:24 am

  5. I recall you blogging about peas, so that’s my vote. I’m not even going to cheat and google it.

    By: Smalltown Mom on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 9:28 am

  6. I remember this one from a school history project, that I did on Thomas Jefferson, many, many years ago. Yes, even in NZ we studied the American Presidents. :-)

    It was green peas. Until then, I didn’t know that they were also known as English peas. Apparently he was also a fan of figs. A man after my own heart, on that count.

    By: Karen on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 10:32 am

  7. Peas, blech!
    But I adore Jan Karon. I have read all the Mitford books at least twice!

    By: Fannie on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 11:41 am

  8. Without Google I’m going for Asparagus….which would have made his pee smell……so maybe the answer is pees!!!!!!!!!!

    Apologies, for lowering the tone!

    Glad you liked my wheeze – Jen at Juggling Life is cooking the first recipe next week….I wait with baited taste buds!

    Hen
    x

    By: Domestically Challenged on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 12:30 pm

  9. Pea – English or garden. The Matron is sharing the edge today as she’s floating around blogs rather than wading through forty research papers. . . . sigh.

    By: Minnesota Matron on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 2:44 pm

  10. Hey Jenn

    I am a “lurker” who loves your blog (sorry about the whole lurking thing…I just read it at work – shh I am not supposed to! So I never take time to actually comment)

    Would love the cookbook so I am writing now…My vote is for English Peas!

    Lisa

    By: Lisa on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 4:33 pm

  11. I’m going to guess carrots!

    By: Vanessa on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 5:41 pm

  12. Gotta be the pea.

    And I so heart Mitford. I’ve reread the series from beginning to end once a year faithfully. I’d love to peak at the book.

    By: richgold on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 7:33 pm

  13. [...] that’s the thrilling recap of my trip to Tarzhay.  Don’t forget to enter the contest, if you haven’t [...]

    By: Good and bad at the Tarzhay « Jen on the Edge on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
    at 9:25 pm

  14. TJ was fond of peas and he should have added the mushrooms I suggested. ;p

    By: Peggy on Thursday, May 15, 2008
    at 6:16 am

  15. Great idea for a contest. The answer is peas, but tomatoes appear to be a close second.

    By: Jan on Thursday, May 15, 2008
    at 7:19 pm

  16. [...] May 16, 2008 Don’t forget to enter my contest if you haven’t done so already.  Really people, the question wasn’t all that [...]

    By: Reminder « Jen on the Edge on Friday, May 16, 2008
    at 12:56 am

  17. Okay, I researched it. It looks like it is peas. Speaking of cookbooks, the article I read mentioned that their family used the cookbook “The Virginia Housewife”. That sounds like a fun cookbook to see.

    Did I win? Did I win?

    By: Toni on Friday, May 16, 2008
    at 2:00 pm

  18. Pea is for Poppy! And that was my favorite vegetable when I was growing up. My birthday dinner was lamb chops, mashed potatoes, and peas.

    Yes, I was a gourmet then, too.

    By: Poppy Buxom on Friday, May 16, 2008
    at 4:40 pm

  19. History (and the Monticello website) tell us that T Jeff and I both like PEAS!
    I like mine especially with mashed potatoes. I also like them mixed with Spaghetti Squash, chunks of ham and a light parmesan sauce!

    By: Little Miss Sunshine State on Friday, May 16, 2008
    at 10:22 pm

  20. [...] May 16, 2008 Today’s the last day you can enter the contest.  Come on, you know you want [...]

    By: Last chance to enter « Jen on the Edge on Friday, May 16, 2008
    at 11:13 pm

  21. peas, english peas,
    tasty, green, round, eat them with a knife and honey

    By: Melissa on Saturday, May 17, 2008
    at 8:03 pm

  22. [...] May 19, 2008 Okay, the contest is [...]

    By: Contest answer and winner « Jen on the Edge on Monday, May 19, 2008
    at 8:46 am


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