All righty. A list!
1) I’m a little sick of myself right now. Just in case you were wondering.
2) Before Karla installed my re-design, something in my WordPress was broken. Because of all the brokenness, I had to type in any code – like for links, formatted text, etc. – by hand. But now my WordPress is fixed, and I can link and italicize and LO, EVEN MAKE WORDS BOLD (see what I did there?) with the click of a single button. My life has meaning again.
3) Book signings are listed over here. You win, non-Facebook people. :-)
4) Today I initially thought that I was going to have a very promising hair day, but then I stepped outside, and it seemed like I could actually hear the volume leaving that critical crown area. I tried to fluff it a bit after we left the house, but I could not revive it. It was flatter than a pancake and deader than a doornail. And I kid you not: within five minutes of my hair-tastrophe, the tire pressure light came on in my car. A few weeks ago I ran over a nail and had to have my tire patched, and today, apparently, I ran over a good-sized bolt. I know this because our favorite / beloved / blessed-among-men mechanic pointed out said bolt when my flat-ish tire and I arrived at his shop.
You’d think that I spend all my free (spare? get it?) time driving leisurely through construction sites.
Needless to say, it was not a good day for my hair or my tire. But the good news is that I ordered a new tire (the hole was in a place where it can’t be patched), so I’ll be back in fine tire form tomorrow. I’m afraid that I cannot say the same for my hair. Because OH, THE HUMID.
5) Here are the winners from yesterday’s giveaway. Thanks, random.org.
106 – Susan (comment on 5/28 at 10:11pm)
180 – Angela (comment on 5/28 at 11:44pm)
245 – Kim (comment on 5/29 at 6:39am)
381 – Glennell Strawng
518 – Sarah at 32 Flavors
Y’all will get an email from me later tonight with info about how to claim your prizes.
6) When I was growing up, Mama almost always cooked a hot lunch straight from Daddy’s garden. We’d have fresh corn, blackeyed peas, fresh tomatoes, fried okra, fried eggplant – or whatever delicacy happened to be growing at the time. We usually didn’t have meat for lunch unless it was leftovers, but more often than not, Mama made cornbread. And for some reason, when she’d make cornbread at lunch, she’d use a cornstick pan that had belonged to her mama, my Mamaw Davis.
And that’s the prize for today’s giveaway: a cast iron cornstick pan. I didn’t even know that anyone still made them, but I’m so happy that they do. Whoever wins the cornstick pan will also receive two copies of A Little Salty to Cut the Sweet – one for the winner and one for friend.
So there you have it. A cornstick pan and a couple of books. Just leave a comment if you’d like to enter to win. I’ll close comments in 24 hours.
And if you made it all the way to the end of this post, please accept this invisible certificate as a token of my appreciation. You are a champion. No doubt about it.
This giveaway is now closed.
Fond memories of that cornbread pan :-) Would love to win a copy of your book!
A broken WordPress is a very frustrating thing. Enjoy your italics and bold-ness and maybe even go a little crazy and ~underline~
BTW – have you tried Got2b POWDER’ful? My hair has always clung to my head like it was scared of heights, but this stuff actually makes a difference!
My stepdaughter will receive my second copy if I win – she loves to read as much as I do :)
Yay – just made my little ones cornbread for lunch yesterday (muffins, with hot dog chunks in them). I think they’d get a kick out of corn bread shaped like corn on the cob. Plus I am very excited for your book. Yay!
Oh, the humidity. Oh, the humanity. I’m not a bit Southern but I’m so excited to read your book.
pick me, pick me, pick me!
my mom has those too! but i don’t think she’s ever used them.
This is so darn cute; I know my kids would love it. I am the proud recipient of an invisible certificate and just wanted to let you know I would read your posts if they were…oh! As long as a book! Because I love your writing that much. :-)
Neat pan! My grandma would always cook cornbread – the kind without anything but cornmeal, water and a little salt – in a cast iron frying pan on the stove. Lunch, dinner, just about every meal! I loved it – especially the crunchy edges.
My grandmother did the same thing in that exact pan!! I am so excited to know they still exist! YEAH!
Do you think those college friends could set up a book signing in Atlanta?! Sloan and I would be there!!
I love good cornbread!
Kim J
I love that cornbread pan!! Makes me want to cook a pot of greens alongside. I would dearly love to win this giveaway. Those books of yours truly will be the “icing on the cake”. Thank you so much for your words today!!!!
I love your blog! Can’t wait to read your book! And as a fellow Alabamaian, I understand your hair and humidity pain!
“Gotta have em’, both! Nostalgic pan and long-awaited books! Yay!
This is a perfect happy gift!
I can’t wait to read your book!
Awww….my Mother had a pan like that…. the sil beat me to it:( So if I win my husband will be thrilled when I make cornbread sticks! Can’t wait to read your book!
Summer lunches from the garden are the best!!!! And the book!!! So exciting!
My mom had a cornbread pan like that. I would be tickled pink to use one of those again.
MY mom had that same cornstick pan! I’d love to win it along with the two copies of the book.
Thanks for the chance to win!!
I would love to win the pan and your book!
I have been looking for a pan like this for years! My aunt used to make the BEST cornbread sticks for me when I was a little girl and I just loved how they were shaped like corn on the cobs. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I just saw one of these pans at a thrift store–didn’t know they still made them brand new either! Thanks!
The pan would be great, but mostly commenting for the book :)
Would love to win this!
So I already have your book pre ordered on my Kindle…but wouldn’t a copy just look darling sitting on my bookshelf?! And then I could have some of my people over, I could make some cornbread and we could discuss ALStCtS?!
Sounds like a plan to me.
I love your new blog page! Very pretty! BTW, felt my hair crumbling down this morning. The humidity has arrived in SC!
Cornbread is the best kind of bread.
I would LOVE that cornstick pan and the books!
Looking forward to reading your book!
That pan brings back memories of my grandmother who also cooked southern-style vegetables from her garden. I really like homemade cornbread with some chopped jalapeno added to it. Yummy with all of those vegetables.
I’d love to try cornbread in this pan.
cool! I would like to win!
I love the history behind pans like this. Thanks!
My grandma had one of those pans! So neat to see one again.
Just finished planting our garden on Monday. Been too cold and wet until now to get into the garden. Cornbread was on our supper table last night with a bowl of chilli; not really a summer meal but with a crazy kid schedule and threatening storms we needed comfort.
Oh, I’d love to win the pan!
I love the cornstick pan! Memories of my own childhood as well. My parents have only just started gardening in the last 10 years and my husband’s family does as well– so even though we live in the land of a thousand shade trees and no sun in this neighborhood, we get plenty of fresh veg in the summer! I LOVE IT!
ANXIOUSLY awaiting the book release. I have a stack of books for “summer reading” and yours is going straight to the top!
I love the cornstick pan! Can’t wait to read your book, either – and how fun that you’re giving away 2, one for a friend!
I would love to win the books! The cast iron corn skillet, well, someone’s going to have to teach me how to use that thing!
Congrats on the Book!!!!! and love the cornstick pan!
I love cornbread almost as much as I love books!
I LOVE your postings! You make me smile and laugh! I would LOVE that cornbread stick pan. Haven’t seen one of those in years and my grandmother use to have one too. I am so excited about your new book too. Will definitely be attending a book signing soon. It just might be my new favorite book to give to friends.
My Grandma Effie ALWAYS made cornbread. Love.
Mmm, cornbread! Can’t wait to read the book.
Love cornbread!
Oh,how fun,a book to keep and one to share!! And,that cornbread pan reminds me of my Mamaw-she always made corn in those just for me!!
I would love to have the books and my husband would love to have the cornstick pan!
Well now, I’ve never even heard of a corn stick pan. Then again that’s not surprising, as I don’t really do all that much Cooking. The idea of two of those wonderful books of yours so, makes me want to jump right into this giveaway!
oh that lunch sounds wonderful! takes me back to my childhood! I can’t wait to read your book!!! :) good luck with your hair this summer – i’m sure you’re still adorable! Leslie
I’m from Minneapolis, MN and honestly, I’ve never even seen a pan like this before but it looks really cute! I do love me some cornbread!
I would LOVE this!!
Love the pan and can’t wait to read your book! Missing Southern meals right about now, but not the humidity!
My mother died last October, but we, the fam, have not yet cleared out the kitchen (not sure why…there is no chance my dead will break out more than a fork or spoon). But she has a great glass corn stick dish. Hoping that some day soon it will come to live at my house. But just in case it gets away, that nice cast iron one would work just as well!
Darling girl…I feel your hair pain. While yours goes flat mine just gets bigger…..and not in a good way. Hang in there. We will survive theses troubled hair times.
I LOVE summer vegetables and meatless meals, and I love cornbread, too!
I have always wanted one of these!
Love this!
I preordered your book but would sure love the pan!
I mean, really, who doesn’t like corn bread!? :)
Pick me! Pick me! :)
Oooooh! I need this pan! My maiden name is Cobb – and we love to buy each other “corn things” for gifts. My husband can’t believe we still think the “corn cobb” thing is funny. But we do. We all scream and clap our hands with delight when a “corn” gift is open. We have salt and pepper shakers, candles, mugs, plates. We need this!
My husband’s grandma makes cornbread like this. I’ve never seen one either. So fun!
This makes me so happy! I used my TWO corn stick pans last, both of which I inherited from Jonathan’s grandmother. Because I can’t make her cornbread in anything but a corn stick pan. But when I use my mom’s cornbread recipe, it must be made in an iron skillet. Weird southern quirks!! And we served it with a bowl of pinto beans. Just call us Jed and Granny.
My granny would pick peas outta the garden in the morning, shell’em, and cook’em right up for lunch. I miss those days! She made “cat head” biscuits instead of corn bread, but that would have been good too!
I have seen this cast iron pans and have drooled over them! I will do my best NOT to drool over your book…at least until I have finished reading it!
I want that pan. Yes. But I REALLY want the book. Yes Ma’am!
Awesome….would love to win!
My momma makes cornbread in a square cast-iron skillet that is older than Moses. It is the best. thing. ever. Cast iron just makes food taste better. :)
Trying again … and now craving cornbread!
I hope I win because I am leaving for the beach on the day you will be in B’ham! ! I will still buy one but I want to get you to sign it for M.K. and me. Actually, I will need two copies! Thanks for the opportunity.
There’s something about cornbread in the shape of corn. Love it!! My hair is flat, too…ugh!! You know, those of us who grew up in the 80’s just CANNOT have flat hair!!!!!
Yes, yes, yes! A cornstick pan! I think I’ve seen those in the Walter Drake catalog, and I would love to have one. Admittedly, I would be more excited to win the book, but now it seems I can scratch off two items from my bucket list if I happen to win today’s drawing.
I’ve never heard of this wonder, the cornstick pan, but would love to try it. Counting down days til the book comes out!
I actually have a cornstick pan (need to use it sometime!!)! Would love to win another and the book.
Can’t wait for the book. And the hubs loves cornbread… it is a win/win!
I’ve always wanted a cornstick pan… Especially fun for Cornhusker football games!
I would love to win! Can’t wait to read your book!
Those corn stick pans are on of those things I’d love to have but never buy.
What a great little corn stick pan! How nice to offer two books, that way you and your friend can read and laugh together!
What fun! Hope I win!!
Ahhhh… Cornbread and fresh vegetables from the garden. I love summertime in the South!
BWAH HAH HAH! You are the funniest ever! As an NC girl, I feel ya on the humidity. Also? WE LOVE CORNBREAD! :) You are reminding me to make some. Thank you. Also? Love the southern-ness of cooking lunch (dinner) straight from the garden. My Yankee mama did not do this, God love her.
I must say as a native northerner (grew up in Iowa, live in Minnesota) I have never eaten a cornstick corn bread whatever. :) I’m not sure such a pan would feel like it fit in up here, but I would sure like to try!
I’d love to win – to read the book and eat cornbread at the same time might be too much fun for one day!
II had that same kind of day WHEW!!!
I’d LOVE that cornbread pan! Just like the one my Mamma used!
I’m so with you on the flat hair issue. I live in Houston and I’m always struggling to keep my hair from looking like a wet nutria.
Thank you for the chance to win!
Cast iron!! Love it!!! Two copies of your book to give-away because I’ve already preordered my own copy.
love anything that has to do with corn……still want to read your book
I’d love to have that corn stick pan. By the way, my hair “grows” in the FL humidity. Not sure which is worse.
I would LOVE to win this, I have one and love using it, but want to show my grangirls how to use it and so I wouldn’t lose the one I have…since it is already “seasoned” like ME!!! and two books also sharing without losing WIN-WIN!!!
please pass the tomatoes and the fresh corn on the cob.
My Nana used to make me cornbread in one of those, I didn’t know they still made them either!
I love summer garden cooking – its so yummy!
My granny had that pan! Fun!
Cant wait to read your book!! And reading about the lunches your mama would fix made me hungry!!!
I’d love to win! Looking forward to there book!
I’ve never seen a pan like that before. How cute. I can’t wait to read your book.