So remember when my book came out and one of the giveaways was a cast iron skillet and fifteen pounds of bacon?
Well. I was actually supposed to give away two cast iron skillets. But I forgot all about that second one because the week before the book released I was very busy watching Mississippi State baseball while I tried to ignore All The Nerves. I really was scared out of my ever-livin’ mind, and baseball was my most favorite coping mechanism in my time of publication need.
I will pause for a moment so that you can marvel at my lack of mental strength and maturity.
So for the last three months, that second skillet has been under the watchful eye of my friend Maria at Tyndale. And earlier this week I got a couple of very funny emails from Tyndale friends that essentially said I AM TIRED OF MOVING THAT SKILLET OUT OF THE WAY WHEN I WANT TO SIT DOWN IN MARIA’S OFFICE. PLEASE GIVE IT AWAY.
Which is what I’m about to do.
But – but! – there’s even better news. Because this past weekend I got to hang out with sweet Misty from Petit Jean Meats, so after the Tyndale folks emailed me about the skillet, I emailed Misty and said, “Hey. You want to give away some more bacon?” And then she wrote me back and said, “Yep. Sure do.”
(That might not have been the exact conversation.)
(But you get the idea.)
And that is why today I am so happy to give away a 12-inch cast iron skillet along with fifteen pounds of Petit Jean Meats bacon.
These two things belong together. It’s the Southern way. And I can tell you without hesitation that Petit Jean’s black pepper bacon is the best I have ever had.
That is high praise considering that I am no stranger to the bacon.
SO. If you’d like to enter to win a a 12-inch Lodge cast iron skillet, FIFTEEN POUNDS-O-BACON, and a copy of my book because, well, WHY NOT, just leave a comment on this post. If you’d like a second entry, just go like the Petit Jean Meats Facebook page and then come back here and leave an additional comment (you can just say “PJM Facebook” or something like that in your second entry).
I’ll close comments on this post Friday night, and I’ll select a winner using random.org.
Happy Wednesday, y’all!
This giveaway is now closed.
I’m LOVING your book!
My husband would DIE of happiness if we won this!! :)
I love your blog and your book! I also love that you speak in ALL CAPS! I hoped I wasn’t the only one!
Well of course I want to win the bacon and the skillet to fry it up in!!!
Proof that prayers do get answered! I want this bacon so much (and I guess that skillet would be nice too)! :-)
I would love to have both of these items!
Yes please!
Bacon for my hubby + book for me = win-win!
Oh yes yes yes please!!!
Over 900 people posting in hopes of winning BACON! Amazingly awesome :)
Bacon!!!
I would love a great iron skillet! But I am to cheap to buy one. So if I win this one I could season it with the 15 pounds of bacon. Loved your book.
This is a great giveaway! Thanks!
Um yes please!
i love cast irons skillets…LUV bacon and your book is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!
“PJM Facebook”
I was at Yankee candle the other day and they have a BACON candle and of course I wanted to buy one for you. But I didn’t. By the way, that candle you had lit in your house the day I came for lunch has become a favorite of mine. It is a “balsam/fir” candle – I LOVE IT. Nearly as much as I love you!
I love a good cast-iron skillet!
GJ :)
I’d love Petit Jean bacon and your book (read it and loved it!)!! The skillet, well, if it comes with the party, ok but I’m lousy at seasoning cast iron. And thank you! For the life of me I couldn’t remember the name of the ham I used to buy when we lived in AR and now that I see it, I remember – Petit Jean.
PJM Facebook – and PJM is actually my initials at birth. Well, there you go!
Would love some bacon! Yum!
I love cooking in cast iron pans and I love bacon. So I could “go to town” with this drawing!
PJB Facebook-So who doesn’t LOVE yummy bacon!
I hate to confess this but we had BLTs last night and tonight we’re having bacon-wrapped shrimp. So needless to say, we love us some bacon in our house. Oh, and I haven’t read your book yet so I would love to get a copy. Thanks, Sophie!!
Cast iron skillet… good! Bacon…. even better!!
Bacon and something to cook it in. Does it really get better than that?
side bar note: this weekend something big is happening! it will be the first time in the history of the Miss America pagnant that a contestant will not be covering up her tattoos! Miss Kansas has two tattoos. And you will be able to see them in the swimsuit competition.
I would love to win this giveaway!
You had me at bacon.
Mmmmmmmmmm BACON!
I love bacon and I loved your book!
I love your blog, cast iron skillets, and most of all, bacon!
PJM Facebook
I WOULD LOVE TO WIN YOUR GIVE AWAY!!! LUV ME SOME BACON!!! THANK YOU
You are speaking my love language. Deeply and truly.
Bacon & cast iron go together like peanut butter and
jelly or cheese and macaroni…you get the idea. It’s
peace love and bacon in my book.
Thank you for this giveaway. Just the thought made
my day (and cue’d the hunger pains).
Would love to win.
My husband loves bacon!
I love bacon, my husband would love the skillet and your book is on my to-read list! Sounds like a winning combo!
PJM Facebook
Being as I never win anything ( $3.00 for a crochet prize once). I will enter your skillet/bacon contest. I’m almost to old to use such a heavy skillet but the Petit Jean Bacon is wonderful!
Lots of folks like Petit Jean Meats!
I want bacon!!
Oh bacon!
I really want the book and the bacon! I’ll take the skillet too :)
What a perfect southern giveaway! And our mamas and grandmas would have loved them, too!
Bacon and a book. Life is not much better than that!
You can never have too many cast iron skillets OR BACON!!! Would love to win!!!
4 hungry kiddos who love bacon! Right here.
I’d love to win a skillet and 15 pounds of bacon! Why not?? My husband would be even happier than he already is :)
I LOVE bacon and it reminds me of my sweet father in law who cooked it every morning for the grandchildren. Please choose me!
I would be the hero of my family for winning 15 POUNDS OF BACON. I’ve always wanted to be a hero. Fingers crossed.
Mmmm…bacon! Bacon makes everything better! Especially cooked in cast iron!
Bacon, skillet, and a book?? What’s not to love??
PJM Facebook
Oh my goodness. It just doesn’t get any better than this! Thanks, BooMama!
Eat more bacon!
Yeah, boy!!
Yummmmm….bacon! My seven year old daughter wrote on her “back to school/getting to know you” paper that her favorite food is bakin (that’s how bacon is spelled when you are seven)- and her teacher wrote next to it “mine too”. So cute!
I hope I win! Who doesn’t like bacon?? :)
I’ve always wanted my very own cast iron skillet! And who doesn’t love 15 lbs of bacon?!
Every kitchen needs a cast iron skillet! Maybe two! And seasoning it with a batch of bacon is preferred.
Would love to win!! Everything is better with bacon.
We all love bacon around here. But I read your book this summer in about 2 sittings and just laughed and cried a little and loved it a lot.
Love cast iron skillets, love bacon!
The 15 pounds of bacon would come in handy while I am away at the dotmom conference. See, I have 3 boys who need to eat while I am away. It’s all very Huck Finn with the skillet and the bacon. All they lack is the Mississippi River.
I would love to win the skillet and bacon. I love a cast iron skillet and I love bacon! The bacon would be delicious with my Arkansas homegrown tomatoes on a BLT – yum! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Pick me! I mostly want the book. Husband would adore the cast iron because he only has 14 tons of it already and bacon….oh joy!
Love this giveaway! Like they say, “You either like bacon, or you’re wrong.”
I would love nothing more than a fresh cast iron skillet, and all that bacon would make my year!
Happy weekend!
Thank you for this opportunity.
I love me some PJ bacon. I live in Arkansas and not far from Petit Jean meat company and who would not want another iron skillet!!!!
Thankful you got your phone back. Love you telling us about the young lady who returned your phone. Also love bacon and a skillet to fry it in and a book to read at the same time I’m eating the bacon. Thanks for this chance to win all three.
Loved your book. Growing up in the south I can relate to those stories :).
Just hauled our cast iron skillet all of the way to the beach because it is the best way to cook bacon!
I love me some bacon & iron skillets- the only way my momma ever cooks it! One of the joys of living in the south! :)
I just re-read your book! The Martha stories crack me up! Except for the one about her and Rubena which makes me cry. Great stories!
Yummy, bacon!!!!!!
Bacon and cast iron – a match made in southern heaven. Hope you are doing well.
Roll Tide!!
Bacon and cast iron skillet – the perfect combination.
I LOVED your book! I sure would love the skillet, bacon AND a copy of your book to give a friend!!!!!!!!!
My cousin got all of Granny’s good cast iron. I need this so I don’t have to hurt her.
Fun times!
How can anyone not love bacon and the best way to cook it! Would love to read your book!
I have a teenaged son so 15 pounds of bacon would be just about right.
Checked out the PJM Facebook page… and now I’m hungry!
I once had a pet pig named Charlotte-because she was a girl, and I am afraid of spiders. Then came her husband Wilbur- but sadly we had to make bacon out of them both….I miss those pigs! But if I won the skillet I could name it Charlotte, and fry me up some bacon! Then I won’t be sad anymore!
puhleeeez?
Yes, please! What better way to start a weekend!
What a great giveaway!
Liked the FB page, too!
Your book was SO good, and who doesn’t love bacon?
Nothing better than frying bacon in cast iron!
I would love a new iron skillet and some bacon to cook in it!
So glad you loved my state! I love it as much as I love bacon! My Mamyaw taught me to bake cornbread in a cast iron skillet and a 12 inch skillet would be awesome for making huge batches for my three cornbread loving kiddos! I’ve been listening to the old “BooCast” pod casts and laughing so hard while I clean the kitchen. Thanks for feeling like an old friend even though I’ve never met you.
I would love to win!!!! yummy!!!!
I would love to win!
Yes, please! My husband would DIE over that bacon!
Goodness, a thousand comments! Apparently I am not alone in my appreciation of a good cast iron skillet and of course- BACON.
I’d love, love to win this skillet, bacon, AND your book!!!