You may remember that just before I left Texas, I was asked for the second time to participate in a recipe spotlight in partnership with the Texas Beef Council. the council had approached me in the past and I’ve always been happy to help them out with these events.
Since we already knew my wife was destined for Turkey, I thought that the Moroccan Style Beef Kabob recipe I put together would be fitting, and even though it turned out far less spectacularly than it could have, I blame the beef and my inexperience with bulgur, not the recipe, which I look forward to making again. Participating was fun and, I thought, a fitting end to my time in Texas. I’d completely forgotten about a mention of a drawing for prizes for the participants.
Until I got this in my email:
Pictured in the photo above is Mr. Richard Wortham, Executive Vice President of the Texas Beef Council drawing my name out of a hat that looks suspiciously like one that I own. The initial shock was compounded when the email reminded me of what I’d won. The text of the mail (edited) went like this:
Hi Jerry,
Congratulations – you’ve won our Texas Grilling Recipe Challenge! Attached you’ll find a picture of your name being drawn out of a hat by Richard Wortham, Executive Vice President of the Texas Beef Council. Here’s what you’ve won:
- Char-Broil gas grill
- $100 beef gift card from Nolan Ryan Beef and
- Grilling essentials such as an apron, grill mitt and grilling utensils
The Texas beef gift pack valued around $500 to either keep or to give away to your readers. The grill will be coming your way courtesy of Home Depot and The Texas Beef Council will be sending you the rest of the gift pack next week.
Um. WOW!
And of course, we were moving less than a week later, so everything had to be arranged to arrive in California at my sister’s house. A month later my wife left for Turkey, the grill is still in the garage, the gift pack is “somewhere”, this post was never written and I never got to do what I’m doing now…
I’m giving one of you guys a $100.00 beef gift card from Nolan Ryan Beef!
So if you’d like a chance to get a $100.00 head start on any order of beef from Nolan Ryan Beef, just leave a comment below before midnight on Monday, September 14th and I’ll pick someone at random to send the code to.
I’m looking forward to handing this prize out, folks. It’s a carnivore’s delight and I’m hoping that another food logger gets it so that we can see what comes of the order for ourselves. Of course I won’t limit the giveaway to food bloggers, but I’d love to see it happen that way.
More giveaways will be coming. We’re working onthe holidays, after all, so i thought I’d get a head start on the giving!
Good Luck!
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I have not had luck cooking Bulgar either, the only way I have succes is when i soak it for Tabouli.
What a great prize and very nice grill. I’m a carnivore, throw my name in that hat please!
Wow! Congrats! And please put my name in your hat too ;-)
Congrats on your win and thanks for the chance to win! The porterhouse’s look great on the Nolan Ryan site!
Nice grill!! Congrats on winning!
I’d never pass up a chance to win beef, so count me in.
Talk about grabbing the bull by the horn’s when winning that prize! You totally deserve it with all your skill & wit. Kindly put my name in your hat as I’d love the beef reward!
Big congratulations! What a win!
Jerry, that’s awesome, congratulations! That’s a pretty fantastic prize you got there! (We’re beef eaters, so I would definitely put that gift card to use.)
Congratulations – It’s high time your skills and talents were recognized. :-)
(And unless being an old friend disqualifies, put my name in that hat too! Not only am I a carnivore, but I live with two more!) :-)
i would love to win .65 and on a budget…..annette
Congratulations on your win! Really nice of you to share it with us. I’m not a food blogger, but I do cook dinner for carnivores. I will pass along the name of an excellent food blog that I follow, though: Mennonite Girls Can Cook. You can find it here http://mennonitegirlscancook.blogspot.com/ and prepare to drool…
Beef. It’s not just for breakfst anymore!! Seiously, we eat lotsof beef in our house. we’re meat and potatoes kinda people.
Wow! What a fabulous prize! Nice grill, although, sorry, but I love charcoal. It just brings out the best in flavors, to me. I am definitely a carnivore. I love cooking and “creating” my own dishes. I’m not a full food blogger but do post recipes on my “Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!” blog.
Congrats on your win. Hope to hear from you Monday!
Thanks for the contest!
Congrats on winning,throw my name in the hat too,lol,beef is always the perfect gift,lol,seriously congrats
Never had this beef but hear it’s the best!!! Pick me..LOL
Congrads on your win And Thank you for giving us the chance to win such a great prize!
I would sure like to win that code! You know how we people here in Texas like our beef! Please add my name to the hat!
Where’s the beef? Hopefully, in my freezer. We just got done cooking burgers on the grill and my husband was complaining about my store-bought burgers. They were thin and a few fell apart when he was turning them.
Congrats to you! Love to cook and love beef It’s a winner when done right! Thanks for the opportunity!
Congrats on the win, what a great prize! Thanks for the chance to win some great beef, I’m hungry :)
Would love to hear how the recipe turns out next time!