You know I’m a fan of the lobster. I’m also a fan of most anything seafood (though you know by now I don’t like mussels!) All that being said, I was totally stoked when Old Bay contacted me, asking if I’d be interested in a gift bag in honor of their 70th anniversary.
Fun fact: Did you know that Old Bay’s original name was “Delicious Brand Shrimp and Crab Seasoning”? Read the rest of the Old Bay story here.
To me, Old Bay is legendary. I can’t remember a time when we didn’t have a container of Old Bay in our house growing up. It’s a company that’s always been around, and I’m happy to help celebrate their 70 years.
Even better – the people at Old Bay asked if I’d be up for giving away one of these packages on my blog. Of course, of course, I said!
So, let’s check out the goods in more detail:
Cute tote: This actually had a flat bottom so it sits upright!
Old Bay Seafood Steamers: A seasoning and steaming back for the microwave
Keychain & Temp. Tattoo: I’m already contemplating the perfect day to sport the tattoo, and the keychain is a bottle opener!
Beach towel: I am taking this to the apartment pool STAT. Guaranteed to win best towel award.
Old Bay Seasoning: And the reason for the celebration right here in a little 6 oz. canister. So glad they’ve kept this iconic look.
How to enter:
- Leave a comment on this blog and tell me why you most deserve this package. Even though I’m using the random integer, I’m still looking for some creative answers, people. Earn street cred by making me laugh
Earn extra points by:
- Linking back to this contest on your blog (let me know if you do!)
- Linking back to this contest on Twitter (let me know if you do!)
- Follow me on Twitter – I’m @lobsterplacemat
The contest will run until Thursday, July 2, at midnight (eastern time). I will announce the winner Friday morning!
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June 30, 2009 at 10:25 am
Quinn
Oh, I want to win! I remember my first crabs experience in the Outer Banks. My uncle’s father (a Baltimore native) taught me the proper way to open a crab and I vividly remember Old Bay all over my fingers. That is a memory I will have forever!
June 30, 2009 at 10:59 am
brandi
How fun!
I deserve it because:
1. I’ve been looking for a new tattoo idea
2. Old Bay crab chips are my FAVORITE – have you had them?
3. I grew up on the coast eating fresh seafood and old bay is part of my heritage. I could use a little of that heritage in the form of a towel to use at the pools here since I have no beach
June 30, 2009 at 11:04 am
Erica
ummm fabulous giveaway! I LOVE old bay. I just used it the other night to make crab cakes. I most deserve to win because I recently moved away from MD (crab capital!) to SC. Now I have to make all my own crab at home and I need this spice to do so! I also want that towel to use at the beach
June 30, 2009 at 11:05 am
prettyladycmu
Who wouldn’t want an Old Bay temporary tattoo?? Might be the greatest thing ever.
June 30, 2009 at 11:45 am
Andrea (Off Her Cork)
Hell yes I want to enter! I love Old Bay! First of all we eat seafood all the time so that qualifies me right there. And secondly Old Bay is awesome on other things too like fries, chips, and wings!
June 30, 2009 at 11:49 am
Meghann
What a cute giveaway! I love old bay seasoning too and really think its adds flavor to any seafood dish.
I think I should win becuase I have been dying to make some crab legs lately and this is the inspiration I need to do it!
June 30, 2009 at 11:52 am
Erin
Ahh…Old Bay. It is quintessential Maryland.
The reason I should win? Because I’m the only person that I know of that realizes that UTZ OLD BAY crab chips are the BEST snack food on the planet.
OLD Bay. + Chips.
BRAZILLIANT.
June 30, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Tiffany
I love Old Bay! Living in MD my entire life, it’s in my veins. Give me some steamed crabs & beer hon!
June 30, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Bill
I would like to be considered for your giveaway because I believe I have a legendary dedication to Old Bay:
1. I lived in Germany for 4 years and had friends in Baltimore send me the tall cans every other month or so. I would bring a can to parties and sprinkle it on people’s chips (Before Utz did).
2. When I lived in Oklahoma, I would import frozen shrimp and have friends over for steamed shrimp every other month or so…this was way before Old Bay was in stores there.
3. Now live in Seattle where all seafood is boiled (and the crabs are Dungeness…yuck). Anyhow, slowly changing the culture one mouth at a time by steaming shrimp and crabs with Old Bay.
Thanks for your consideration.
June 30, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Tanya
I live in Santa Barbara California my boyfriend hails from New Jersey. I had my first steamed crab expierence last summer when we drove through MD on our way to the great banks….OMG heaven!! Now we use Old Bay on everything and the boyfriend’s birthday is July 8- he would be stoked! Old Bay gift set AND a Carvel Ice Cream with the NY Jets logo! Can you say PERFECT?! BTW- love the blog..becoming a food blog addict!
Tanya
June 30, 2009 at 12:40 pm
A
Pick me pick meeee!!! 6 Reasons:
1) I go to the gym…. I NEED a new gym bag. My plastic Target bag is starting to get old.
2) I go to the gym….. I need an AWESOME towel to show off in the locker room.
3) I like a bottled beverage every now and again. Enter that fab key chain!!!
4) I’m crazy…. but not THAT crazy; hence my love for TEMPORARY tattoos!
5) I’m a busy girl…. steaming in the microwave would be a LIFESAVER!!
6) And finally, what better way to season my tofu is there than a NEW package of Old Bay!?!?!?
-A
(Oh and I’m now following you on twitter!)
June 30, 2009 at 12:59 pm
lora
i would love to win because i could definitely use a bottle opener key chain so I won’t have to open my beers with my teeth anymore! (that was a joke….kinda) lmao! have a great tuesday!
June 30, 2009 at 1:04 pm
dailygoods
oh man i’m a hugeeee old bay fan, but believe it or not i actually don’t own any!
SUMMER TIME MEANS CRAB TIME!
June 30, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Anna
I deserve it because I’m from a very seafood-y state, Massachusetts. And because I don’t have a paying job.
June 30, 2009 at 2:18 pm
marie
I think I deserve to win this gift package b/c I LOVE Old Bay Seasoning and use it to cook atypical stuff like salmon and crawfish! Heck, I might even try steaming some edamame with it!
June 30, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Alison
I’d love this giveaway, because I’ve never cooked with lobster. This would be a good excuse to try!
June 30, 2009 at 3:21 pm
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June 30, 2009 at 3:47 pm
AnAppleADay
cute bag!
June 30, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Victoria
I’d like to win. My husband is super tall and can’t use normal people towels. He could really use a new beach towel!
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June 30, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Melissa
I deserve to win because I have never had my own container of Old Bay! Being from Missouri, I never had a need. And I keep having people here make my seafood. I think it’s about time I use it in one of my own cooking endeavors.
June 30, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Rebeca
I want this for the temp. tattoo alone… seriously… I want to plaster it on my forehead like those people who sell body space (and by forehead I mean the back of my hand)
June 30, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Runeatrepeat
I should win the contest because:
1. This would be a great way to welcome me to MD!
2. I’ve never had Old Bay (blasphamy!!!)
3. I can tell people I gave someone crabs and they gave me this container of Old Bay…
June 30, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Elisa
I need this Old Bay stuff!!!! My husband is in love with Old Bay and uses it on everything!!!!! I made him move out of B’more (his life long home) to NJ last year so this Old Bay package would mean so much to him!
June 30, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Jenn (eating bender)
OHH BOY do I love OLD BAY!
(See what I did there? Alliteration with the actual product name? Does pointing it out make it less effective?)
Seriously though, I love the stuff. I add it to everything – ever tried it with popcorn? Delish!
Thanks for hosting, Rose!
June 30, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Monica
I recently had the Old Bay Crab chips and they were oddly delicious : )
June 30, 2009 at 9:17 pm
chandra
Wow, I feel sorry for all these people talking about their crabs…
j/k!
I love, love, LOVE seafood, but honestly – I’ve never had Old Bay before! *gasp!* But if I win we can wear the tattoos around Boston at the summit and be the “Old Bay Blogger Babes”. LOL
June 30, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Anne K.
Love the giveaway! I’ve never used Old Bay seasoning, so I’d really love to try it! And to tell you the truth, I haven’t heard of it before to know what it was. So when I read your post title, I thought of that Old Spice cologne or whatever. I was like, wait–isn’t this a food blog? Why is she giving away that super strong cologne that’s supposed to make all the girls go crazy? Haha, whoops! I guess that’s my reason–I need to win this, so I can be educated about Old Bay!
I linked here: http://harpingonfitness.blogspot.com/2009/06/whered-summer-go.html
June 30, 2009 at 9:44 pm
leslie
I need this because I need to SPICE up my new apartment with boyf when I move in on Thursday. I would love to make him a fabulous “YAY now we live together no more driving 3 hours to see each other!” meal. Both boyf and I heart Old Bay, so this would be awesome!
June 30, 2009 at 9:45 pm
leslie
I follow you on twitter and just tweeted the giveaway – @lmcder01
I hope I win!
June 30, 2009 at 11:52 pm
broccolihut
I have come to love Old Bay! Although I don’t consume seafood anymore, I use it all the time in my tofu “crab” cakes and tofu sticks to give them authentic fishy flavor:)
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July 1, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Erin
Rose, I linked back yesterday!
July 1, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Denise Graveline
I love the beach, but being fair-skinned, I can burn in minutes. Maybe that’s why, when I saw the irresistible beach towel, I thought: I’d just have to use that. Of course I’d look like a lobster…making the towel the Ultimate Lobster Placemat! (though very different from what your title stands for). A great giveaway, and I’ll retweet!
July 1, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Jordan Hadfield
Ok, so I want to win this bag of OLD BAY goodies for many reasons…I shall list them for you.
1. I follow you on twitter
2. I retweeted this link and some other stuff of yours
3. You rock
4. I let you borrow a pretty sweet book
5. I don’t have a gift for my Bride yet for our wedding day (we get married in t-minus 30 days) and she loves OLD BAY and Crabs from the Chesapeake…so this would be the perfect gift, because we are going to an island for our honeymoon and we could use the towel…heck, I would even tattoo the OLD BAY Tattoo on my arm for the honeymoon and I would send photos to you for the blog
6. I put OLD BAY on my fries, potatoes, potato chips, burgers, steaks, chicken, shrimp, mashed potatoes, potato salad, chili (yes chili), and lobster…I love OLD BAY (i love it so much, I capitalize it everytime I write it)
7. I bet I could use every item in the bag throughout the duration of our honeymoon…it would be instantly used and loved.
8. My middle name is OLD BAY.
9. My Dad is OLD and I live on the BAY.
10. I read your blog everyday and I will till I expire if I get to have your bag of OLD BAY awesomeness…
Thanks for posting and having a great contest!
Jordan Hadfield
July 1, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Courtney Robinson
I need a little “spice” in my life right now. PICK ME!! Plus I love putting old bay on salmon. YUM!
July 1, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Kaolee
You should pick me because I haven’t ate any seafood yet this year and I love seafood. I need some good seasoning!
July 1, 2009 at 3:38 pm
postcollegecook
I am the proud owner (mother) of a lobster hat. Yes, a hat that is a lobster. I think that qualifies me for this contest!
July 1, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Whit
I would like to win this giveaway because I have a serious shortage of towels right now. I am linking to you in my post today!
July 1, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Carrie H
Ohhh, I love Old Bay! I think I deserve to win because I laughed when my husband stuck his hand in a crab trap and a crab clawed onto his thumb and drew blood! I still laugh about Pinchey! (Simpson’s reference, anyone?!)
Actually, this story makes me seem like a mean wife and like I shouldn’t win … but it is all true!
(I still think I should win!)
July 1, 2009 at 8:40 pm
leslie
I posted about your giveaway here:
http://lovejackson.blogspot.com/2009/07/don-pablos-dinner.html
July 1, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Kristen
I would love to try Old Bay because I am from New England and have never tried it. I have always wanted to experiment with crab cakes so this would be the perfect time. Thanks for the giveaway!
July 1, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Laura
I’d love to win this because my mother’s family is from Maryland and I grew up knowing Old Bay like most people know salt and pepper.
Old Bay on french fries? Yum! That tattoo is rockin! And you’re right, that towel will definitely outshine any other towel at the pool.
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leslie
i deserve to win because i NEED to bring that towel to the beach. i want to lay on some old bay! (oh, that rhyme pains me). and i already follow you on twitter! and i just tweeted, even though i don’t really understand twitter yet.
pick me integer generator!
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I deserve to win because you know how I am with purses, and I DO NOT OWN AN OLD BAY BAG! OMG!
Also I did link to your giveaway … better late than pregnant, right? Here it is: http://fashionablyfit.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/a-new-rule/
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