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Microplane Cut Resistant Glove Giveaway!

I was sitting on one of the bar stools at my counter a few days ago, checking my e-mail, and was surprised to have gotten a note from CSN Stores, asking if I’d like to host a giveaway of one of their products! CSN Stores is one of the largest internet retailers in the world, with over 200 internet stores selling nearly everything from home furnishings, toys and games for kids, outdoor furnishings (including a huge selection of bird feeders!), and my favorite, of course, cookware.com.

So I started thinking about what I might like to give you, and I kept thinking back to Twitter conversations I’ve had recently, in which I was surprised at how many of you are cutting yourselves in the kitchen! I thought: “What should everyone who prepares a meal have as standard equipment in the kitchen?” The answer: a cut glove! I bought one for myself about a year ago, and I can’t tell you how much more confidence wearing it gives me when handling those sharp knives and slicers.

Not just any cut glove – a Microplane Specialty Cut Resistant Glove! After all, who knows more about sharp edges than Microplane? I use my glove all the time – on my right hand when I use my mandoline, other kitchen slicers, and my box grater, and on my left hand, holding the food I’m chopping. While you still have to take care when using any sharp blade, the glove offers extra protection from those accidental contacts, and gives everyone a little extra confidence. Here are some of the specs:

  • Specially engineered cut resistant fibers
  • Lightweight, breathable, and stretchable
  • One size fits most hands
  • Fits either hand
  • Made in USA

I have one, MJ has one, and now I want you to have one! Here’s how to enter:

Between now and 12:01 A.M., Eastern time, on Friday, February 12th (2010, duh!) just leave a comment on this post, telling me why you need a Microplane Cut Resistant Glove. Um, okay, you can leave out the explicit, gory details. Really.

Want extra chances to win? Tweet (or Re-Tweet) about this giveaway on Twitter, come back and leave another comment with the URL of your tweet. All comment and tweet entries must be on this post. You can do this as many times as you like!

Just make sure that you leave a good e-mail address at which I can contact you. Anyone in the U.S. and Canada can play!

On Friday, February 12th, I’ll count up the entries, use Random.org to choose a winner, and will announce the winner here and on Twitter! So, pay attention – if I can’t reach you to get a street address to send you your glove by 12:01 a.m. Monday, February 15th, I’ll choose another winner. Okay?

You don’t have to be a “foodie” to want to protect yourself from accidents in the kitchen. If you prepare food for yourself or your family, a cut resistant glove should be as standard as a can opener!

Can’t wait to read your stories and tweets – Ready, Get Set, GO!

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Comments

  1. I've always joked that I need a Kevlar glove, but if you combine my "knife skills" with my sharp knives…umm…yeah…I need a glove.

  3. I'm moving to Sweden in March. My husband usually does all the cooking, but he'll be working full days (Right now, we work nights.), so I'm having to learn to cook for the first time in my life. Needless to say, due to this fact, my knife skills are not up to par, so if you'd like to keep me from cutting off my finger by mistake, then I'd love to win this glove!

  6. Very cool! I've been lucky with slicing and dicing–so far. Damn, if I cut myself now just because I said that? hahaha!!!

  7. Honestly, I want it for my wife. I'm the (terribly) clumsy one, yet she seems to be the one who cuts herself in the kitchen. Thanks!

  8. Honestly, I want it for my wife. I'm the (terribly) clumsy one, yet she seems to be the one who cuts herself in the kitchen. Thanks!

  11. As the mother of four daughters, who are all good cooks, we spend a lot of time in the kitchen together, cooking. Of course there are mishaps and band-aids are always available. I have seen my butchers wearing these gloves, but never thought of getting one for ourselves!

  15. I can't count how many times I grated off some kind of my skin along with whatever I was actually trying to grate! Great Giveaway!

  19. This seems like a fascinating that will allow me to avoind unnecessary blood loss.I also secretly pretend I am Michael Jackson when making my famous Moonwalk Meatloaf and the glove would set off the outfit!

  21. I didn't even know a solution existed for my kitchen accidents! Yay! I'd love one. I always happen to injure myself with the microplane or just a grater. Oh dear.

  25. how fun! I'm a first time visitor to your website through another friend, and how cool it would be to win a pair of kitchen gloves! I love to cook and bake, and just started to blog about the yummy things I "try" to make, so I could see some great use in my future with a handy dandy kitchen glove 🙂 lol.. http://www.itsyummytomytummy.blogspot.com

  29. Cool giveaway! I don't have too many problems when I'm using knives. What I really need the glove for is when I'm grating cheese! I can't tell you how many times I've accidentally grated some part of my hand…

  31. This looks great. I am an absolute klutz in the kitchen and our minor emergency center knows me on a first name basis. Would love to try one of these.rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com

  32. I like to process and prepare our food in bulk, so when I get back from shopping I get busy with the knives.One tool that speeds my job is my mandolin slicer…but not if I use the food gripper, which never seems to work right. But if I'm going along too quickly…well, I'll skip the gory details. A cut glove would be just the thing to keep my veggies…all veggie lol.asthenight at gmail dot com

  37. I would love to have those gloves as my family is fearful of a "piece of me" in my cooking. I used to say my food is made with love , a part of me is in it. Recently as I'm getting older.. that has sometimes been literal..:(Thank youdrk68@hotmail.com

  38. oooooh Rene, one look at my nicked fingers, and you would choose me yourself! I use the microplaner every single day … I could really do with this!! Yes, I have a US address, so Random.org…pick me pleaaaaaaase!!

  41. I have cut my fingers so bad that once I had to go to the ER (it was the sweet potato's fault) and another time to the doctor to be patched up.hafner611{AT}gmail{DOT}com