Better than Christmas: A Give Away
Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 7:56PM 
I'm happy to announce Les Petites Images second and most delicious give away to date.
The amazing Marxfoods has graciously provided me with the goods to give to one of my very lucky readers.
When the box arrived here I was in awe. It's simply ridiculous how many great things there are. It seemed like I just kept digging and digging as though it was Mary Poppins handbag. Though sample sized, these goodies could keep you busy in the kitchen for six months and will certainly spark some creativity.
The sweeteners alone are enough to make any sweet-tooth's mouth water...
All of them together looking pretty
And then there were the salts: a plethora of specialty, rare, beautiful and oh-so-different types of salt. Salt you can use to make an extra special margarita, or add a spicy crunch to the top of a fabulous appetizer, or even as an addition to a fabulous home made truffle.
A "palette" of different flavors and colors
That's quite a good give away isn't it? Salt and sugar? I guess spice would be an appropriate addition. So why not add, say, eleven types of dried chiles from around the world? Sure, no problem.
Clockwise from far left: New Mexican Chiles, Japones Chiles, Organic Aji Cereza Chiles, Ancho Chiles, Aji Panca Chiles, Habanero Chiles, Puya Chiles, Chipotle Chiles
and a few more...
Top to bottom: Ghost chiles, Smoked Serrano Chiles, Pasilla Negro Chiles
And then... (can you believe there is more?)
Finally there are the mushrooms. We all need a little umami in our lives right?
And that people, is the greatest giveaway this blog has ever seen. Granted it's only the second giveaway I've done around here, it's still totally boss!
To qualify:
Leave a comment telling me which of the above products you are most excited to try in your kitchen and how you would use it.
Comments will close at 12pm central time on Friday October 9th. The winner will then be selected at random using the random integer generator at random.org to select one person by their comment number. If you blog, tweet, tumble or facebook (or any other form of social media for all I care) about this give away, leave a comment linking to your shout-out and enter to win up to 3 times!
Good luck!
Reader Comments (57)
Kate, your giveaway is over my food head. I didn't even know what the majority of these things were... much less how to use them. However, I will research, and get back to you with a recipe!
granulated honey - and i would use it by dumping it into my mouth and smiling.
is it actual honey that's granulated... or honey flavored sugar? not that it really matters... but... IF granulate honey is possible, why on earth has it been missing from my world to this point?
I don't even know where to start! The item that jumped out at me first was the Szechuan Pepper Salt. I just thought that it would be awesome on a fresh cucumber with lime juice. So simple, but I bet to die for.
Or the smoked sea salt on a homemade chocolate ice cream? Wow, that would be good.
As for the chilis, I was just looking at a recipe in my Rick Bayless cookbook 'Authentic Mexican' called Mole Rojo con Pollo which calls for three different chilis, which your haul includes two of and I'd gladly substitute one of the others for.
And I'll be facebooking and tweeting this. And Stumbling, but I don't know how to prove that one.
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A little black or red sea salt sprinkled on top of roast squash... or lime salt on roast beets sounds good.
I would use the ghost pepper! Inside of stuffed chicken with cheese!
Then homemade vanilla bean icecream with the honey sugar~!
Theresa Rose
Awesome giveaway. I would love to try some of those salts.
Wow, that's fantastic! I'd love to try any of the salts, and try them on a variety of things--different vegetables, different meats, different breads spread with unsalted butter...
I Twittered it too: http://twitter.com/amycrea
My Twitter feeds automatically goes to my Facebook, so at some point this morning it'll be there too.
Love Marx Foods! I have some smoked sea salt and I ground it up and used it as seasoning on homemade croutons.
The sugars look amazing. Of course I'd love to make flavored teas/coffees more interesting.
I have no idea what I'd use them for but I've seen the different salts on TV and always thought they looked so interesting.
Mmm. There's a wild mushroom lasagna I make with white sauce that those dried mushrooms would be perfect for...of course, I'd manage to fine plenty of other uses for everything!
oh my gosh. We've been kicking around a big batch of cream of mushroom soup to freeze and use all through the winter -- what an addition all those beautiful mushrooms would make! yum.
Sarah (http://twitter.com/urbanwanderlust)
i'm super intrigued by the granulated honey and the lime salt, but at a loss as to how to use them. maybe i would make my own tortilla chips and sprinkle them on, ooh! along with some of those chilis! yeah. good snack (i tweet!).
Ghost Chile - I want to put this bad boy in an absurdly way over the top too hot to even be in the same room with salsa.
What a great giveaway!
I love sampling different salts and have my eye on the smoked sea salt. I'd love to try that on some salmon. Yum!
Neat giveaway! :) Count me in! I'm most intrigued by the espresso salt!
I would love to try any of those salts...I've only ventured as far as sea salt, so I'm dying to try different varieties!
the granulated honey would be awesome in my passion oolong tea.
The mushrooms would taste great in my homemade alfredo sauce as for the rest, I would have to let the creative juices flow LOL
I would use the lime salt for margaritas!!
I also twitted about this giveaway
http://twitter.com/linzkitchen
What an awesome giveaway!!! I am most excited about the chile peppers and the mushrooms, I have so many ideas running through my head of what I could do with them!!
i would be most excited to try the porcini mushrooms...maybe in a soup with delicata squash?
I would love to try one of the salts to add a punch to some veggies...That would be so great!
Oh my, this giveaway is incredible! All of those salts look AMAZING. Although I have to admit I'm really excited about the habanero salt!
Omg! There are so many options here--I didn't even know they existed! I want to make some creme brulee with your sugar... eemm, I am salivating just thinking about it. And the mushrooms--I have so many fall recipes that require them!! Thanks for a great giveaway.
Ohh I don't know where to start. There are so many great spices. I'm torn between the granulated honey and the habanero salt.