A. D. Livingston's Mastering the Cast-Iron Skillet by Livingston, A.D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

A Manly Tradition

Understanding Cast Iron Tender Loving Care How to Sweeten the Pot

Cast-Iron Skillet Specialties

What’s What Skillet Cooking Techniques Skillet Safety 1. Hearty Breakfast

Scrambled Chicken Eggs Fried Chicken Eggs Easy Wild Mushroom Omelet Hangtown Fry Eggs Ybor City Venison Chops and Chicken Eggs Fish Roe Breakfast Sopchoppy Pancakes Hash Brown Potatoes Skillet Bacon Cowboy Camp Coffee

2. Beef and Pork

Steaks Cognac à la Joe Dogs Iannuzzi A. D.’S Un-Lucullan Rib Eye Country Steak Dry Salt Steak Steak Terry Gunn Herter’s Minnesota Steak Chicken-Fried Steaks Smother-Fried Steaks Two-Skillet Stroganoff Veal Parmigiana Finger-Licking Pork Chops Bornean Pig Chops Leftover Roast Beef Hash

3. Burger

Hamburger Steaks for Two Versatile Venison Burgers Russian Meat Patties Bulgarian Burgers Seminole Burgers One-Skillet Dinner Easy Skillet Chili A. D.’s Pasta Helper Meatballs

4. Birds

Skillet-Fried Chicken Gullah Maa’sh Hen Smother-Fried Quail Mushroom Smothered Chicken Family Chicken Turkey Fingers Skillet Doves Skillet Duck with Muscadine Jelly Smith Island Duck Skillet Goose Nuggets

5. Venison and Other Game

Chicken-Fried Loin Chops with Soption Backstrap Chops with Red Wine A Tenderloin Sauté Deer Camp Venison Liver Safari Steaks Big Scrub Venison Old Warsaw Stuffed Venison Cutlets Foolproof Fried Venison Easy Big-Game Stir-Fry Caribou Stroganoff Squayrill Stoo Skillet Squirrel with Dried Morels Cross Creek Squirrel Aztec Rabbit

6. Fish and Shellfish

Dan Webster’s Stir-Fried Shrimp Florida Hash Cherokee Mary’s Leftover Fish Scramble Skillet Fish Gravy The Reduced-Fat Fish Fry Trout Hemingway Catalonian Fish with Garlic Vietnamese Perch with Nuoc Cham Skillet Fillets with Soy A Nassau Fish Steam A. D.’s Cypress Trout Salmon Patties Camp Croquettes Eastern Shore Crab Cakes Sautéed Bay Scallops A. D.’s Whole Scallop Fry Shrimp Mosca Skillet Shrimp with Sweet Peppers Lobster Norfolk Easy Camp Chowder Skillet Softcraws Grouper Stacks Sumac Trout

7. Exotic Meats

Chicken-Fried Gator Island Frogs Frogs Sturdivant Turtle Stew with Acorn Gravy Higado de Tortuga Newfie Cod Tongues A. D.’s Cricket Crisps Rat

8. Vegetables and Fruits

Sautéed Chanterelles Wild Mushroom Fritters Onion Rings Sautéed Onions Fried Green Tomato Sandwiches Turkish Eggplant Fried Japanese Eggplant Skillet Cabbage East African Stuffed Okra Purslane Fries Fried Potato Rounds Garden Medley in the Skillet A. D.’s Greasy Summer Squash Easy Skillet Beans Skillet-Fried Corn Elder Blow Patties Fried Apple Slices Fried Figs Roasted Chestnuts

9. Bread, Corn Bread, and Biscuits

Johnnycakes Cross Creek Crackling Bread Jalapeño Bread Livingston Perfect Hush Puppies Mama’s Crusty Corn Pone Cowboy Biscuits Skillet-Baked Biscuits Aztec Sunflower Bread Seminole Pumpkin Bread Chapati Caribbean Cassava Bread Singing Hinnie Camp Bannock Croutons

10. Gravy

Sopchoppy Tomato Gravy Alaskan Dried Mushroom Camp Gravy Tennessee Redeye Gravy Foxfire Gravy Giblet Gravy A. D.’s BBQ Soption Nigerian Ata Sauce for Beef or Venison Almost Foolproof Skillet Gravy

11. Blackened Fish, Fowl, and Red Meat

Blackened Redfish Blackened Beef Blackened Hamburger Blackened Chicken Blackened Duck and Goose Blackened Tilapia

Dutch Oven and Other Cast-Iron Specialties

12. Dutch Oven

Easy Camp Breakfast All-Day Pot Roast Camp Stew Big Scrub Guinea Hen Venison Liver and Onions on the Lid Camp Snacks

13. Stovetop Dutch Ovens

Struisin Gaelach Anraith Bhainbh Dutch Oven Venison Venison Grillades Montana Bison Bourguignon

14. Cooking Cajun

Jambalaya Creole Fried Chicken Seafood Gumbo Blessed Crawfish Étouffée Rabbit Sauce Piquante

15. Mexican Cooking, Cast-Iron Style

Chili Texas Chili Tortillas Flour Tortillas

16. ’49er and Sourdough Cooking

Sourdough Starter Sourdough Biscuits Sourdough French Bread Sourdough Flapjacks

17. Yankee Cooking, Cast-Iron Style

Daniel Webster’s Fish Chowder A Yankee Corn Bread Nantucket Fireman’s Supper New England Baked Beans

18. Large-Batch Cooking

Sheep Stew Burgoo Aunt Annie King’s Souse

Other Cast-Iron Pieces

Pie Irons Cast-Iron Muffin Pans Fluted Cake Pan Bread Sticks and Pans Cast-Iron Woks Deep Fryers Cast-Iron Kettles Fajita Griddles and Sizzleware Double Skillets Egg and Bacon Skillet The Jumbo Skillet Ribbed Griddles and Skillets Chef’s Skillet Large Griddles Small Fry Griddle Hibachi Grills and Cast-Iron Grids Cast-Iron Trivet and Meat Rack The Bacon Press Lids for Cast-Iron Cookware Cast-Iron Lids for Camp Dutch Ovens Camp Oven Lid Hooks Stovetop Dutch Oven Lids Skillet Lids Other Lids

Appendix

How Cast-Iron Pots Are Made Antique Pieces

Metric Conversion Tables About the Author