Skillet Cooking for Camp and Kitchen: More Than 101 Modern and Old-Time Recipes for Jackleg Cooks and Practical Housewives

By A.D. Livingston

Book Overview

Frying and saut?ing steaks, fish, and other foods in a skillet may seem to be a simple procedure, but there are enough variations and subtleties to make it interesting. It's a hands-on kind of cooking... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159228597X
• ISBN13: 9781592285976
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Modern and old time recipes for jackleg cooks and practical housewives

Reviewed by Kelli Glesige for Reader Views (7/06) If you have always wanted to learn about skillet cooking, this is the book for you. A wealth of information is included on all aspects of skillet cooking from shaking the skillet, features of a good skillet, to sweetening the skillet. And I never knew there were so many skillet cooking techniques, but they are all explained here. Common terms are described as well as other not so familiar terms including sweating, trying out and parboiling. After reading this cookbook, I realized how much I did not know about skillet cooking. Proper utensils to incorporate with skillet cooking are covered, for every skillet chef needs a wooden spoon and at least one spatula. Different ways to move the skillet around while cooking to achieve different results such as swirling, flipping, tilting and tapping are also discussed. Several possible skillet oils and the uses of each are explained too. A section I found most important was that of skillet safety. My own perception of skillet cooking has always been that it can be unsafe, dangerous and unhealthy. All the various possible injuries are covered along with the proper way to handle each situation. A word of warning--skillet cooking is a full-time job, especially one on high heat. And most of us have heard to never leave a skillet handle sticking over the edge of the stove, especially if children are on the floor in the vicinity. Most of the recipes are short, easy, and can be prepared in camp or on a tailgate, as well as in the home kitchen. Success in skillet cooking is related more to technique than to a long list of special ingredients, for it is a hands-on type of cooking. You will find that by and large there is a great deal of repetition as far as ingredients are concerned, so mastering the technique is the challenge but definitely worthwhile and entirely possible. Those who love to skillet cook should enjoy the variety of recipes included. If it can be prepared in a skillet, you will most likely find it here. The book claims to contain more than 101 modern and old-time recipes for jackleg cooks and practical housewives. How true! And for those wanting to learn to skillet cook, you should be able to obtain a good education on this type of cooking. I wholeheartedly recommend Skillet Cooking for Camp and Kitchen. I received my copy of the book with the intention of eventually handing it over to my husband and son who camp and cook often with the Boy Scouts. I may change my mind and add the cookbook to my recipe shelf!