Skillet

Hello Anne. Here in the United States we use the word skillet interchangeably with frying pan. The skillet has low sides and I use mine for frying chicken, potatoes or pancakes. Sometimes We use the term griddle with a flat pan with even shallower side for frying pancakes. A pan with the bars is also called a griddle. But has more limited uses. I found this bit of interesting information." The term fry pan rarely occurs before the 1950s. When it does, it is often as the double fry or omelette pan. But the advent of the electric fryers marked a revival of "fry pans." It is common practice among American cookbook writers to forego the use of "frying pan" altogether in favor of "skillet," as in the phrase, "brown lightly in a skillet" rather than "brown lightly in hot fat in a frying pan." This word manipulation is an attempt to make the recipe sound more appealing and less fatty although the ingredients remain the same. Frying pans with legs, once common in open hearth cookery, were generally called spiders both in England and in America. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Frying_pan

A skillet is what we in the UK call a frying pan. Unfortunately British and American terms for cookery diverged in the mid-18th Century. In parts of the UK the word is still used but means a cast iron cooking pot, not necessarily shallow.

How ever did this discussion get tagged with 'mature content'? ROTFLMAO

Anne18....having read all the responses as I am having serious computer glitches! A skillet is a frying pan! Usually a cast iron one! I have 3 in different sizes, and for me, they are the best for frying, baking...as once the cast iron heats up, they retain the heat, and heat evenly!

Hi Anne, I think it is a type of griddled frying pan, a heavy one. Huggles. Ellie :D

HI Anne I think a skillet is like a wok cross flying pan type of thing. A large frying pan will probably do (I think) but not having seen the recipes you are talking about I could be way off track. Good luck with your cooking experiences. Violet dreams

It's a frying pan (usually a heavy one)

A skillet is another name for a frying pan. It is used for saueting and pan frying. The best ones are usually made of cast iron, but you can get a good stainless steel one. Just make sure the handle is welded in. You can tell that because if the handle is only welded to the outside, if there are a lot of ingredients inside the handle might break off. Aluminum ones are cheap and do not last.

A large, covered, frying pan

If it is talking about baking in one it would be Cast Iron because they can withstand the heat in an oven. I guess it would be called a frying pan in England maybe.

Hi Anne! I don't know what you call it in England, but it simply is a frying pan or a pot. In other words, we use it to make a quick meal in one pan sometimes. I use a frying pan. I don't call is a skillet either! I guess that's the fancy name that those fancy chefs use! It's just a plain old pan! I never pay attention to that stuff! You can use whatever you like and feel comfortable with. As long as all the ingredients fit and you have enough room to stir then you are ok! Sorry the tried to confuse you! They do that to me once in awhile too!

Skillet, is a pan used for frying food, or you can use it for baking too, I bake cornbread in mines. I love the cast iron skillet.

Hi there! Everybody answered it already. Skillet is a long handed frying pan or sauce pan. You can try some skillet recipes in your kitchen some time.

I have never heard of it either Anne. It sounded like a fish to me thats why I looked at your discussion. I thought you where giving recipes out for great fish dishes. Well I see from the others it is a pan or griddle pan. I think I have one but I do not use it much. (I do not know what to cook on it)

a skillet is a pan that you fry things in such as chicken,pork chops,etc..