Why would anyone want a 6 inch skillet?
Oh, I suppose you could use it to cook a couple of eggs or a small piece of chicken, but it’s useless for frying bacon or sauteeing a pound of ground beef. It’s the perfect skillet for individually sized Dutch Babies. If you’ve ever eaten at The Original Pancake House, and you probably have, you’ve seen one of these. It’s a foot across and six inches high. These pancakes are made by melting a ton of butter in a twelve inch cast iron skillet, pouring in the batter, and cooking it on the stove top for one minute to set. At this point, you transfer the skillet to the oven where it bakes (and rises) for another fifteen minutes or so. Some people adorn a Dutch Baby with maple syrup or fruit preserves, but all it needs is a little powdered sugar and some fresh lemon juice. One Dutch Baby can easily feed two hungry people, but the moment you cut it, it deflates. For the full “wow” effect, you have to slide the pancake on to a plate the moment you remove it from the oven. With a 6 1/2 inch ski
