Remember those heavy black-colored, cast-iron skillets used to cook up delicious foods? Those skillets were cooking equipment standards in the kitchens of our ancestors, especially our grandmothers. It’s what our parents used to fry up the just-right crispy chicken and more classic recipes that transcended from Africa to slave quarters, the plantation’s Big House, other folks’ homes, and our homes. There is so much to learn about our ancestors based on their recipes, food purchases, cooking styles, and the assemblage of family members and friends around the dinner tables. Take the recipe of hot water cornbread fried in cast-iron skillets.
