Once i had a housemate who owned a "spider", which i found interesting.
It wasn't cast-iron, but it was made out of iron and well seasoned.

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Title: Spider Corn Bread
Categories: Camping, Cornbreads
Yield: 1 Batch

2 Eggs
4 tb Dried milk
1 c Water
1 ts Salt
3/4 c Corn meal
3/4 c White our
1 ts Baking powder
1 tb Fat; melted

Beat the eggs; stir in water; add remaining ingredients and mix until
smooth; pour into a sizzling-hot, greased frying pan; cover and bake
over coals; when one side is lightly browned, turn and brown on the
other side. This bread may be baked in a reflector oven or Dutch oven.

> Before the introduction of the kitchen stove in the mid-19th
> century, a commonly used cast-iron cooking pan called a "spider"
> had a handle and three legs used to stand up in the coals and ashes
> of the fire.

From: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frying_pan>

Recipe by Alice M. Child

Recipe FROM: <https://archive.org/details/
1928-alice-child-camp-cookery>

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