Cut the steak one inch thick. Put an iron shallow frying pan over the fire; when very hot throw in the steak; it will fasten itself to the pan immediately. Loosen it with a cake turner and turn it as you would a griddle cake. As soon as it sears on this side, turn it again, and keep turning it every half minute for five minutes. Transfer it to a small heated platter, dust it with salt, spread over a little butter and serve it at once.

This is by no means an inferior way of cooking a steak, providing you stand over it during the entire cooking.