Green’s Dictionary of Slang

slaughter in the pan n.

also slaughter on the pan
(US short order)

1. steak.

[US] ‘Dict. of Diningroom Sl.’ in Brooklyn Daily Eagle 3 July 13: ‘One slaughter on the pan,’ is a porter house steak.
[US]O. Wister Virginian 150: ‘And beefsteak, rare.’ ‘One slaughter in the pan, and let the blood drip!’.
[US](con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad.

2. scrambled eggs.

[US]Dly Missoulian (MT) 18 May 4/3: If the old lady [...] expressed a desire for scrambled eggs the ‘slaughter in the pan’ of the waiter might have aroused her apprehensions.