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On cookery programmes, many chefs/cooks use expressions such as 'roasted off', 'cooked down', 'fried off', 'blitzed up' and so on. Why can't they just roast, fry, cook....?

2006-11-28 05:09:20 · 5 answers · asked by Rozzy 4 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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Because chefs, as is evedent in their whole appearance and mannerisms, like to delude themselves with a sense of self imiportance, and a personal greatness and superiority over anybody else

2006-11-28 05:24:24 · answer #1 · answered by andygos 3 · 2 0

I think they use these terms just to liven up their commentary whilst showing us how to create delicious dishes. The discourse would get kind of boring ( think Home Ec class at school or Delia Smith's cookery programmes!) without them.

They do all have their own meanings (the phrases not the chefs!) too as someone pointed out above and quite often they reflect the action or the process much better than the mundane everyday words.

Oh how I wish I had my own personal TV chef here to cook for me and waffle in chef-speak to me every day!!

2006-11-29 06:05:38 · answer #2 · answered by Tatsbabe 6 · 1 0

agree with you entirely. Why do the makers of cookery programmes show the cook speaking to camera instead of what is actually happening in the pan or what he is stirring? I despair when trying to follow a recipe as the camera operator seems more interested in the chef's face than the meal he's preparing.

2006-11-28 13:21:16 · answer #3 · answered by gorgeousfluffpot 5 · 2 0

"Cooking down" isn't the same as cooking. It means cooking until the quantity is reduced.

I'm not familiar with the other phrases. Your use of "cookery programmes" instead of "cooking programs" suggests that you are in the U.K. These phrases may be British English instead of U.S. English.

2006-11-28 13:22:57 · answer #4 · answered by MyThought 6 · 1 0

At the end of the day, when all is said and done, lots of people use far more words than are really actually necessary, if you know what I mean, innit.

Like, it's just the way language is developing, sort of thing.

2006-11-28 13:13:47 · answer #5 · answered by Doris 2 · 3 0

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