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On Jun 14, 9:00 pm, raymond > wrote:
> Wanna be a cook? Learn the proper use of the reduntant words "out" and
> "up" and learn to glorify your work, regardless of its mediocrity.
>
> Giada does it a lot:
>
> Measure out
> Thaw out
> Grill up
> Pack up (cookies)
> My perfect (whatever)
>
> SLee is worse:
>
> Mix this up
> Cook this up
> Stir this up
> Toast this up
> While these are baking up
> Finish off (my rice)
> It's thickening up
> Finish up
> Press these down (patties)
> My super super simple (whatever)
> My phenomenal (whatever)
> My wonderful (whatever)
>
> Then SLee makes the most incredible statement. She wraps bacon around
> a hot dog and "cooks it up" and says, "Kids love these and it's an
> easy way to get protein into them."
>
> Yep. Also a good way to watch them "fatten up".



You forgot "off," the most popular redundancy ever: cook off, sear
off, fry off, bake off, braise off, stew off, etc. etc. ad nauseum.
The competitors on Top Chef were particularly egregious, but many of
the FTV stars are guilty, too.

N.