What moron made up the phrase, "Bake it off"? Bake it off of what? I know what it means, but it sounds stupid. The first time I heard it was when I started working in a bakery. I was told to break out (another stupid term) some pies and bake them off. Why couldn't they just say bake these pies? I've noticed Paula Deen says it a lot on her shows. Is there a difference between baking a pie and baking off a pie? I know for me, either way, they're going to come out just the same.
Bake it off
Jun 24, 2007
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On of the early, syndicated writers of cooking articles. In the early days, before celebrity chefs, magazine and newspaper recipe contributors were paid by the word. Rather than a moron, it took a genius to figure out you can add 5% to your take by simply adding "off". Bake off, brown off, etc. Same guys who figured out that if you put Snails on your menu, in the US, you can't give the stuff away - call it escargot and you can put a high price on it. Use french words on a menu item and you can add 20-30% to the price. Morons? I think not, just opportunists.
Okay, then the people who fall for it are the morons.
Well, you're the one who took the job in the bakery...
-- Larry
Bake off...ok..??
Humm ..why do we drive on a parkway but park in a driveway?
I can only think that 'off' here means to finish a process. As in 'finish it off'. Do this and that and finally finish (bake) it off, then cool it off... and bob's your uncle.
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