105 Responses to “有问题吗?”

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   • frank panda

     January 8, 2012 10:39 pm

   HI Dave,I just saw some cooking show,some chefs say:Then I cooks up some Smothered Cabbage for a great side.and some say:I cooked off the vegetables, and added tomato paste…
   it seems that cook off and cook up are both OK?what is the subtle difference between them?Thanks

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   • frank panda

     January 10, 2012 7:52 am

   Hi Dave,please ignore my question, I got it

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   • landawei

     January 10, 2012 9:43 am

   “Cook off” would mean that one would cook something for a period of time. Say that you were cooking something in a liquid and
   and the recipe called for cooking it until the liquid was gone or almost gone.

   “Cook up” is another way to say “prepare”.

   Does that answer your question?

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   • landawei

     January 10, 2012 9:49 am

   Oh, OK, I see your comment now, but I left my answer.

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   • frank panda

     January 10, 2012 6:50 pm

   Thanks Dave,exactly,if we cook soup,sometimes we need to cook off excess water(or soups may be reduced or boiled down).
   but when it comes to”the first thing we did was we cooked off some carrot…” it seems people from different areas have different versions and understandings.
   people form AU might think it is wrong to use “off” here,they use “cook up” or barely “cook”instead; guys from UK might associate “Cooking off” with something related to explosives, they use cook up rather than cook off.people from US or Canada will tell the difference(maybe it is used very often in an American cooking show),I was told that cook off implies quickly, simply cooked, may require additional cooking with other ingredients,when we cooked completely to the desired state, we would say”cook up”. maybe my question was a little bit hair-splitting:-)