Shake and Bake

The term "shake and bake" may refer to:

• Shake 'n Bake, a flavored bread crumb-style coating for chicken and pork manufactured by Kraft Foods.
• "The Adventures of Shake and Bake," an SCTV skit first aired April 23, 1982 parodying the Shakespeare/Bacon theory and featuring Dave Thomas as Shakespeare and Rick Moranis as Bacon.
• The "Shake n' Bake" is Portland Trailblazer Jamal Crawford's signature move, which is meant to evade the defender during a drive to the basket.^[1]
• "Shake 'n' Bake" is used in sports vernacular for a kind of play where an offensive player escapes the guard of a defensive player, particularly done in an emphatic or dramatic manner.^[2]
• In the film The Air Up There, Charles Gitonga Maina's character is taught "the Jimmy Dolan shake n' bake move" (fake left, fake right, between your opponent's legs) however he was not allowed to use it when he played at Lynn University because his coach would not allow it.^[3]
• The phrase was used in the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as the catchphrase of the lead characters for leaving his competition behind (in the dust).
• "Shake 'n Bake" is a slang term used among medical professionals and cancer patients, referring to the anti-fungal drug amphotericin, which causes chills and a high fever.^[4]
• "Shake 'n' Bake" is military slang for the combined use of high explosive and white phosphorus artillery rounds.^[5][6]

The term is often used to describe something that has been made quickly or pre-made, and installed/implemented with little effort and low cost. Examples include

• Cheaply made unoriginal films.^[7]
• Description of a method of making methamphetamine.^[8]
• A wild land firefighter's emergency fire shelter is sometimes referred to as a "Shake 'n Bake bag".^[9]
• A "Shake n' Bake Sergeant" was a Vietnam War-era term for a young noncommissioned officer (NCO) of the United States Army who gained his stripes quickly through attending an NCO school with little actual time in the military.^[10][11]

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