IVing IV, shake & bake, p. 292, Calling Ishmael again?

[Robin Landseadel]

On Dec 4, 2009, at 6:24 PM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> p. 292 "early-morning shake-and-bake on Tariq's block"

Looking at these etymological listings, "Shake & Bake" should be an  
activity that's either easy to pull off or at least easy to give the  
impression that it is:

	shake and bake: noun Definition:

	quick impressive move: a quick impressive move against an
	opponent, especially in basketball ( informal )

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561536452/shake_and_bake.html

Alternately,

	Noun: shake and bake (uncountable)
	• Something fast, or easy to use or perform; a simple, crude
	object or action.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shake_and_bake