A serious answer
'Prepare' is from the Latin, praeparare.

Prae - before (hence the prefix pre-)
Parare - procure (or similar)

So it's to procure something in advance, literally.

Therefore, pre-prepare is nonsense. Like pre-boarding a plane. You're not pre-boarding. You're just boarding first.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 15:01, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

and pan frying.
Just saying, like.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 15:13, Reply)

You don't have to fry in a pan.
You can fry in any cooking receptacle just by adding oil.
( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 15:18, Reply)

A sieve?

(Kaol - Scourge of Wales, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 15:21, Reply)

not really a cooking receptacle
unless you use it in a deep fat fryer
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 15:24, Reply)

I didn't say it would work well.

( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 15:25, Reply)

a basket in a deep fat-fryer is not a "pan"
There is a difference

Plus pan fry is two words so can't be compared to pepreparing.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 15:30, Reply)

I may 'spoon-fry' Bowie's eye
once I've popped it out.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 15:25, Reply)

Hmm
That's verging on being tautological but falls just on the acceptable side of the fence, to my mind.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 15:27, Reply)