diff --git a/cook.sh b/cook.sh
index 1529354064469ecb7f53235fd44dd25ad093fbf1..df6c7ff127906a6b04416a8a3972cd230fd358f0 100755
--- a/cook.sh
+++ b/cook.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,63 @@ TARGET=x86_64-unknown-redox
 
 set -e
 
+function op {
+    echo "$1" "$2"
+    case "$2" in
+        fetch)
+            if [ ! -d build ]
+            then
+                git clone --recursive "$GIT" build
+            fi
+
+            pushd build > /dev/null
+            git pull
+            git submodule sync
+            git submodule update --init --recursive
+            popd > /dev/null
+            ;;
+        unfetch)
+            rm -rf build
+            ;;
+        update)
+            pushd build > /dev/null
+            xargo update
+            popd > /dev/null
+            ;;
+        build)
+            pushd build > /dev/null
+            xargo build --target "$TARGET" $CARGOFLAGS
+            popd > /dev/null
+            ;;
+        clean)
+            pushd build > /dev/null
+            xargo clean
+            popd > /dev/null
+            ;;
+        stage)
+            mkdir -p stage/bin
+            pushd build > /dev/null
+            #TODO xargo install --root "../stage" $CARGOFLAGS
+            cp -v $(find target/x86_64-unknown-redox/debug/ -maxdepth 1 -type f ! -name "*.*") ../stage/bin
+            popd > /dev/null
+            ;;
+        unstage)
+            rm -rf stage
+            ;;
+        tar)
+            pushd stage > /dev/null
+            tar cf ../stage.tar .
+            popd > /dev/null
+            ;;
+        untar)
+            rm -rf stage.tar
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "$0 {package} {build|clean|fetch|update}"
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
 if [ -n "$1" ]
 then
     if [ -d "recipes/$1" ]
@@ -15,62 +72,11 @@ then
         source recipe.sh
         for arg in "${@:2}"
         do
-            echo "$1" "$arg"
-            case "$arg" in
-                fetch)
-                    git clone --recursive "$GIT" build
-                    ;;
-                unfetch)
-                    rm -rf build
-                    ;;
-                pull)
-                    pushd build > /dev/null
-                    git pull
-                    git submodule sync
-                    git submodule update --init --recursive
-                    popd > /dev/null
-                    ;;
-                update)
-                    pushd build > /dev/null
-                    xargo update
-                    popd > /dev/null
-                    ;;
-                build)
-                    pushd build > /dev/null
-                    xargo build --target "$TARGET" $CARGOFLAGS
-                    popd > /dev/null
-                    ;;
-                clean)
-                    pushd build > /dev/null
-                    xargo clean
-                    popd > /dev/null
-                    ;;
-                stage)
-                    mkdir -p stage/bin
-                    pushd build > /dev/null
-                    #TODO xargo install --root "../stage" $CARGOFLAGS
-                    cp -v $(find target/x86_64-unknown-redox/debug/ -maxdepth 1 -type f ! -name "*.*") ../stage/bin
-                    popd > /dev/null
-                    ;;
-                unstage)
-                    rm -rf stage
-                    ;;
-                tar)
-                    pushd stage > /dev/null
-                    tar cf ../stage.tar .
-                    popd > /dev/null
-                    ;;
-                untar)
-                    rm -rf stage.tar
-                    ;;
-                *)
-                    echo "$0 {package} {build|clean|fetch|update}"
-                    ;;
-            esac
+            op "$1" "$arg"
         done
     else
         echo "$0: recipe '$1' not found"
     fi
 else
-    echo "$0 {package} {build|clean|fetch|update}"
+    echo "$0 {package} {build|clean|fetch|unfetch|stage|unstage|tar|untar|update}"
 fi