Those voices reminded us that disabled people rely on these shortcuts-that not everyone can chop and peel and slice. Under all of this criticism, there was always a minority voice telling people they were being ableist. Then there was the notion that those who opted for these packaged foods or ingredients weren’t just lazy-they were wreaking havoc on the environment with all that unnecessary plastic. Who would buy a bottle of lemon juice when you could buy fresh lemons? Shredded cheese when you could grate your own? Pre-sliced mushrooms when they were apparently cheaper and better whole? An image of pre-peeled oranges from Whole Foods caused so much outrage in 2016 that the product was pulled from stores. This was the first of many haughty ideas I’d hear about cooking and how selective we should be with our food. “Too lazy to peel fresh? You don’t deserve to eat garlic.” “Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in screwtop jars,” he had written in his book Kitchen Confidential, first published in 2000. An old quote by the celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain seemed to resurface every few months. Media outlets published article after article condemning the stuff. “What if you met your soul mate, but then found out they cook with pre-minced garlic in a jar,” one tweet said. They joked that those who use jarred garlic can’t cook.
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