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Unless missiles are raining down on your kitchen or there is a famine in your area, there's no defense for using garlic in a jar. Never. Ever. Learn how to peel and then crush, slice, and mince garlic quickly. There are a variety of techniques. Watch some videos on YouTube.

If you are desperate to save time, you may use canned tomatoes. But that should be a last resort. Fresh garlic and fresh onions are two of life's simple pleasures. Seriously.

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Most of the year, canned tomatoes are much better than fresh. Except when they are locally in season, then fresh tomatoes are amazing.

I'm guessing you didn't actually read the article, just commented from the headline, because I think disability is a pretty good excuse to use pre-prepared ingredients.

Well, good thing people don't need your approval for their cooking. You should still stop spreading rhetoric like this because, as the central topic of the article demonstrates, some people will still take it to heart even though their cooking is none of your business.

A lot of these 'lazy' or convenience foods aren't just useful in times of famine or war, but they make it easier for those who are less able to cook from scratch. Somebody with dexterity issues will benefit from pre-prepared foods.

if garlic is the main flavour e.g. in Cacik (ja-jik) in Turkey then yes you want to use fresh. Otherwise it really depends on where it's supposed to sit in terms of importance. On the whole though, a lot of classic foods can survive a bit of imperfection and still be delicious. Why would you crap on someone for taking an easy route when they need to if the food is still tasty?

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