In defence of garlic in a jar
If you think jarred garlic isn&#x27;t good, then don&#x27;t use it.<p>I had this conversation with my sister in-law a few months back.  She prefers the fresh stuff -- and so do I.<p>She said she would never do use jarred garlic and suggested various tools to mince&#x2F;crush fresh garlic.<p>I thanked her for her advice and (possibly) said &quot;Good.  More for me.&quot;<p>I use jarred garlic (a lot!) and buy it in quart (~900ml) containers. I don&#x27;t have the physical issues the author of TFA has, I just have better things to do (and better things to spend my money on -- fresh garlic is significantly more expensive) than minced (or chopped) garlic when I&#x27;m cooking.<p>As for the ableist angle, I&#x27;m not convinced.<p>Because it&#x27;s not <i>really</i> about not considering what others can&#x2F;cannot do.  Rather, it&#x27;s about interacting with strangers online.<p>For some reason, some (many?) people think it&#x27;s normal and fine to rip into people they don&#x27;t know online -- something most of those folks wouldn&#x27;t dream of doing IRL.<p>Don&#x27;t like pre-minced garlic?  Don&#x27;t use it.<p>We have (or at least we used to) have a word (actually, a bunch of them) for people who berate others for doing something they don&#x27;t prefer:  Jerk, asshole, busybody, obnoxious fuck, etc., etc., etc.<p>I understand why that upsets people -- it annoys the hell out of me too.  And well it should.<p>But as I said, I&#x27;m not buying that it&#x27;s somehow &quot;ableist,&quot; in that I&#x27;m sure that most folks don&#x27;t know (or care, for that matter) that the author of TFA has a physical issue that limits what she can do.<p>Rather, they just take their own preferences (and in some cases, they may actually be &quot;better&quot; for some values of that word) and generalize their use case and preferences as &quot;the right way. the only way.&quot;<p>Which is ridiculous on its face.<p>This isn&#x27;t <i>really</i> about garlic. Or about ableism (which exists and can absolutely be an issue).  It&#x27;s about rude, obnoxious jerks who take their trained-in prejudices for the laws of nature.<p>Unfortunately, many folks don&#x27;t feel comfortable calling others out for their asshattery and instead internalize the abuse (and that&#x27;s what it is) they&#x27;ve been subjected to.  And more&#x27;s the pity.<p>Edit: Improved my prose.