# Why does anyone buy that premade? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-anyone-buy-that-premade/652162 "2013-03-06T06:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-anyone-buy-that-premade/652162/9 "2013-03-06T08:44:57Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Precut veggies? I don’t buy them much myself because I have plenty of time, but for someone in [this sort of situation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=684218)? Oh, heck yeah! Better to spend the money on prediced onions than resort to frozen dinners or take out every night. At least precut vegetables are still vegetables! You can just say “cut,” you know. “Diced.” Gah. You were doing it right in that thread. > [@Frustration with long commute and cooking dinner. Help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frustration-with-long-commute-and-cooking-dinner-help/652051/7): > > Like Miss Woodhouse says, keep bowls or ziploc baggies of chopped onions, sliced bell peppers, julienned carrots - whatever your most common veggies are - in the fridge so your prep work is done for you. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-anyone-buy-that-premade/652162)._