When they first hit the mainstream, I was totally in favor of baby carrots. It happened sometime during my high school years and I remember being able to buy a turkey sandwich on a bagel and a small bag of baby carrots from the cafeteria for $1.50. It felt like a huge bargain and it gave me the sense that I was eating a fairly healthy meal, since nothing in my lunch had taken a trip through the deep fryer that the cafeteria workers loved so much.
Friday night I was at my local Acme, and I came across pre-packaged pineapple wedges, orange slices and grapes, pre-plucked from their stems. They were all packed in a plastic tray, which was then wrapped in cellophane. They came in four-packs, so the wrapped trays were then swathed again in an additional layer of cellophane, to keep them bundled together. I blame baby carrots for these overly packaged fruits, as they were the first product that made us accustomed to ready-to-eat produce.
I think we've gone too far. I know that people claim that these products increase the amount of fruits and vegetables that people eat, but how hard is it to slice an orange yourself? I know that fresh pineapple is a pain to cut, but if you don't want to trouble yourself with the minutia of taking it apart yourself, you can buy yourself a gadget that will do it in seconds.
What do you guys think about the pre-cut, pre-packaged fruit and vegetable trend?
Tired of sandwiches that get mushy and soggy from the filling soaking in the bread? Most people have
learned to avoid this by packing their fillings - such as tuna or sauces - on the side and assembling the sandwich
immediately before eating. This technique doesn't work with preassembled, prepacked sandwiches, of the variety found in
refrigerated cases at grocery and convenience stores. While I prefer to avoid this type of food, others have worked to
turn them into non-soggy lunchtime options. Diana's Homegrown has patented a 
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