I spent enough time working in restaurants, good and bad, to know there arent really purveyors out that will do things like dice celery for you daily. And that case of pre-shredded cabbage in the walkin presents the same problems as the baggies found at the geocery store vis a vis quality. Simple things like peeled garlic and shallots is one thing. But well run kitchens aren’t doing things like buying pre-trimmed green beans with wilted ends (because you have to re-trim them and they spoil much faster).
More over the substance of the comment was that a lazy or indifferent home cook isn’t going to own specialised prep equipment to make their prep work easier. They’re going to avoid doing their own prep work. Or avoid doing work entirely.
Nothing wrong or lazy about food processors or other appliances.
