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Twitter Points Out Everything That's Wrong With Mason Jar Salads

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Taste Senior Editor, HuffPost

The Mason jar has many different roles in the kitchen, and holding salads is one of the newer ones.

Mason jar salads are layered salads that happen to be very photogenic. Pinterest loves them. Instagram loves them. They’re everywhere you look. But Twitter? Twitter has had it with Mason jar salads:

As much as we wanted to love this trend, we have to admit these Twitter users have a point. 

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