>>I suggest that you do whatever you want/prefer.

>The parent comment is already trying to do what they want, but encountering a challenge.

>Telling someone to do what they are already doing and ignoring the question comes off as inattentive and/or dismissive.

That makes sense. Thank you. That said, it was pretty clear in my mind that I meant they should use their own best judgement as that's likely the best way to get what you want.

Perhaps what I should have said was:

  Unfortunately, I don't have a good answer for you about 
  that, but if you find that jarred garlic tastes weird/bad, 
  then I imagine you'd prefer just to use the fresh stuff.

  That said, I don't know if it's jarred garlic in general or 
  just the stuff you purchased, but the jarred stuff 
  *definitely* tastes different than fresh garlic.

The comment that has been poorly received was lower effort than my previous comment (the one replied to by GP) and I made assumptions (that my thought process there was clear) that were unwarranted.

I appreciate your time and effort in explaining this to me.

I can't change the past, but I can try to do better in the future. I hope to do so.