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http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/09/12-year-old-mcdonalds-hamburger-still-looking-good.html
The McDonald's hamburger on the right is from 2008; the one on the left is from 1996. And they both look fairly edible.
Wellness educator and nutrition consultant Karen Hanrahan has kept a McDonald's hamburger since 1996 to illustrate its nonexistent ability to decay. Aside from drying out and bit and having "the oddest smell," it apparently hasn't changed much in the past 12 years.
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:lol:
That is truly one of the most convincing arguments I've ever seen for not eating fast food, and that's saying a lot for me!
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Walker wrote I've seen a bunch of things like this, and I can't say I'm sure what the point is? That the McDonald's contains too many preservatives? That some sort of chemicals will stay in your body for 12 years if you eat it?
i dunno. maybe she did it for teh lulz
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Walker wrote I've seen a bunch of things like this, and I can't say I'm sure what the point is? That the McDonald's contains too many preservatives? That some sort of chemicals will stay in your body for 12 years if you eat it?
yes
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joev wrote Meanwhile, it does wonders for your complexion. Like botox from the inside.
i used to eat a lot of these when i was young. i wonder if that's why people tell me I don't look my age.
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i'm scared now
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Rockmastermike wrotejoev wrote Meanwhile, it does wonders for your complexion. Like botox from the inside.i used to eat a lot of these when i was young. i wonder if that's why people tell me I don't look my age.
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i'm scared now
McDonalds has the fountin of youth :shock: lol
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Rockmastermike wroteWalker wrote I've seen a bunch of things like this, and I can't say I'm sure what the point is? That the McDonald's contains too many preservatives? That some sort of chemicals will stay in your body for 12 years if you eat it?i dunno. maybe she did it for teh lulz
If our friends the bacteria and fungi say "no thanks", I'm not sure there's much food involved here. Why not just carry around packets of flavored cardboard that can be moistened, and save yourself some money? You could even make sure it was extra corrugated to sweep out the back stairs.
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I can sort of attest to this, btw. I get Bugs burgers a lot, and used to give him the buns as well. He found a hiding place after a while, and would hide them until they were rock hard before playing with them. After a long time, they would still not be moldy at all, just hard as a brick.
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I have two fun McDonald's stories. We could probably talk all day about that place.
I've seen some frightening evidence of McDonald's mania. Twice I've been coming to the light at Fishinger/Riverside and seen someone blow through the red light going way over the speed limit only to turn directly into the McDonald's at the corner and get in line at the drive through. In a hurry and lazy!
I also actually cried at a McDonald's in Tennessee once because they just could not get my order right. All I wanted were two burgers with cheese and meat only. They delivered them with ketchup. I watched this kid remake the burgers TWICE and put ketchup on them each time before I started crying. He was 3 feet away from me, I just wanted to jump over the counter and do it myself. The manager actually had to come over and make them for me.
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Walker wrote I've seen a bunch of things like this, and I can't say I'm sure what the point is? That the McDonald's contains too many preservatives? That some sort of chemicals will stay in your body for 12 years if you eat it?
I have too, and I'm not sure there really is a point, to be honest. If there is, perhaps it's that we should be concerned about eating food of a type that things lower on the food chain than we are (bacteria, mold, etc.) would normally thrive on but in this case find toxic?
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Rockmastermike wroteThe McDonald's hamburger on the right is from 2008; the one on the left is from 1996. And they both look fairly edible.
Wellness educator and nutrition consultant Karen Hanrahan has kept a McDonald's hamburger since 1996 to illustrate its nonexistent ability to decay. Aside from drying out and bit and having "the oddest smell," it apparently hasn't changed much in the past 12 years.
:shock:
I read that yesterday. I don't know if I buy it - the idea of it makes for a great story, and there's no doubt that there's very little on the McDonalds menu that could be considered nutritious by any definition of the word - but after 12 years, it would have done more than "dried out a bit". You guys ever see The Stinkymeat Project?
There seems to be too many other factors (like this woman wanting to hawk her services as a nutritional consultant without having the proper credentials) for me to think it's legit. If it is? Just ew. Looks like I'll have to give up that once in a blue moon double cheeseburger and fries.
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even apart from the creepiness factor of this little "science project", I can't recall (even as a kid) ever thinking that McDonalds burgers were good in any way... To me they taste like boiled... something.. vaguely meaty yet still bland (cardboard?). the texture is.. well overly tough for a hamburger..
I dono... it's just not a good burger...
the fries on the other hand....
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laChewla wrote In that case can we please stop calling it "food"??
Well, we could. I mean, we could outlaw pesticides, preservatives, and GMOs, full stop. But I'm really not sure what that would do to the world food supply; I'm afraid it might curtail it so dramatically that the result would be mass starvation.
The prior question, though, is whether stuff that kills smaller organisms is really dangerous to us. The whole premise of a lot of medicines (antibiotics, e.g.) is that it isn't -- that there's a threshold effect above which you're either safe or you'll recover. But medicines are mostly short-term exposure whereas food is long-term, so the debate goes on.
michaelcoyote wrote I dono... it's just not a good burger...
+1
michaelcoyote wrote the fries on the other hand....
+1
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I've seen a bunch of things like this, and I can't say I'm sure what the point is? That the McDonald's contains too many preservatives? That some sort of chemicals will stay in your body for 12 years if you eat it?
I feel the need to post this if they were lying they could get sued and there a big bizz I dont think they would risk it
http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/bagamcmeal/nutrition_ingredients.html
100% Beef Patty:
100% pure USDA inspected beef; no fillers, no extenders. Prepared with grill seasoning (salt, black pepper).
Its food weather ya like it or not. and by seeing that not as scary as I would think
Rockmastermike
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misskitty wrote100% Beef Patty:
100% pure USDA inspected beef; no fillers, no extenders. Prepared with grill seasoning (salt, black pepper).
Its food weather ya like it or not. and by seeing that not as scary as I would think
It's still funny.
And it's still not GOOD.
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