Mold Free Happy Meal
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- ItTango
from the Daily Beast...
Happy Meal Goes Six Months Without Mold
http://www.thedailybeast.com/che…Have McDonald’s chefs discovered the secret of immortality? Artist Sally Davies has photographed a Happy Meal every day for the past six months—and so far it hasn’t begun to decay or grown a speck of mold. “The first thing that struck me on day two of the experiment was that it no longer emitted any smell,” says Davies. “And then the second point of note was that on the second day, my dogs stopped circling the shelf it was sitting on trying to see what was up there.” Davies says the food has grown hard and plastic-like, but there’s still no mold. As Salon pointed out when Davies’ project was younger, there are other ancient McDonald’s burgers lying around: One woman has kept hers without mold for 12 years.
- ItTango0
In light of the previous McNugget discussion, I thought this was noteworthy. Good Lord!
- madmanGerald0
I saw a video of a nutritionist that travels around with a happy meal that was 4 years old. Still no mold. I don't think we should be eating that shit.
- detritus0
Aside form this being an incredibly timelinable, already more than suitably covered subject here, you can do this with a helluva lot of foods.
Whether a foodstuff rots is as much to do with atmospheric conditions and airborne contams than what's in the food itself - I've seen more than my fair share of rotting horror food comprising McDonalds etc, back in my student days.
I doubt Sally Davies would be quite so critical of Beef Jerky or unleavened bread after x months.
- Jimbo820
Even mold won't eat that shit.
- ItTango0
Longevity explained @ Salon...
http://www.salon.com/food/featur…"Ultimately, says O’Keefe, the McDonald’s haters have gotten their science wrong. "The ingredients are similar to anything you’d see in processed fast food," he says. For better or for worse, McDonald’s is no more a chemical laboratory of secret compounds designed to embalm us from the inside than any other processed food maker. A Happy Meal manages to stay unspoiled because it is fatty, salty and practically empty of nutrients -- which, really, are all good reasons to avoid it anyway. "
mmmmmmmmmmm, 6 months from now.
- BaskerviIle0
grrr, it dries out after a few days and therefore no mould grows.
Try leaving it in a plastic bag in a warm place next time and see how much mould grows. detritus has it right.
This is basic basic science, doesn't surprise me that the daily mail is picking up a very old story from the web and re-publishing it.
Their pseudo science is a joke
- Peter0
- really?monospaced
- 12 years even if left out should have some kind of decomposition right?74LEO
- plash0
if only they would make a DVD player or cell phone that lasted 12 years ...
