bluej
bluej HalfDork
10/13/10 1:14 p.m.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/13/10 1:16 p.m.

unless you are into that sort of thing

integraguy
integraguy Dork
10/13/10 3:10 p.m.

Yesterday on Yahoo there was an "article" about an artist who noticed that a 'burger she puchased from a McDonald's hadn't rotted away/turned green/started to stink after she had accidently "misplaced" it for a few days. She decided to experiment to see what might happen to a burger if she just put it on a shelf in her kitchen for a few WEEKS. She said it got hard as a rock, but otherwise still looked like a burger. A spokesperson from McDonald's was skeptical, since "McDonald's uses no preservatives in it's meat."

rob_lewis
rob_lewis Dork
10/13/10 3:20 p.m.
integraguy wrote: Yesterday on Yahoo there was an "article" about an artist who noticed that a 'burger she puchased from a McDonald's hadn't rotted away/turned green/started to stink after she had accidently "misplaced" it for a few days. She decided to experiment to see what might happen to a burger if she just put it on a shelf in her kitchen for a few WEEKS. She said it got hard as a rock, but otherwise still looked like a burger. A spokesperson from McDonald's was skeptical, since "McDonald's uses no preservatives in it's meat."

I would guess that ANY fully cooked meat will do that......

-Rob

mtn
mtn SuperDork
10/13/10 3:20 p.m.
integraguy wrote: Yesterday on Yahoo there was an "article" about an artist who noticed that a 'burger she puchased from a McDonald's hadn't rotted away/turned green/started to stink after she had accidently "misplaced" it for a few days. She decided to experiment to see what might happen to a burger if she just put it on a shelf in her kitchen for a few WEEKS. She said it got hard as a rock, but otherwise still looked like a burger. A spokesperson from McDonald's was skeptical, since "McDonald's uses no preservatives in it's meat."

I'm pretty sure that somewhere on the interwebs somebody did that for a few years.

modernbeat
modernbeat HalfDork
10/13/10 4:18 p.m.
mad_machine wrote: unless you are into that sort of thing

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

oldsaw
oldsaw SuperDork
10/13/10 4:18 p.m.

McDonald's, et al, have re-defined "food"....

Eat at your own risk.

pilotbraden
pilotbraden Reader
10/14/10 10:09 a.m.

But does it include special sauce?

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/14/10 10:42 a.m.

yes, but you have to go around back to get it

alfadriver
alfadriver SuperDork
10/14/10 11:11 a.m.
oldsaw wrote: McDonald's, et al, have re-defined "food".... Eat at your own risk.

Worse than that, they've re-defined the food industry.

Eat at your own risk.

Cone_Junky
Cone_Junky Reader
10/14/10 11:58 a.m.
integraguy wrote: Yesterday on Yahoo there was an "article" about an artist who noticed that a 'burger she puchased from a McDonald's hadn't rotted away/turned green/started to stink after she had accidently "misplaced" it for a few days. She decided to experiment to see what might happen to a burger if she just put it on a shelf in her kitchen for a few WEEKS. She said it got hard as a rock, but otherwise still looked like a burger. A spokesperson from McDonald's was skeptical, since "McDonald's uses no preservatives in it's meat."

That's a misquote. It was actually "McDonalds uses no meat in it's preservatives"

pilotbraden
pilotbraden Reader
10/14/10 12:25 p.m.
alfadriver wrote:
oldsaw wrote: McDonald's, et al, have re-defined "food".... Eat at your own risk.
Worse than that, they've re-defined the food industry. Eat at your own risk.

I think that sign defines exactly what they serve

egnorant
egnorant Dork
10/14/10 2:10 p.m.

In reply to pilotbraden:

I once bought a quarter pounder with cheese from a McDonalds in a Wal-Mart at 10:30 at night....

I trust you to correctly finish this story.

pilotbraden
pilotbraden Reader
10/14/10 3:00 p.m.

I am afraid of finishing that story

alfadriver
alfadriver SuperDork
10/14/10 3:12 p.m.
pilotbraden wrote:
alfadriver wrote:
oldsaw wrote: McDonald's, et al, have re-defined "food".... Eat at your own risk.
Worse than that, they've re-defined the food industry. Eat at your own risk.
I think that sign defines exactly what they serve

I actually am not speaking of their food, but how they have influenced everything else we eat. Bet'ya you didn't know that McD is the world's number one buyer of APPLES. It's amazing how industrial food changes what we eat at home. Scary.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/14/10 7:55 p.m.

apples? For their pies?

alfadriver
alfadriver SuperDork
10/14/10 8:01 p.m.
mad_machine wrote: apples? For their pies?

No- for the "healthy" meal options. they offer sliced apples.

Fast Food's demands really alters the food growing landscape- meat, fruit, vegtables, grains, etc.

If you can ignore the liberal slant (although I loved it), watch Food Inc for the info- you can then research what disturbs you to find out if it's true or not.

And Food is one of the most subsidized industries with our taxes. Mostly the industrial stuff.... Which makes the propsed taxes on sugar drinks incredibly ironic.

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
10/14/10 9:26 p.m.

Cheaper but chewier.

Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/15/10 6:54 a.m.
egnorant wrote: In reply to pilotbraden: I once bought a quarter pounder with cheese from a McDonalds in a Wal-Mart at 10:30 at night.... I trust you to correctly finish this story.

You became so angry with it you stuffed it into someone's fuel tank?

kpm
kpm Reader
10/15/10 10:34 a.m.
bluej wrote:

I think I'll pass...

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/15/10 10:57 a.m.

One day I set fire to a Dorito, just to watch it burn in that unusual blue color.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/15/10 11:01 a.m.
bluej wrote:

Kinda makes you wonder what it is wrapped in.... well, maybe not

novaderrik
novaderrik Reader
10/15/10 4:13 p.m.
egnorant wrote: In reply to pilotbraden: I once bought a quarter pounder with cheese from a McDonalds in a Wal-Mart at 10:30 at night.... I trust you to correctly finish this story.

...and while the people working there- at a McDonalds stuck in side a Wal Mart- had a bad attitude, the burger was delicious..

i've done that more than a few times.

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
10/16/10 7:28 a.m.
bluej wrote:

Down here we believe nothing should go to waste.

ignorant
ignorant SuperDork
10/16/10 8:12 a.m.
bluej wrote:

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