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The 14-Year Old Hamburger
Posted 11 years ago by boyt in category: wtf
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Dorsalfin - 11 years ago [ Reply ]
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Unfortunately the science behind this has very little to do with preservatives, and caused by how much moisture is present. Take a regular McDonalds hamburger and put it in a dry place. It is so thin it can dry out completely before mold spores can land and start to grow. Take a McDonalds quarter pounder, which is thicker, and mold will form because the burger is thicker and more moisture is in the burger which mold needs to grow. People can do this same experiment with homemade burgers, with a thick burger and thin one. Or take a regular McDonalds hamburger and cut it in half, put one half in an open to the air dry place, and the other have in a sealed air tight plastic container that will not let it dry out. Check back weeks later and the sealed one will be covered in mold. You can also do this with fruit like an apple. Put it somewhere dry, it will dry out with no mold. Put it somewhere moist, a forest of fuzzy mold will consume it. If you do some research you will find this preserved burger myth has been debunked many times over, but the story persists on. Some examples http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/11/the-burger-lab-revisiting-the-myth-of-the-12-year-old-burger-testing-results.html http://nomsandsciunce.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/why-wont-those-mcdonalds-burgers-go-bad/

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(guest) - 11 years ago
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  Thanks for the info McDonalds PR! 
Eratosthenes (guest) - 11 years ago
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  Those egyptian mummys were also faked by the McDonalds PR Department, because they don't rot. O_O 
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  Last time I left bread out, it got mouldy. But even that burger bun had zero mould on it, after 14 years. What the hell type of bread is that supposed to be? When I leave a sandwich out, it doesn't dry out, it gets mouldy. Cos that's what that type of food does. And we're talking about a fast food burger here, which I hardly believe has an ingredients list as simple as beef and bread. It's full of all manner of crap and this is the effect. I dare say a fresh homemade burger would rot and mould after a day or 2. 

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