McDonald's Happy Meal shows no sign of decomposing after SIX MONTHS

[alchresearch 214]

Some interesting comments on that page. I've spoken to a couple of parents who have found half eaten burgers or chicken nuggets in the footwells when cleaning out the car and they've said that they were mouldy.

[Noob 10]

Probably made from plastic, I`m calling fake.

[Bulgarian 10]

I suppose it depends on the conditions you store the food in, in theory if you kept it cool and in a fairly bactieria free atmosphere it wouldn't go mouldy very quick, but that applies to any food, not just MD's

[sccsux 10]

Beef. As cgksheff pointed out, cooked salted beef will last for months - if not years - without rotting. That remains true whether the beef forms part of a McDonald's burger or not.

 

That may be the case for the "meat". But what about the bread and the potatoes though?

[Mercenary 10]

From the comments at the bottom of the story: So what you're saying is McD's has discovered the key to anti-aging. I'm going on a solid diet of these burgers. I'll send photos to DM in 6 months. I'm all in.

[Shy talk 10]

Bring back Wimpy.

[xoxleighxox 10]

Wow i cant believe after looking at the photos that it has hardly changed in 6mths!

[HarmOKnee 10]

"Looking almost as fresh as the day it was bought, this McDonald's Happy Meal is in fact a staggering six months old.

Photographed every day for the past half a year by Manhattan artist Sally Davies the kids meal of fries and burger is without a hint of mould or decay."

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319562/McDonalds-Happy-Meal-bought-months-ago-shows-sign-mould.html?ref=nf#ixzz12AJX6zQJ

 

Not being funny like, but a dinner you can go back to 6 months later, isn't that a good thing?

 

Does the bread toast itself after 6 months then?

[Guest]

Stupid bloody woman. I can't believe I've just wasted 7 minutes of my life reading that!

[HarmOKnee 10]

Stupid bloody woman. I can't believe I've just wasted 7 minutes of my life reading that!

 

:hihi::hihi:

[poppins 10]

Does the bread toast itself after 6 months then?

 

 

I think the Ketchup soaked through the bread I've never seen a before & after photo when they both looked like the after.

[HeadingNorth 11]

Somebody took this "scare story" seriously enough to actually run some tests on it. Here's the link.

 

To summarise: it's not the salt, and it is definitely not because of any sinister chemicals introduced by McDonalds. Pure, 100% organic beef, in a lump the size and shape of a McDonald's hamburger patty, will not decay after cooking. The reason appears to be that it's too small to retain moisture, and therefore remains too dry for mold and spores to gain a foothold.

 

The larger burgers, such as a Quarter Pounder, do indeed go rotten; a burger kept inside a sealed plastic bag, to retain its moisture, will go rotten very fast indeed.

 

 

 

To summarise the summary: the whole story is a triviality. Beef won't decay if it's kept dry.