[CBJ]

Interesting experiment how long will a burger stay fresh before it starts to decay. Well 12 years and this McDonalds hamburger is till going strong

http://bestofmotherearth.com/2008/09/24/1996-mcdonalds-hamburger.html

This is a hamburger from McDonalds that I purchased in 1996.

That was 12 years ago.

Note that it looks exactly like it did the very day I bought it.

The flecks on the burger are crumbs from the bun.

The burger is starting to crumble a bit.

It has the oddest smell.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Eeeewwww.........
I haven't eaten there in years. Thanks for affrimation.

 

[Sandwich]

Thanks, scientist guy. Preach harder.

 

[NorseManiac]

This adds to why I have never eaten a fast food burger.

 

[Arkayne]

it proves that eating mcd's will give you everlasting life. amen.

 

[Pesqueeb]

it proves that eating mcd's will give you everlasting life. amen.

I'll see your Jeebus and raise you a FSM.

 

[JohnE]

Jesus? I thought that was Jerry Garcia on a peice of Wonder bread...

 

[jimmydean]

I bet it's still delicious, too.

<edit> Did he keep it under a heat lamp this whole time, or in his sock drawer? If it was kept at the proper temp I bet it could go another decade.

 

[JCL]

Ummm hormone infested, medicated meat.

Bowl cancer will love you for it

 

[Mr Jones]

He must keep that thing vacuum sealed. I forgot a mcD hamburger on purpose inside my exgf's garage once when I went to pick up the rest of my stuff. That thing was rancid within a week.

In hindsight, maybe I got lucky and got a burger with real meat in it.

 

[jimmydean]

He must keep that thing vacuum sealed. I forgot a mcD hamburger on purpose inside my exgf's garage once when I went to pick up the rest of my stuff. That thing was rancid within a week.

In hindsight, maybe I got lucky and got a burger with real meat in it.

I think you had condiments, that burger looks naked.

I want to see Man Vs. Food dude eat 40, decade old McD's.

 

[CurbJumper]

I want to see Man Vs. Food dude eat 40 decade old McD's.

I don't think they were around 400 years ago...

*I understand what you were saying.

 

[Mr Jones]

yea, that burger had ketchup, approximations of pickles, and mustard

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

I haven't eaten a burger in 21 years, think I'll keep it that way.

 

[CBJ]

Not even a home cooked one?

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Not even a home cooked one?

Nope, I don't eat the cow. I mainly stick to yard birds, swimmers and occasional swine time.

 

[bizutch]

Imitator alert. Only took Yahoo 24 hours!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101012/bs_yblog_upshot/mcdonalds-happy-meal-resists-decomposition-for-six-months

 

[rockofullr]

hmm...

Who to believe.

"McDonald's hamburger patties in the United States are made with 100% USDA-inspected ground beef," Riley wrote. "Our hamburgers are cooked and prepared with salt, pepper and nothing else -- no preservatives, no fillers. Our hamburger buns are baked locally, are made from North American-grown wheat flour and include common government-approved ingredients designed to assure food quality and safety. ... According to Dr. Michael Doyle, Director, Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia, 'From a scientific perspective, I can safely say that the way McDonald's hamburgers are freshly processed, no hamburger would look like this after one year unless it was tampered with or held frozen.'"