The eternal french fry

[karohemd]

Just watched the extras on Supersize Me. One of the bits is an experiment in which they put various things into glas jars and left them in there for a long time: A Big Mac and a few other McD sandwiches, a portion of McD fries, plus a portion of chips from a regular restaurant and a burger from a regular restaurant. The last two items were gone quickest, in only a couple of days, they had gone mouldy and horrible and were soon thrown out. The other McD sandwiches started to go rather quickly but the Big Mac held on without showing any sign of breaking down for quite a while. The MacFries never ever showed a single bit of fluffy mould, not even after 10 weeks, when even the Big Mac had a huge fur coat.

So far, fries have been the only thing I'd eat at McD, if push came to shove and I had to eat something and a McD would be the only thing at hand. I will never ever do so again...

Comments

[belak-krin.livejournal.com]

It's the food scientists latest evil - some kind of evil super-fat/preservative that just doesn't get used the same way as everything else. Found in most fast foods, ready meals etc for stopping food from going off.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

None of the food scientists I know eat McDonalds, or would accept work from them. Would you mind? This tar is a little sticky and you need to clean your brush.