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Is McDonalds Food a Technology?

by Evan Shamoon on September 28, 2008 at 08:35 PM






This doesn't bode very well for our civilization's future.

As we choke down the McSuperSizedFoodstuffs, a woman named Karen Hanrahan, who teaches a workshop titled Healthy Choices for Children, has put together this little presentation, with a tidbit of advice for us all to heed. She has side-by-side, a freshly made McDonalds hamburger, sitting next to a McDonalds hamburger she purchased in -- wait for it -- 1996. And guess what? They look pretty much exactly the same. From her blog:

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 bun are crumbs from the bun. The burger is starting to crumble a bit. It has the oddest smell.

Believe it or not, no special preservation techniques were required -- this thing has been sitting in a standard Tupperware container for twelve years, and it looks just as it did upon coming off the McGrill.

Her point, summarized here, is well-taken:

Ladies, Gentleman, and children alike - this is a chemical food. There is absolutely no nutrition here.

Oh, and the technical angle? In 1996, the iPod wasn't even a concept -- the first one didn't even come off the line until five years later. We believe it was white, but this was so long ago now that be hardly remember.

Thanks to Wired for making the stretch of a connection, and the excusing us for posting this slap-to-the-face of a story. Regardless, it makes us wonder if McDonald's food is even food -- just what kind of scary technology is used to keep it 'fresh' for a decade or more? [From: Wired]

Tags: food, mcdonalds, weird

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