This says a lot about the nutritional value and additives in the food.

Britney Spear's Speculum: This says a lot about the nutritional value and additives in the food.

SRSLY. I can't imagine anything I actually made myself to eat in my own house ever lasting like that. Two weeks is about the outside edge, unless I freeze things rather than just refrigerate.

I can say that I once left a lunch box (traditional kind, so think plastic like a tupperware, with rice/fish/pickles in it) in the very back of the fridge, sealed, for a year. Whatever rotted it went into dormant state and there was pretty much only powder in there. I just tossed the whole thing.

Has nothing on the 4-year-old happy meal^

You know, I make burgers pretty frequently, at least once every couple weeks.

I get free range grass fed beef direct from local farmers. I make my own dough, and one half batch of dough can make me one whole loaf and one or two awesome hamburger buns. I make my own fries for my steak and frites passion about once a month, using organic yellow russets and organic peanut oil that are locally produced.

I should document my manufacturing of all the ingredients to make a hamburger and fries from scratch using fresh, organic produce, meats and grains, put the meal in a time-capsule and then open it after a year.

Then, we can see a control study to compare these results to.
Unless of course, someone has already done this, and if so, please post.

And for those thinking I must spend a fortune on my food: I live in SF, which is way above US median for living and housing costs and spend about $4176 per year on my food. $180 per month gets me 25lbs of free range, organic, locally produced meat from Sonoma County, I spend an average of $40 a week on fresh organic produce, dairy and flour combined. Which is about 12% of the median annual income for the US in 2007^. So comparatively, my food costs are minimal in accordance to my income and local cost of living and housing expenses.

Relatively Obscure: rcain: Has nothing on the 4-year-old happy meal^

You know, I make burgers pretty frequently, at least once every couple weeks.

I get free range grass fed beef direct from local farmers. I make my own dough, and one half batch of dough can make me one whole loaf and one or two awesome hamburger buns. I make my own fries for my steak and frites passion about once a month, using organic yellow russets and organic peanut oil that are locally produced.

I should document my manufacturing of all the ingredients to make a hamburger and fries from scratch using fresh, organic produce, meats and grains, put the meal in a time-capsule and then open it after a year.

Then, we can see a control study to compare these results to.
Unless of course, someone has already done this, and if so, please post.

And for those thinking I must spend a fortune on my food: I live in SF, which is way above US median for living and housing costs and spend about $4176 per year on my food. $180 per month gets me 25lbs of free range, organic, locally produced meat from Sonoma County, I spend an average of $40 a week on fresh organic produce, dairy and flour combined. Which is about 12% of the median annual income for the US in 2007^. So comparatively, my food costs are minimal in accordance to my income and local cost of living and housing expenses.


I, for one, am utterly fascinated by the size of your food penis. I'm certain I can speak for the entirety of the Internet.

I admit to feeling some food-penis envy right now.

Survivalists take note, it could be a cheap way to stock a bomb shelter.
It's not like you would be concerned about carcinogens.

You could also use the toys to lure children into your shelter for some rare fresh meat.

Eating Happy Meals makes you live longer.

Hate that the article completely left out how it tastes.

rcain: $180 per month gets me 25lbs of free range, organic, locally produced meat from Sonoma County, I spend an average of $40 a week on fresh organic produce, dairy and flour combined. Which is about 12% of the median annual income for the US in 2007^.

$180 per month gets me 1100 packets of Ramen Noodles from Sams Club.

As someone who takes 30% of his nutrition in powder form, I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

/And only 40% of that powder goes up my nose!

This is good to know, I can get a bunch of $1 menu crap and stash it in my office for when I don't have time for a proper lunch.

Probably the same as a one minute old happy meal.

/dnrtfa

Time for a Delicious tag.

"Eat only foods that will eventually rot." Michael Pollan, Part 1, Rule 13, Food Rules

*HORK*

Unimpressed.

/hot
//obscure?

de_Selby: "Eat only foods that will eventually rot." Michael Pollan, Part 1, Rule 13, Food Rules

So I shouldn't eat honey?

The new fench fry formulation looks like it's working.

Back about 20 years ago, my cousin got my aunt's old stationwagon as a hand me down. One of those ones with the extra sideways seat way in the back. This wagon had been used to ferry teamloads of boys to various games over the years, and Aunt Marilyn hit the McDonalds on the way back from games a bunch.

Way in the back, next to the extra seat was a cup-holder/storage thing by the rear window. Five or six years after my cousin had been using the car, I got to ride in the rumble seat in the back, and I found a 6+ year old packet of fries in the storage bin. They were withered and black, and were sitting in a perfectly rendered little puddle of what looked like candle wax. It didn't smell at all.

Behold the power of beef tallow and salt.

Things that easily desiccate will not rot or become moldy in a well ventilated, relatively dry environment. Case-solved.

I duno, that toy looks like a choking hazard.

Good....I'll put it on the shelf with the 10 year old Twinkie I've been saving.

Atharaenea: de_Selby: "Eat only foods that will eventually rot." Michael Pollan, Part 1, Rule 13, Food Rules

So I shouldn't eat honey?

"There are a few exceptions to this rule: For example, honey has a shelf life measured in centuries." Pollan, Rule 13.

I'd like to see the author of the article take a bite of the burger and tell me how fresh it is in between heaves into a porcelain bowl.

vossiewulf: Has to do with all of the salt (you do remember they used to preserve meats with salt?) and probably a relatively dry environment. Get bread dry quickly and it will never mold. Get meat and potatoes dry relatively quickly while covered in 142 grams of salt, and they won't spoil either, they'll mummify.

As unhealthy as McD's is, it's not because of massive amount of additives, they have a very real interest in not stocking supplies and raw food makes it very quickly from farm to restaurant to cooked. More likely to find lots of preservatives in the condiments (which do have to stick around a while) vs. the basic burger and fries.

It's exactly this. The only thing these pictures show is how much salt is in them. I could go to the grocery store, buy a bun, some ground beef, a potato, and some salt. I could cook it all up, salt it heavily, and leave it in a dry place for a year, and it would look no different than these pictures.

That being said, I don't like McDonalds and I never choose to eat there. I hate their burgers. But still, pictures like this serve no purpose and prove nothing.

Yo pimp!

Ebert: Good....I'll put it on the shelf with the 10 year old Twinkie I've been saving.

I've eaten a 5 year old twinkie. It was OK. And strangely, it made me appreciate that Twinkies don't really go stale, they just kinda go meh.

de_Selby: "Eat only foods that will eventually rot." Michael Pollan, Part 1, Rule 13, Food Rules

Why does Michael Pollan hate honey?

I also learned that eating McD's for a month straight is bad for you [gasp]. As entertaining as SuperSize Me was, it had nothing on Fast Food Nation (a far better work). Why, in terms of educational content, SuperSize Me (book and film) was sort of like fast food in of itself.

Moderation, folks. Most people aren't gonna avoid eating tons of chemicals, preservatives, etc, over their lifetime. Whether it be in Spam, fast food, twinkies or the sushi at the supermarket. I eat plenty of veggies, jog and have an occassional McD Big Mac. McD's aint the devil. It's self-control.

EviLincoln: The toy is holding up well too.

It's gotta be bullshiat... Those toys don't last longer than a couple days.

The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight: Unimpressed.

/hot
//obscure?

Wow.

I still remember the near-exact phrasing of a 20/20 promo that Teen Angel did.

I mean, one needs self-control.

Meh. Carry on.

ciderczar: de_Selby: "Eat only foods that will eventually rot." Michael Pollan, Part 1, Rule 13, Food Rules

Why does Michael Pollan hate honey? biltong?

/Ignore my ignorance of others.