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mimus
Apr 23, 2013, 6:40:50 PM4/23/13
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Utah man David Whipple has managed to hang on to a hamburger from
McDonald's since 1999. The extraordinary part isn't the fact that he
didn't throw the burger out, though-- it's that the burger barely
looks like it has aged.
Appearing by phone on the TV show "The Doctors" recently, Whipple
explained that the burger was discovered many years ago in his coat
pocket, oddly enough. It looked the same then as it does now.
Whipple isn't the only one to discover this non-rotting burger
phenomenon. In 2010, J. Kenji López-Alt conducted a series of tests
for Serious Eats to figure out if various burgers would rot over time.
He found that "the burger doesn't rot because its small size and
relatively large surface area help it to lose moisture very fast.
Without moisture, there's no mold or bacterial growth" . . . :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/worlds-oldest-hamburger-mcdonalds_n_3139231.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
I notice nobody was volunteering to eat the thing.
And it looked suspiciously un-squashed, and foithermore who buys a dry
burger?
Suspicious, suspicious, very suspicious.
--
Maybe we should sic snopes.com on this.
McDonald's since 1999. The extraordinary part isn't the fact that he
didn't throw the burger out, though-- it's that the burger barely
looks like it has aged.
Appearing by phone on the TV show "The Doctors" recently, Whipple
explained that the burger was discovered many years ago in his coat
pocket, oddly enough. It looked the same then as it does now.
Whipple isn't the only one to discover this non-rotting burger
phenomenon. In 2010, J. Kenji López-Alt conducted a series of tests
for Serious Eats to figure out if various burgers would rot over time.
He found that "the burger doesn't rot because its small size and
relatively large surface area help it to lose moisture very fast.
Without moisture, there's no mold or bacterial growth" . . . :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/worlds-oldest-hamburger-mcdonalds_n_3139231.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
I notice nobody was volunteering to eat the thing.
And it looked suspiciously un-squashed, and foithermore who buys a dry
burger?
Suspicious, suspicious, very suspicious.
--
Maybe we should sic snopes.com on this.
Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·
Apr 23, 2013, 6:59:21 PM4/23/13
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"mimus" <mim...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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====================[reply]======================
A properly cooked burger will last for along time.
I've grilled them on the barbeque like four at a time but
I can usually only eat two or three so I leave the uneaten
burgers on the grill and close the lid.
I've opened the lid weeks later and the burger was
still edible, though quite tough and dry. There was no
evidence of mold. It's the bread I wonder about. It will
mold unless properly dried. A McDonalds burger left
in a pocket would surely mold.
--
Sir Gregory
news:3bc10ca5-ff11-47b8...@r3g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
A properly cooked burger will last for along time.
I've grilled them on the barbeque like four at a time but
I can usually only eat two or three so I leave the uneaten
burgers on the grill and close the lid.
I've opened the lid weeks later and the burger was
still edible, though quite tough and dry. There was no
evidence of mold. It's the bread I wonder about. It will
mold unless properly dried. A McDonalds burger left
in a pocket would surely mold.
--
Sir Gregory
Emmett BADASS Gulley
Apr 23, 2013, 10:44:51 PM4/23/13
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On Apr 23, 6:59 pm, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" <gregh...@home.fåke>
wrote:
> "mimus" <mimu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
have NEVER gotten sick. I have even walked back in with a bag of them
and eaten them at the table while surfing the web on their FREE wifi.
SMACKDOWN on the staukers!!!
wrote:
> "mimus" <mimu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:3bc10ca5-ff11-47b8...@r3g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> Utah man David Whipple has managed to hang on to a hamburger from
> McDonald's since 1999. The extraordinary part isn't the fact that he
> didn't throw the burger out, though-- it's that the burger barely
> looks like it has aged.
>
> Appearing by phone on the TV show "The Doctors" recently, Whipple
> explained that the burger was discovered many years ago in his coat
> pocket, oddly enough. It looked the same then as it does now.
>
> Whipple isn't the only one to discover this non-rotting burger
> phenomenon. In 2010, J. Kenji López-Alt conducted a series of tests
> for Serious Eats to figure out if various burgers would rot over time.
> He found that "the burger doesn't rot because its small size and
> relatively large surface area help it to lose moisture very fast.
> Without moisture, there's no mold or bacterial growth" . . . :
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/worlds-oldest-hamburger-mcdo...
> news:3bc10ca5-ff11-47b8...@r3g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> Utah man David Whipple has managed to hang on to a hamburger from
> McDonald's since 1999. The extraordinary part isn't the fact that he
> didn't throw the burger out, though-- it's that the burger barely
> looks like it has aged.
>
> Appearing by phone on the TV show "The Doctors" recently, Whipple
> explained that the burger was discovered many years ago in his coat
> pocket, oddly enough. It looked the same then as it does now.
>
> Whipple isn't the only one to discover this non-rotting burger
> phenomenon. In 2010, J. Kenji López-Alt conducted a series of tests
> for Serious Eats to figure out if various burgers would rot over time.
> He found that "the burger doesn't rot because its small size and
> relatively large surface area help it to lose moisture very fast.
> Without moisture, there's no mold or bacterial growth" . . . :
>
>
> I notice nobody was volunteering to eat the thing.
>
> And it looked suspiciously un-squashed, and foithermore who buys a dry
> burger?
>
> Suspicious, suspicious, very suspicious.
>
> ====================[reply]======================
>
> A properly cooked burger will last for along time.
>
> I've grilled them on the barbeque like four at a time but
> I can usually only eat two or three so I leave the uneaten
> burgers on the grill and close the lid.
>
> I've opened the lid weeks later and the burger was
> still edible, though quite tough and dry. There was no
> evidence of mold. It's the bread I wonder about. It will
> mold unless properly dried. A McDonalds burger left
> in a pocket would surely mold.
>
> --
> Sir Gregory
I have eaten many burgers pulled from the dumpster at McDonalds and
> I notice nobody was volunteering to eat the thing.
>
> And it looked suspiciously un-squashed, and foithermore who buys a dry
> burger?
>
> Suspicious, suspicious, very suspicious.
>
> ====================[reply]======================
>
> A properly cooked burger will last for along time.
>
> I've grilled them on the barbeque like four at a time but
> I can usually only eat two or three so I leave the uneaten
> burgers on the grill and close the lid.
>
> I've opened the lid weeks later and the burger was
> still edible, though quite tough and dry. There was no
> evidence of mold. It's the bread I wonder about. It will
> mold unless properly dried. A McDonalds burger left
> in a pocket would surely mold.
>
> --
> Sir Gregory
have NEVER gotten sick. I have even walked back in with a bag of them
and eaten them at the table while surfing the web on their FREE wifi.
SMACKDOWN on the staukers!!!
Nadegda
Apr 24, 2013, 12:23:20 AM4/24/13
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On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:44:51 -0700, Emmett BADASS Gulley wrote:
> On Apr 23, 6:59 pm, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" <gregh...@home.fåke>
> wrote:
>> "mimus" <mimu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:3bc10ca5-ff11-47b8-
> On Apr 23, 6:59 pm, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" <gregh...@home.fåke>
> wrote:
>> "mimus" <mimu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
a1e2-6c1...@r3g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
You are in violation of a Formosa protection.
Go kook out at somebody else for a change.
-- FNVW {2 of 4}
Don Freeman
Apr 27, 2013, 8:00:20 PM4/27/13
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On 4/23/2013 7:44 PM, Emmett BADASS Gulley wrote:
>
> I have eaten many burgers pulled from the dumpster at McDonalds and
> have NEVER gotten sick.
Probably improved them (how could they get worse?)
>
> I have eaten many burgers pulled from the dumpster at McDonalds and
> have NEVER gotten sick.
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walt tonne
Jun 6, 2013, 9:24:11 PM6/6/13
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Democrats are known to smoke PCP laced tampons picked up at highway
rest stops.
rest stops.
Don Freeman
Jun 9, 2013, 12:02:38 AM6/9/13
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On 6/6/2013 6:24 PM, walt tonne wrote:
> Democrats are known to smoke PCP laced tampons picked up at highway
> rest stops.
>
Damn! And I thought no one was watching...
> Democrats are known to smoke PCP laced tampons picked up at highway
> rest stops.
>
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