Testing whether McD's burgers really do not rot

**Datura** · 08-11-2010 02:11 PM

But this is good news. Next time I lose my McFeast deluxe in the cat's food cupboard for 4 days. I am not going to chuck it. McBiltong burger FTW!!!!!!!!!

**Stickfigure** · 08-11-2010 02:14 PM

All this stuff about Mc D's burgers and fries not rotting is absolute bs. I did a test once where I bought a burger and chips from Mc D's, Steers and KFC (all my local stores) and stored them in a germ free, room temperature location. After not even a week, they had all gone off and started developing moss and fungi. After 2 weeks just a slight smell of any of them was enough to make you throw up. They were all completely covered in moss, fungi and other sick stuff.

I would post the pics that I took, but they're long gone. Not sure if the fast food outlets in USA put different chemicals in their food but it does not apply to us.

**Datura** · 08-11-2010 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by Stickfigure

All this stuff about Mc D's burgers and fries not rotting is absolute bs. I did a test once where I bought a burger and chips from Mc D's, Steers and KFC (all my local stores) and stored them in a germ free, room temperature location. After not even a week, they had all gone off and started developing moss and fungi. After 2 weeks just a slight smell of any of them was enough to make you throw up. They were all completely covered in moss, fungi and other sick stuff.

I would post the pics that I took, but they're long gone. Not sure if the fast food outlets in USA put different chemicals in their food but it does not apply to us.

I do this test every week. They NEVER rot. Any of them. My test periods are , admittedly, far shorter than in the OP and in your case. Quite substantially shorter. They never last longer than 30 minutes or so.

nomnomNOMNOM

**blunomore** · 08-11-2010 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by AvatarS

Missing the point, much?

More like 'do not care about the point, only about the chippies'

**Datura** · 08-11-2010 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by blunomore

To me, even the chips should be banned.

Love Steers chips or Nando's wedges.

Originally Posted by blunomore

More like 'do not care about the point, only about the chippies'

Start a 'chippies' thread then...

**J0n0** · 08-11-2010 04:58 PM

I'm sorry but how the f*** do you forget a burger on the counter for two weeks????

**MickeyD** · 08-11-2010 05:06 PM

Also saw this posted elsewhere.

The experiment probably also depends on the environment in which the items are left. If it is a pretty sterile container, then it should be OK for quite some time.

But I would NOT eat it, even after only 24 hours!

**GreGorGy** · 08-11-2010 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by AvatarS

Hey, even I have a friend who claims that he'd forgotten a McDonald's burger on the kitchen counter for 2 weeks,

I think we are all missing the point. I would like to meet this incredible friend that can put something down on a kitchen counter and promptly forget it. For two weeks, without noticing. In 2 weeks.

Dirty dirty bugger - no wonder s/he bought CrapDonalds in the first place...

**Datura** · 08-11-2010 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by GreGorGy

I think we are all missing the point. I would like to meet this incredible friend that can put something down on a kitchen counter and promptly forget it. For two weeks, without noticing. In 2 weeks.

Dirty dirty bugger - no wonder s/he bought CrapDonalds in the first place...

Varsity life can be, and often is, dodge.

**scotty777** · 08-11-2010 06:22 PM

My sister sometimes gets ill off macdonalds... the most I get is a little bit of an uneasy tummy if the burger was dodgy

, usually goes away in an hour our too.

**STS** · 08-11-2010 06:37 PM

of ffs

we honestly don't give a crap what you guys 'hate'

i'd rather have a million justin bieber fans descend on this forum and go on about how much they love him rather than listen to which junk food, operating system, social networking site or cell service provider you guys would never be caught with, yet talk about it every chance you get

**STS** · 08-11-2010 06:39 PM

p.s: it's the stupid socialists that started the 'mcdonalds burger are pure evil' bull**** story. if it were real it'd be on oprah

**genetic** · 08-11-2010 06:59 PM

BS. I've left KFC and McD's before (half eaten), and they both rotted after a few days. This is probably just an urban legend.

**dudesweet** · 09-11-2010 09:17 PM

It's actually true. But I think they need to be in a fridge. My aunt in the States ran a similar experiment. Not sure if they were safe to eat, but they still looked like regular burgers and fries.and they were bought in 2004...