Hi, Otter here. this week I
noticed 'the Mcdonald's Happy
meal project' getting a lot
of play around various
websites.
The 'experiment,' by flickr user
sallie Davies, was to photograph
the same happy meal every day
for 6 months to see what
would happen to the food.
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in the photo set, the food remained largely
unchanged in appearance over the course
of the 'experiment.' No mold grew on the
meat, bun or fries, nor did any bugs
infest the aging morsels.
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On more than one site, I noticed
lots of hand wringing about how
horrible this stuff is for you, and
smug, holier-than-thou comments
about how this commenter
or that would never eat that
junk, it should be banned, etc.
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NOw, I'm no scientist (neither is
Davies, I suspect) But there is a
fairly simple, and benign
explanation for the results of
this project, an explanation
humans have taken advantage
of for thousands of years.
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That explanation is of course,
dehydration. People have used
the principle of dehydration to
preserve food longer than
recorded history. A mcdonald's
hamburger is heated to 160 degrees
Minimum and laden with salt. The
fries are immersed in hot oil for
several minutes, and salted.
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Salt, plus heat equals
preserved food.
Have you ever eaten beef
jerky? Potato chips?
I could set those items out
for 6 months and achieve
the same result. Davies
didn't illustrate anything
new, or even surprising.
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Davies and her 'experiment' strike
me as someone with an axe to grind
and even moreso the food nannys
propping up the 'experiment' as
rock solid proof the stuff should
be banned. Mcdonalds food
isn't the best thing in the world
for you, no doubt. But the most
basic understanding of science
shows that her results are
exactly what should be expected.
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Food nannys think they 'know'
what's best for everyone who
isn't them. They are misguided in
thinking they are champions
of the 'greater good'...as
defined by them. They are
crusaders with too much
time on their hands doing
everything they can to
inconvenience the rest of us
while simultaneously sapping
all the joy from life.
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Oh, and before you say 'what
about the bun, why didn't mold
grow on the bun?' Take a slice of
bread out of the bag and set it
on the counter. You'll have a
great big crouton in a day.
Mold won't grow on it,
guaranteed.
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MMMMMMM
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i saw that !
Oct 18th
I'm slightly ashamed of myself for not thinking of that. Thanks Ott! I'm gonna have me a Big Mac!
Oct 18th
Sooo...eating this stuff will make you happy but not invulnerable to decomposition? Bummer.
Oct 18th
Well, maybe. You and I could get croutons in a day because we live in desert climates. Do it in South Carolina, though, and you'll have a green mess. I wouldn't eat the stuff because I've seen cattle feeding operations, though, and don't like foreign e. coli in my diet.
Oct 18th