Comments on: Decomposing Hamburgergate: Now with 100% more science! http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-931096 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-931096 I did a similar experiment here: http://brum-review.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-does-burger-go-when-it-dies.html I did a similar experiment here:
http://brum-review.blogspot.com/2010/10/where-does-burger-go-when-it-dies.html

]]> By: baracudaboy http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-932899 baracudaboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-932899 Eww, why are you trying to ENDORSE eating at Mcdonalds? If anything we should all be trying to shut them down. Eww, why are you trying to ENDORSE eating at Mcdonalds? If anything we should all be trying to shut them down.

]]> By: Monica hughes http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-931627 Monica hughes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-931627 Yup, food rots. To the person above who asked about the fries, check out my experiment on those (and the burgers, showing similar results to Serious Eats for those) here: http://sparkasynapse.blogspot.com/2010/11/of-mushrooms-molds-and-mcdonalds-day-17.html Yup, food rots. To the person above who asked about the fries, check out my experiment on those (and the burgers, showing similar results to Serious Eats for those) here:

http://sparkasynapse.blogspot.com/2010/11/of-mushrooms-molds-and-mcdonalds-day-17.html

]]> By: Monica hughes http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-931639 Monica hughes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-931639 Here's an experiment on the fries: http://sparkasynapse.blogspot.com/2010/11/of-mushrooms-molds-and-mcdonalds-day-17.html Here’s an experiment on the fries: http://sparkasynapse.blogspot.com/2010/11/of-mushrooms-molds-and-mcdonalds-day-17.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-930875 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930875 Yay science! Yay science!

]]> By: Jerril http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-931390 Jerril Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-931390 No-one is defending McDonalds. But no-one is defending "sheltered" people who have never seen dry meat before either. The idea that food must immediately turn to green slime and/or grow fur past its expiry date is responsible for both a lot of food poisoning ("It looks fine!") and a lot of perfectly good food being turfed because the magic date line has been crossed ("I don't care, it's expired it goes in the trash!"). No-one is defending McDonalds. But no-one is defending “sheltered” people who have never seen dry meat before either.

The idea that food must immediately turn to green slime and/or grow fur past its expiry date is responsible for both a lot of food poisoning (“It looks fine!”) and a lot of perfectly good food being turfed because the magic date line has been crossed (“I don’t care, it’s expired it goes in the trash!”).

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-930649 blueelm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930649 People really think they don't rot? McDonalds would be making a much bigger fortune if they had actually invented non-rotting hamburgers. People really think they don’t rot?

McDonalds would be making a much bigger fortune if they had actually invented non-rotting hamburgers.

]]> By: warreno http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-930653 warreno Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930653 There are plenty of other reasons to not eat a McBurger. Mummification is so declassé. There are plenty of other reasons to not eat a McBurger. Mummification is so declassé.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-930657 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930657 I heard this claim retread on NPR just last week. (Thankfully the person actually making the claim was a nutrition advocate, not a reporter.) I heard this claim retread on NPR just last week. (Thankfully the person actually making the claim was a nutrition advocate, not a reporter.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-930662 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930662 "Periodically, over the last year, I've wasted a day or so screaming at my computer screen about how photos of a McDonald's hamburger failing to rot were not a sign that the food was somehow artificial or dangerous" Heh heh. Me too. “Periodically, over the last year, I’ve wasted a day or so screaming at my computer screen about how photos of a McDonald’s hamburger failing to rot were not a sign that the food was somehow artificial or dangerous”

Heh heh. Me too.

]]> By: dollarama http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-933224 dollarama Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-933224 Haha. I'm totally going to McDicks for lunch right now. To the haters: occasional indulgence is good for the soul! You only live once. Haha. I’m totally going to McDicks for lunch right now.

To the haters: occasional indulgence is good for the soul! You only live once.

]]> By: Tim http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-930684 Tim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930684 This makes me happy. I'm glad someone is actually applying science to these things. It's very much a fad to rag on how bad fast food is that it's gotten to the point where even totally ridiculous things are believed. Hooray for people using logic and science. This makes me happy. I’m glad someone is actually applying science to these things.

It’s very much a fad to rag on how bad fast food is that it’s gotten to the point where even totally ridiculous things are believed.

Hooray for people using logic and science.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-930685 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930685 Why the strikethrough? It looks like the rot is alive and healthy. Why the strikethrough? It looks like the rot is alive and healthy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-931483 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-931483 So twice as much science as there was before? So twice as much science as there was before?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-930734 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930734 Your point is well taken, but what about the McDonald's french fries? Your point is well taken, but what about the McDonald’s french fries?

]]> By: Dr.Gee http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-930990 Dr.Gee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930990 this happy meal burger is clearly rotting solely due the departure of its longtime friend, "Toy". this happy meal burger is clearly rotting solely due the departure of its longtime friend, “Toy”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-930992 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930992 Well I sure can sleep easy knowing that someone is defending McDonalds. I mean just IMAGINE what would have happened if people actually BELIEVED that their hamburgers were crap? That was a close call. Well I sure can sleep easy knowing that someone is defending McDonalds. I mean just IMAGINE what would have happened if people actually BELIEVED that their hamburgers were crap? That was a close call.

]]> By: Gnou http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-930778 Gnou Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930778 Same thing. They're frozen, then deep fried, then doused in salt. Which would take care of the moisture in just about any living organism. Too bad a thousand words are not worth a picture. Same thing. They’re frozen, then deep fried, then doused in salt.
Which would take care of the moisture in just about any living organism.

Too bad a thousand words are not worth a picture.

]]> By: Rider http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-931045 Rider Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-931045 Sad that BoingBoing has published the story not once but twice. At least one person cares about science on here. Sad that BoingBoing has published the story not once but twice. At least one person cares about science on here.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-931049 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-931049 It is a repeatable experiment. But Shhhh!...I was hoping they'd post it thrice. It is a repeatable experiment.

But Shhhh!…I was hoping they’d post it thrice.

]]> By: S2 http://boingboing.net/2010/11/05/decomposing-hamburge.html#comment-930794 S2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930794 Perfect timing -- made a bet on this topic with a McDonalds-denier 6 days ago, and now I've won the tidy sum of 5 golden samolians, woo! "No dog food for Victor tonight." ;-) Perfect timing — made a bet on this topic with a McDonalds-denier 6 days ago, and now I’ve won the tidy sum of 5 golden samolians, woo! “No dog food for Victor tonight.” ;-)

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