Comments on: 1 gallon jug of 1992 McDonald's McJordan barbecue sauce sells for $9,995 on eBay

By: Philboyd Studge

Philboyd Studge — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 01:03:00 +0000

It’s a canopic jar from the tomb of Ronald McDonald.

By: Sigmund_Jung

Sigmund_Jung — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:25:00 +0000

Or maybe a PR stunt? Now we (and many more) are discussing how people love their McD burgers, and it only cost them US$ 10,000.

By: TheChanDroid

TheChanDroid — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:14:00 +0000

That’s no Barbeque Sauce – It’s a Space Station!

By: msbpodcast

msbpodcast — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:01:00 +0000

High Fructose Corn Syrup killed it for me ... and it won't be killing me. I'd sooner eat something made with battery acid.

By: IronEdithKidd

IronEdithKidd — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:10:00 +0000

Yeah, generally preserved tomato products are not to be trusted beyond two years.

By: Antonio Carrasco

Antonio Carrasco — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:25:00 +0000

Everything is barack obama’s fault!!!

Now he’s raising the price of BBQ sauce!!!

By: Florian Bösch

Florian Bösch — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:18:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure it’s still perfectly edible. It’s like a ton of preservative, salt and vinegar, bottled at steaming temperatures then pasteurized and knowing McDonalds paranoia probably irradiated with UV light and a quick shot of ionizing radiation. I’m sure that stuff’d be edible in about 1000 years.

By: Florian Bösch

Florian Bösch — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:15:00 +0000

So vintage fast-food sauces are a thing now. Much like say a bottle Macallan 1938 (Spaymalt) Sherry Cask for $7000.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:12:00 +0000

Ok I’ve never made bbq sauce but why would you need brown sugar, HFCS, corn syrup, and molasses? Isn’t molasses what makes brown sugar brown? Also I’m surprised that only sodium benzoate is the only ‘artificial’ preservative listed.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:58:00 +0000

Ah, I entirely forgot about that fine example of cultural appropriation.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:57:00 +0000

Bacteria and botulism are one thing, but enzyme heavy tomato products don’t seem to be too stable. I’ll have to ask my mom but jarred tomatoes only seem to last like three years. I wish I had a (tin) can to see what they put in there to preserve it.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:47:00 +0000

Chumley: Geez, this sauce tastes like old man.
Old Man: What’s that supposed mean? My sauce is way better than this drivel
Chumley: No, I mean this sauce tastes like it was MADE from old men.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:44:00 +0000

I was going to imply that the NBA probably has poor retirement hence all the washed up athletes endorsing local car dealers but then I remembered his shoes still sell for 100+ bucks.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:39:00 +0000

I’m very curious of what’s become of the goop inside. I’ve had three year old ketchup packets turn black. Tomato products don’t seem too stable for long term storage.

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:13:00 +0000

Adrenaline and cruel, cruel, bitter regret. Much like the emotions and memories that flood when I think of my ex-Flymo.

The necessity caused by relocating and perhaps the disapproval of my friends and family caused me to part with my Flymo.

The attached pics are web-finds because my sorrow caused me to misplace my personal pics of that carefree period of my life.

Damn you Adele! Jealous of a ground-effect lawnmower? I should have at once seen that as a sign of your many, many pathologies.

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:53:00 +0000

I was wondering if someone in corporate office decided to grab it to keep it out of public circulation, or to avoid someone adulterating it and trying to poison people

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:43:00 +0000

Why?

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:34:00 +0000

I agree that it likely is no more likely to kill you than on the day it was manufactured. I cannot really guess whether or not it would taste better than, or not as good as when it was first produced. But I’d bet you 10,000 pennies that if kept in a cool, dry place, it might taste much better, kind of like a fine wine. Recall that this is a vintage McDonald’s sauce (If genuine!)

(IIRC, concoctions as sugary and acidic such as this have a really long shelf -life if kept sealed and protected from extended, excessive heat.)

I read the label and it does contain HFCS – one of our society’s crowning culinary/health supplement achievements, second only to Radium Water — which treats all sort of autoimmune diseases and makes our thoughts sprightly and proper. It was a red-communist conspiracy to ban and suppress Radium Water and unfortunately they won. However…you can easily roll your own, just do a Bing search (suppressed on Google for obvious reasons.)

However, I seriously doubt that this jar sold for 10k and if the auction did close for this amount, did the winning bidder actually pay? Also, say the winning bidder did pay 10k for this — how can he or she be sure that the contents are actually bonafide? With fine wine, fine Corinthian Leather and other luxury commodities, there are definite and standardized methods of assuring authenticity and provenance. I really question the ability to verify this object’s authenticity.

(pic below is of me distressing a collectible in preparation for an online auction, the other is of a younger me serving on a Royal Navy submarine.)

By: gamophyte

gamophyte — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:20:00 +0000

It was Obama in my guess

By: Chrs

Chrs — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:38:00 +0000

Michael Jordan doesn’t really care too much about $10k charges.

By: elix

elix — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:23:00 +0000

Préservatif in French, as well.

Which leads to the occasional hilarity on food labels and containers in Canada, if a company half-asses the translation when preparing bilingual labels.

Boy, I’m glad my yogurt doesn’t have birth control in it.

By: Vladi

Vladi — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:15:00 +0000

Rush to the bathroom perhaps

By: Vladi

Vladi — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:12:00 +0000

Have a taste of that stuff and You’ll get my point.

By: Walter Dexter

Walter Dexter — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:00:00 +0000

I’d be surprised if it were anywhere else. Between Jordan’s Chicago connection and the fact that McDonald’s is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL (a Chicago suburb) it seems inevitable.

By: bolamig

bolamig — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:44:00 +0000

Right now there is a horder feeling a rush of adrenaline.

By: Rezeya Montecore

Rezeya Montecore — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:48:00 +0000

Diarrhea is usually chunkier.

By: Rezeya Montecore

Rezeya Montecore — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:46:00 +0000

Unfortunately, no! The closest term we have in English is “prophylactic”, and believe me, the lame puns come out when we use it in the sense of “protective device that is NOT a condom.” :)

By: Rezeya Montecore

Rezeya Montecore — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:46:00 +0000

I’m not sure I’m convinced it’s true… but my god, it’s a brilliant idea.

If I ever find myself in a position where I need to know this trick, I’ll send you 1% of the take. :)

By: Rezeya Montecore

Rezeya Montecore — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:45:00 +0000

(FYI: You’re dead right, but I think was hoping his pun in German would translate. “Präservativ” is German for “condom”.)

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:19:00 +0000

I don’t know…Ketchup has a tendency to turn brown after a few years on the shelf. Maybe if it was in an opaque container, or something metal.

As Bert says, plastic is not an oxygen barrier.