McD’s 

“Miami Fries”, Only in Italia! We Went to Have a Taste

 

They don’t mess around in Italy. Next to the regular french fries on the McDonald’s menu, you’ll find Miami Fries. Customers regularly substitute these fries with the combo sets.

At first glance, these fries resemble ridge-cut potato chips. They’re relatively thin, but thick enough that when you bite into them, there’s a nice chewiness. They’re also wider and have more surface area than regular fries, so there’s more outer crispiness to enjoy before getting to the moist insides.

You might think that more surface area means more oil that’s been soaked up, but to our delight we found that there was virtually no greasiness. Nice! As long as you’re not on a totally strict diet, if you’re in Italy, we definitely recommend checking out these fries!

Also, in Rome, a unique McDonald’s recently opened with some unique features: “… the separate gelato bar and the “Coffee and Sweet” bar, where you can have an espresso or cappuccino and brioche for a little over one euro… [plus,] caprese salads (tomato and mozzarella) and the il Mac (hamburger on a Panini bun).”

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In Russia McDonald’s, Delicious Rye Bread Hamburger

We put the sleeping bear on our itinerary, we made sure to hit up all the important historical landmarks: St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Kremlin, McDonald’s…

That’s right we went to Russia to eat at McDonald’s and we have no regrets, thanks to the Beef a la Rus, a delicious rye bun hamburger introduced 2 years ago to celebrate McDonald’s 20th anniversary in Russia.

So come McKomrades, let us share with you the glory that is the Beef a la Rus

The burger we ordered was technically the Beef a la Rus with Bacon, but the structure is fundamentally the same: lettuce, thick-sliced tomato, juicy beef patty and bacon sandwiched in a lush rye bread bun.

The strong, sour taste of the rye bread may turn some people off and it certainly gives the burger a flavor incomparable to other regional McDonald’s items. We found that the tartness of the bread actually enhanced the flavor of the lettuce and tomato, tasting almost like dressing on a salad. In turn, the dry rye bread buns quickly absorbed the moisture of the vegetables, giving them a pleasantly chewy (instead of soggy) texture similar to french bread. That’s more synergy than all the five-year plans combined!

While the crispy crust and chewy texture of the buns was unlike anything we’ve tasted on a burger, the patty and veggies were standard, delicious McDonald’s fare. It’s a strange blend of conventional taste and unconventional texture, but it works perfectly.

Of course, no McDonald’s meal is complete with out fries and Russia delivers on this front as well with their “village-style” potatoes, thick potato wedges offered as an alternative to the standard McDonald’s french fries. These babies are deep-fried in a thin batter, seasoned with rich spices and salted for a luxurious taste even a Tsar could approve of.

 

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McDonald's Lady Discusses Burger "Shrinkage" Problem

The burger on the left suffers from steam shrinkage.

 

You know how fast food products always look so defeated in real life, in comparison to their portrayal in advertisements? Well, one McDonald's employee is here to explain that there's really no difference between the product you see in their ads, and the one you're holding in your hands... except maybe the size. During a photoshoot for a Quarter Pounder with cheese, she explains there's only some slight "finessing of the product" to ready it for print, and that the notable size difference between a QP from the store, and the one created for the shoot, is just because "the box that our sandwiches come in keep the sandwiches warm, which creates a sort of steam effect, and makes it contract a bit."

 

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Oh La La! McDonald’s Looks to Add a Touch of Class with Professional Baristas Brewing Custom Cups of Joe

 

Having recently opened a location in the ultra-trendy Harajuku-Omotesando shopping area of Tokyo, McDonald’s Japan is brewing a new strategy with an extra shot of sophistication.

Don’t worry; it’s not the rebirth of that lame Mac Tonight moon man who played cheesy lounge music on the piano in the 80’s.  This time McDonald’s will be serving up freshly made custom cups of coffee by real baristas.

Scheduled for July at the Harajuku-Omotesando, the first McCafé by Barista (I guess the name flows better to Japanese people) will be a separate section of the typical McDonald’s restaurants that we all come to know and love.

According to the company’s press release, McCafé by Barista will be equipped with several private booths serviced by – as the name would suggest – a full-time barista.

McDonald’s typical paper cups will be replaced with classy ceramic mugs filled to the brim by their professional coffee artisan who makes each cup suited to each customer’s requests.

So if you want an extra shot with your espresso or if you want them to go heavy on the foam, you got it.  They seem willing to make your coffee to whatever specifications your heart desires.

Details about prices and items are limited at the moment although there are a few photos attached to the press release showing some rather well made and sized cups of coffee even showing some signs of latte art.

I’m somewhat skeptical about this venture, however.  McDonald’s has tried to rise above the realm of fast food in the past, and their attempts always end up fizzling out. One only has to remember the Arch Deluxe and the rest of their luxury line of “Deluxe” burgers.

Source: McDonald’s Japan Press Release (Japanese PDF)

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Pretzelnator, A Crowd-Sourced Burger Available at McDonald’s Germany

 

The Pretzelnator is the first of five burgers to be created from the crowd-sourced Mein Burger campaign started by Berlin agency Razorfish Germany for McDonald’s Germany. In this campaign, McDonald’s Germany encouraged their customers to create a custom burger and then have their creation voted on at their website. The winning Pretzelnator burger is now being served in McDonald’s locations in Germany for a limited time. It is topped with ham, American and Italian cheese and has a pretzel-like bun. In this video, 

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McDonald’s Lures Country’s Best and Brightest By Offering a Free Small Fries for Job Applicants

 

Good news for anyone who’s out of money and food!  From now until May 13^th anyone in Japan who applies for a job and gets an interview at McDonalds will receive a complimentary small order of fries…

Okay, by now you’ve probably recovered from the shock of this amazing news.  According to their recent banner ad which reads “Let’s get started. McCrew: Until 5/13 all interviewees will receive a present of a free small fries.” this is no joke.

Like I was, you may be in denial that such a fantastic offer exists. That’s why I had to call my local Mickey D’s myself to confirm the news.

“Absolutely we are having the free small fry campaign.  However, we can’t confirm that all franchises in Japan are participating or not.”
(some McDonald’s employee)

It’s a stunning move that has rocked the fast food industry to its very foundation.  Employment analysts are predicting a massive influx of Rhodes scholars drawn in by those undeniably delicious salty snacks in the smallest portion designated by McDonald’s typically served to children under 5.

McDonald’s also seems brashly unconcerned that job candidates may leverage the free fries for a more highly paid position in a Burger King drive-through.  

Worse yet, some dishonest candidates may travel to McDonald’s; fill out and submit an application form; wait several days for a call to set up and interview; wait for the interview; then go through the hour long interview where they receive their free order of fries.  As they walk out of the interview clutching their golden brown present in the palm of only one hand they think to themselves “Suckers! I never wanted to work there. I just wanted this dollar worth of fries! Hahaha!”

Of course people on the internet have chimed in with their negative comments like “Is McDonald’s seriously going through with this campaign? Are they stupid?” and “A small fries? They could at least offer a medium.”  But when it comes to smart business decisions, who are you going to trust; some strangers on the internet or a multinational corporation who earned $27 billion last year?

Not everyone on the internet was negative about the move however.  One commenter wrote “I WUSH I wud eatin dose fraiZ write now Imma aply 2day!!!1!”

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McDonalds: Train Timetable

 

Einstein taught us that time is relative. And since it can not always be measured similarly, the McDonald's there the Warsaw offers us an interesting way to do this calculation: food. Or rather, the amount of food that you can enjoy before your train leave.

A nice idea of ​​how to use a medium with relevance and still provide a service - albeit for their own benefit - for passengers. In the calculation, hamburgers, potatoes and soft drinks, the panel also warns potential delays and changes. 

Simple and nice.

 

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McDonald’s Selling ‘Ramen’ in the most Unlikely of Places: America

 

McDonald’s is known for offering regional dishes at its international stores to please local customers.

We recently heard of a certain McDonald’s that sells its own version of Japan’s favorite noodle dish, ramen. We wouldn’t think much of this if it were being served somewhere like Japan or China, countries typically associated with the dish.

However, it turns out this McDonald’s ramen is found in none other than the land of burgers and fries itself, America.

Well, Hawaii, to be precise.

The “ramen” is actually Saimin, a noodle dish very similar to Japanese ramen and a local Hawaiin favorite.

There are a few theories on the origins of Saimin, with some saying it was brought over from Japan by plantation workers in the early 20th century. In reality, Hawaii has seen waves of immigrant workers from so many different Asian countries that it could have come from anywhere—or maybe just combined a little of the best from everywhere.

Saimin has been on the McDonalds menu in Hawaii for years and rumor has it that it was actually the very first regional item to be offered on a McDonald’s menu anywhere.

Your reporter in Hawaii visited a McDonald’s to see how it stacks up with Japanese ramen and, honestly, it stacks up pretty well! The soup is a light, clear broth that’s refreshing and easy to drink. The noodles are slightly thick, similar to Japanese udon noodles, and don’t have that “bad noodle smell” you get with low-grade ramen.

It wouldn’t hurt if the noodles had a little more body, but altogether, McDonald’s Saimin so tasty that I’d go so far as to say it rivals the standard ramen sold at most restaurants in Japan! And it feels like a steal at only $3.29!

It seems not all McDonald’s in Hawaii have Saimin on the menu and not many people, especially tourists, know about it—after all, not everyone puts McDonald’s on their to-do list while visiting a foreign country. If you do happen to find yourself under the golden arches during your next Hawaii vacation though, we recommend skipping the familiar burger and fries for a cup of Saimin. 

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American Meat Institute: "Pink Slime" Is "Safe, Wholesome And Nutritious"

Do your hamburgers contain ammonium-hydroxide treated meat?

On Wednesday, we posted on the USDA's purchase of 7 million pounds of ammonium hydroxide-treated beef previously rejected by fast food companies. The story immediately gained interest among our readers. The treated beef, which former USDA scientist Gerald Zirnstein dubbed "Pink Slime," is made of otherwise unusable bits and pieces of beef that are particularly prone to bacterial infection. The treatment was designed to sterilize it.

The problem: it may not work.

However, the American Meat Institute, a lobbying organization that represents 95 percent of the beef industry, responded to the concerns and their president claims that the product—which they call "boneless lean beef trimmings"—is "safe, wholesome and nutritious."

This stuff isn't just in school lunches: the pink slime/BLBT/whatever you want to call it, is part of about 70 percent of the ground beef the rigor of the USDA evaluation of the treatment process. When the product went through the approval process at USDA, an undersecretary of agriculture said "it’s pink, therefore it’s meat." The product's swift approval made hundreds of millions of dollars for the companies that produced it. sold in American supermarkets. This led that same former USDA scientist to claim that he only eats hamburger he grinds himself. There have also been some questions about

The USDA has limited the use of BLBT to 15 percent of any ground beef (an odd choice for a safe and wholesome product) but there is no requirement that products containing BLBT be labeled as such.

The American Meat Institute, in its statement, minimized the usage of Ammonium Hydroxide, claiming it is just one possible process for making BLBT and emphasizing that the resulting product is 100 percent beef.

 According to AMI: 

"One process uses food grade ammonium hydroxide gas, something commonly used in the production of many foods, to destroy bacteria. Whatever process is used, it is all done under the watchful eye of USDA inspectors and according to strict federal rules...The fact is, BLBT is beef. The beef trimmings that are used to make BLBT are absolutely edible." They also claim that "BLBT is a sustainable product because it recovers lean meat that would otherwise be wasted. The beef industry is proud to efficiently produce as much lean meat as possible from the cattle we raise."

It's worth noting that ammonium hydroxide is nothing but household ammonium: the stuff you use to clean your floors. Whether it's officially labeled "food grade" or not may not make much of a difference to consumers when evaluating this product.

We sent Rob Levitt, butcher and owner of The Butcher & Larder, AMI's complete statement to see what he thought about the process. He responded immediately and decisively.

"I think the pink stuff is gross," said Levitt, "and I think the AMI's defense of its use is ridiculous. This isn't the only problem we face, though. I opened The Butcher & Larder to be a place where people could shop and feel good about knowing the origin of their food. It is a stretch, but if parents are concerned about what their children are eating, they should try to control it. Vote with your dollar. I know it is hard for some families to pack a lunch, but if ammoniated meat product is the alternative, then voices must be raised.

"Let's see if the folks at the AMI would like to do shots of 'food grade ammonium hydroxide gas.' Are they happy to feed their children chemicals? How about instead of trying to meet the global demand for lean beef, we teach people to eat less beef, but be picky about what they are eating. With quality beef, a little goes a long way."

A request to the AMI for photos of the treated meat or of the treatment process was unanswered at the time of publication.

ALSO SEE;

http://todaysdailypoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/pink-slime-meat-rejected-by-mcdonalds.html

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http://todaysdailypoop.blogspot.com/search?q=pink+slime

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"Pink Slime" Meat Rejected By McDonalds, Bought For School Lunches

 

Last month, McDonalds announced it would no longer buy meat treated with ammonium hydroxide. This meat, often referred to as "Pink slime" because of its sickly appearance, was made up of scraps and trimmings that, absent chemical treatment, would have been rejected. In an attempt to save money, McDonalds and other fast food restaurants had been reincorporating those scraps back into food, after treating them with chemicals. Unfortunately, the slime had very high rates of infection with food-bourne illnesses. After a public outcry, McDonald's stopped using it. So, what to do with all of that perfectly terrible meat? Sell it to the government.

Despite the constant news coverage and hand-wringing about fast food restaurants in schools and childhood obesity, the national school lunch program still must have pretty low standards. The program has purchased 7 million pounds of the pink slime to serve in schools across the nation. Even better, this comes less than six weeks after the release of new school lunch guidelines designed to make foods healthier and safer. As it turns out, the USDA has been buying this stuff for years, and there's no indication they are going to stop.

Microbiologist Carl Custer, speaking to The Daily, referred to the product as "Soylent Pink," arguing that it had little to no nutritional value. Other scientists told The Daily that they were pressured to approve the produce with minimal safety evaluations, which is particularly problematic given the high incidence of Salmonella, E. Coli and other contaminants present in the treated meat byproduct.

We understand the importance of keeping costs down in school lunch programs, but this is an example of the federal government working against itself. If McDonalds and Taco Bell (hardly paragons of food safety) don't think this stuff is clean enough to eat, the federal government shouldn't be buying it - and they should dispose of what they have bought, rather than serving it to the nation's poorest kids.

ALSO SEE ;

http://todaysdailypoop.blogspot.com/search?q=pink+slime

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Finnish McDonalds client felt disgustingly surprise 

 

22-year old helsinkiläismies felt the shock of his life, when he bought a hamburger at McDonalds crawled out black caterpillar. Mies oli ostanut hampurilaisen mukaansa Ruoholahden McDonaldsista. The man had bought a McDonald's hamburger says Ruoholahti. Kun hän kotona avasi hampurilaisen kääreet, näki hän toukan, joka ymmärrettävästi tappoi ruokahalun sillä sekunnilla. When at home, he opened a hamburger wrappers, he saw a caterpillar, which understandably killed the appetite for seconds.

Mies otti välittömästi yhteyttä ravintolaan, valitti tapahtuneesta ja kertoi saaneensa toukkalöydöstä niin oksettavan olon, ettei uskonut enää koskaan voivansa syödä McDonaldsissa. The man immediately contacted the restaurant, complained about the incident and said he had received the discovery of the caterpillar as disgusting feeling, that thought would never be able to eat McDonald's.

- Ravintolapäällikkö pahoitteli tapausta asiaankuuluvasti, mutta tarjosi hyvityksenä kahta vapaavalintaista ateriaa tai sitä, että maksavat minulle takaisin sen kaksi euroa, minkä tarjoushampurilainen oli maksanut. - Restaurant Manager apologized for the case appropriately, but gave credit for two of your choice or a meal that will pay me back with its two million, which offer a hamburger was paid.

Mies ei tarttunut tarjoukseen, koska ajatus uusista aterioista ei innostanut. The man did not accept the offer, because the idea is not new dishes inspired.

- Ja jos olisin mennyt hakemaan ne kaksi euroa, niin minun pitäisi maksaa ensin bussilippu mikä on 2,70e. - And if I had gone to get them for two euros, so I had to pay the first bus ticket which is 2.70 e

Mies kuitenkin sulki hampurilaisen matoineen pussiin ja jääkaappiin, ja aikoo palauttaa koko ostoksensa ravintolaan, että siellä voitaisiin selvittää, mistä toukassa oli kyse ja miten voidaan varmistaa, ettei vastaavaa tapahdu toiste. The man, however, closed the hamburger matoineen bag and refrigerate, and will return the size of their purchases in the restaurant, that there could figure out what toukassa was all about and how to ensure that this will not happen again.

- Tavoitteena on vain se, että jatkossa ravintolassa keskityttäisiin oikeasti laadunvalvontaan tarkemmin eikä tämmöstä tapahtuis. - The goal is just the fact that the restaurant will focus on the real quality control in more detail and This kind will happen. Aion palauttaa tuotteen ravintolan toiveen mukaisesti takaisin ravintolaan, jotta McDonald's voi selvittää missä kohtaa hampurilaisiin pääsee matoja.Siihen asti ihmisten kannattaa tarkistaa hampurilaisensa. In the meantime, people should check your hamburger. Onneksi itse avasin käärön oikealta puolelta ja näin madon heti, mies kiittelee. Fortunately, I opened the scroll from the right side, and thus the worm as soon as the man says. I am going to return the product in accordance with the wish of the restaurant back to the restaurant, so that McDonald's can not figure out where in the burgers can of worms. 

 

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McDonald’s Thailand Ditches Beef and Buns for Chicken and Rice

 

It’s not all burgers and fries at McDonald’s Thailand, which we recently learned is selling a convenient deep-fried chicken lunch box.

The lunch box is no more than pieces of deep-fried chicken covered in teriyaki sauce with a hearty serving of jasmine rice, so simple that we wouldn’t be surprised to find it sitting on the shelf of a convenience store.

This isn’t the first rice-based meal out of McDonald’s Thailand: one of the current promotional items is the mouth-watering McD Namtok Rice, which comes with the choice of beef, chicken or pork.

The taste was mostly defined by the sweet teriyaki sauce, which had permeated into the fried batter to make it taste like some sort of deep-fried confection more than anything.

By contrast, the chicken was lean and I was able to eat the whole meal without feeling too weighed down afterwards.

Overall, the chicken is delicious and it makes a good light meal for when you’re on the go, and affordable at only around 140 yen (US $1.79)

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McDonald’s “Broadway Burger” 

Is More“Off-Broadway” 

Yet Delicious Nonetheless

 

The newest in McDonald’s Big America Series of US themed hamburgers, the Broadway Burger has been released amid much confusion over its name.  No one can really understand what’s so “Broadway” about this thing.

Anyone who has been to Manhattan knows it’s the home of some of the finest restaurants in the world.  Only on Broadway can you see a world-class play and then walk up the street to a plethora of restaurants for your choice of international cuisine.

Since none of this can be found in a Broadway Burger, we turn to McDonald’s for the official explanation:

-       Broadway Burger

The Boradway Burger is represented by the almost musical harmony between its thick slices of juicy bacon and creamy cheese sauce.  Each with their unique appearance and ability, the colorful vegetables, carefully selected pastrami bacon, and cheese sauce mixed with a zesty mustard sauce all come together to give a breathtakingly delicious performance just like the various talents who converge on Broadway.”

The original concept of the Big America Series was to showcase the local flavors of various American cities.  However, they seem to stretching with their choices of location recently.

Take the Grand Canyon Burger.  Now think of all the delicious gourmet food the actual Grand Canyon is famous for.  McDonald’s explanation is that the toppings remind us of the crooks and crags of the landmark crevice.  This same sideways logic is what went into making the Broadway Burger, saying “hey, aren’t all these great toppings exactly like all the great talent that comes together to make a hit musical on Broadway?”

Well, no, not really.

And sure, mustard and pastrami are readily found in delis around Manhattan, but if you spend a few minutes along Broadway you’ll notice that it’s the mecca of chain restaurants.

An authentic Broadway burger would have a combination of toppings from Subway, Burger King and Pizza Hut.  Or if they want to go a little more high-end they could sample the tastes of the Hard Rock Café, Planet Hollywood, and the Olive Garden.

I asked someone who stayed over a month on Broadway what they thought of the burger and they said “It’s good but I don’t know why they call it that. It’s kind of a BS name.”

McDonald’s should be ashamed of themselves for appealing to the ignorance of some Japanese people by passing this burger off as a part of American culture.

Now that I got that off my chest, the burger itself is not too salty and has a mellower taste than the rest of the Big American Series. The mustard and pastrami do mix well.  And so, despite their total razing of cultural awareness between Japan and New York, you can still enjoy McDonald’s latest offering for what it is – a tasty burger.

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McDonald's Backpedaling On Ad Saying Pitbulls Are More Dangerous Than Chicken

 

McDonald's is rolling out their new Chicken McBites in select markets right now, with a limited national rollout to happen in spring. The Golden Arches' take on popcorn chicken was a hit when the menu item was tested in Detroit and Australia and the company believes they have another hit on their hands.

But McDonald's is now apologizing for radio spots promoting McBites that say eating them isn't as dangerous as, say, petting a stray pitbull. The ads are offending dog lovers who say the commercials reinforce the negative stereotypes associated with the breed.

To be fair, knowing what we know now about McDonald's meat, eggs and fillers, we may take our chances with the pitbull. A Facebook page has been set up to call for a boycott of McDonald's and the company has apologized for the incident on Twitter and set up a message on their toll free number to address calls about the ad.

Below are Youtube videos containing the original radio spot and the automated message when calling the company's headquarters.

 

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McDonald's Pink Slime

 

McDonald's scraps controversial beef process

 

Celebrity chef and food activist Jamie Oliver is a man on a mission: to stop the use of what he calls "pink slime," beef scraps no one would choose to eat, reprocessed and repurposed for use in hamburger patties.

It is, he asserts, "not fit for human consumption."

"We're taking a product that would be sold in its cheaper form for dogs and," he says, "after this process, we can give it to humans."

The first salvo in his high-profile food fight was an April 2011 stomach-turning demonstration on his TV show, "Food Revolution," nine months ago.

He washed bits of beef in a solution of ammonia and water -- ammonium hydroxide -- to kill off bacteria, a technique approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

"This is a practice," Oliver says, "that's openly admitted to being in 70 percent of ground beef. That kind of puts it everywhere."

But last week, McDonald's announced it's no longer using the controversial beef. In a statement, the chain said the decision "was not related to any particular event."

Still, Oliver said he's "thrilled."

But, if he considers McDonalds a victory, he'd have to call Los Angeles a loss. City schools rejected his offer for a healthy menu makeover and decided to go it alone.

And student Kevin Albrecht says, "The healthier it gets, the more disgusting it is."

Some can barely describe what "it" is.

Fellow student Marina Sangit said one item is "called a barbecue sandwich, but it looks like an imitation Sloppy Joe."

So, the district keeps trying, testing healthy, "tastier" foods on kids and parents.

But, observes student Cameron Michaels, "Any food (adults say) is good for me, I think I'm not going to like it."

Yet - one student says he likes "the pesoli, the hummus and the water."

Parent Amu Narin agreed, noting, "He's shoveling it in. And I've never seen him eat salad at home."

Like Jamie Oliver, the schools want healthy foods, but they're learning kids will only eat what's good for them, if it tastes good.

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Why McDonald's Happy Meal hamburgers won't decompose - the real story behind the story

 

It's always entertaining when the mainstream media "discovers" something they think is new even though the natural health community has been talking about for years. The New York Times, for example, recently ran a story entitled When Drugs Cause Problems They Are Supposed to Prevent (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/h...). We've been covering the same topic for years, reporting on how chemotherapy causes cancer, osteoporosis drugs cause bone fractures and antidepressant drugs cause suicidal behavior.

The latest "new" discovery by the mainstream media is that McDonald's Happy Meal hamburgers and fries won't decompose, even if you leave them out for six months. This story has been picked up by CNN, the Washington Post and many other MSM outlets which appear startled that junk food from fast food chains won't decompose.

The funny thing about this is that the natural health industry already covered this topic years ago. Remember Len Foley's Bionic Burger2007 and eventually racked up a whopping 2 million views on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyD...). And this video shows a guy who bought his McDonald's hamburgers in 1989 -- burgers that still haven't decomposed in over two decades! video? It was posted in Now, he has an entire museum of non-decomposed burgers in his basement.

Did the mainstream media pick up on this story? Nope. Not a word. The story was completely ignored. It was only in 2010 when an artist posted a story about a non-decomposing McDonald's hamburger from six months ago that the news networks ran with the story.

Check out the video link above and you'll see an entire museum of Big Macs and hamburgers spanning the years -- none of which have decomposed.

This is especially interesting because the more recent "Happy Meal Project" which only tracks a burger for six months has drawn quite a lot of criticism from a few critics who say the burgers will decompose if you give them enough time. They obviously don't know about the mummified burger museum going all the way back to 1989. This stuff never seems to decompose!

Why don't McDonald's hamburgers decompose?

 

So why don't fast food burgers and fries decompose in the first place? The knee-jerk answer is often thought to be, "Well they must be made with so many chemicals that even mold won't eat them." While that's part of the answer, it's not the whole story.

The truth is many processed foods don't decompose and won't be eaten by molds, insects or even rodents. Try leaving a tub of margarine outside in your yard and see if anything bothers to eat it. You'll find that the margarine stays seems immortal, too!

Potato chips can last for decades. Frozen pizzas are remarkably resistant to decomposition. And you know those processed Christmas sausages and meats sold around the holiday season? You can keep them for years and they'll never rot.

With meats, the primary reason why they don't decompose is their high sodium content. Salt is a great preservative, as early humans have known for thousands of years. McDonald's meat patties are absolutely loaded with sodium -- so much so that they qualify as "preserved" meat, not even counting the chemicals you might find in the meat.

To me, there's not much mystery about the meat not decomposing. The real question in my mind is why don't the buns mold? That's the really scary part, since healthy bread begins to mold within days. What could possibly be in McDonald's hamburger buns that would ward off microscopic life for more than two decades?

As it turns out, unless you're a chemist you probably can't even read the ingredients list out loud. Here's what McDonald's own website says you'll find in their buns:

Enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, enzymes), water, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, yeast, soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated soybean oil, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, wheat gluten, ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, dough conditioners (sodium stearoyl lactylate, datem, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, mono- and diglycerides, ethoxylated monoglycerides, monocalcium phosphate, enzymes, guar gum, calcium peroxide, soy flour), calcium propionate and sodium propionate (preservatives), soy lecithin.

Great stuff, huh? You gotta especially love the HFCS (diabetes, anyone?), partially-hydrogenated soybean oil (anybody want heart disease?) and the long list of chemicals such as ammonium sulfate and sodium proprionate. Yum. I'm drooling just thinking about it.

Now here's the truly shocking part about all this: In my estimation, the reason nothing will eat a McDonald's hamburger bun (except a human) is because it's not food!

No normal animal will perceive a McDonald's hamburger bun as food, and as it turns out, neither will bacteria or fungi. To their senses, it's just not edible stuff. That's why these bionic burger buns just won't decompose.

Which brings me to my final point about this whole laughable distraction: There is only one species on planet Earth that's stupid enough to think a McDonald's hamburger is food. This species is suffering from skyrocketing rates of diabetes, cancer, heart disease, dementia and obesity. This species claims to be the most intelligent species on the planet, and yet it behaves in such a moronic way that it feeds its own children poisonous chemicals and such atrocious non-foods that even fungi won't eat it (and fungi will eat cow manure, just FYI).

Care to guess which species I'm talking about?


 

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There’s more than an egg in the middle of an Egg Mc Muffin than an egg in the middle of a muffin

McDonalds Egg McMuffin 1978 TV ad 

 

McDonald's Cruelty: The Rotten Truth About Egg McMuffins

Shocking Video: McDonald's has its consequences

Following the release of shocking images to animal cruelty on a chicken farm in the U.S. fast-food chain McDonald's has terminated the supplier.

The animal rights activists of the organization "compassion for animals" recorded video from a farm is the company Sparbo "disturbing and totally unacceptable," said McDonald's on Friday. McDonald's requires from its suppliers that animals are treated decently and take that responsibility very seriously.

The statements from 'compassion for animals "on a Sparbo-chicken farm photographs show, among other things, such as chickens, the tips of their beaks burned off and the animals are put into overcrowded cages, where they are pressed by other hens on the grid, such as animals die in plastic bags and decompose in cages as animal carcasses. On the images can also be seen as a staff member is fastened to a rope live chicken swings through the air. Sparbo told to investigate the incident and dismissed four employees to have. The family watch out for a good treatment of animals.

In the U.S. there are no federal laws regulating the keeping of chickens, the rules of individual states are usually very patchy. "Unfortunately, much of this cruelty to animals, we have documented not only standard but also legal," said the director of "compassion for animals," Nathan Runkle. Employees of his organization had more than a dozen investigations into chicken farms across the country made, and every time they had discovered "shocking evidence of abuse and neglect." The decision by McDonald's to announce, Sparbo will not alter the deplorable situation is not much, Runkle said. The real problem was the cage in the United States.

Shocking video from McDonald's supplier

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Old McDonald's Commercial

Old commercial by McDonald's! 

McDonald's is your kind of place!

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What's In Your Egg McMuffin? 

Frankly, we've never been quite sure that the strange yellow patty in an Egg McMuffin actually came from a chicken. Turns out it does, and that it also may have been contaminated with all sorts of nasty things. 

 

Sparboe Farms, the country's fifth-largest egg producer and a major supplier of eggs to McDonald's, has just been cited by the FDA for a whole series of health and sanitation violations. The citation was released Wednesday and it took McDonald's less than two days to ditch Sparboe; they now need to find a new egg supplier.

Iowa-based Sparboe Farms supplied eggs to all of the McDonald's restuarants west of the Mississippi. The FDA inspected Sparboe farms back in July (read the official letter here) and cited them for a number of violations.

The FDA found that Sparboe's facilities "have serious violations of the Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis" regulations, and "failed to use appropriate methods to achieve satisfactory rodent control." The FDA has stepped up inspections of poultry and egg operations, after last year's outbreak of Salmonella from Wright Country Eggs in Iowa.

It gets worse. An undercover investigation being broadcast tonight on ABC news shows rodents, vermin and serious problems with animal cruelty.

The Mercy for Animals activist who went undercover to record the video inside Sparboe told ABC News chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross, "I saw workers do horrendous things to birds, they were thrown, grabbed by the neck, they're slammed in and out of cages."

At least McDonald's dropped them as a supplier - though this incident may indicate a need for fast food companies to start doing their own supply-chain management. At least, if they care about keeping their customers from getting salmonella. McDonald's insists there was no health risks to its customers, because all of the eggs were thoroughly cooked before serving. 

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What's the McRib made of, anyway? 

 

The popular McDonald's sandwich is back. Find out what's inside — 

if you dare

 

This McDonald's sandwich's ingredients reportedly include "restructured meat product" and a flour-bleaching agent used to make the soles of shoes. Delectable?

McDonalds' McRib and its cult-like following are back. Thank goodness the "disconcerting" sandwich is only returning for a limited time only, says Meredith Melnick at TIME. Because if you knew about all the unpronounceable ingredients packed into the McRib, you might think twice about wolfing down the sauce-drenched pork concoction. Think you can stomach what's inside? Read on:

How many ingredients are there?
At face value, the sandwich contains just pork, onions, and pickle slices slathered in barbecue sauce and laid out on a bun. But the truth is, there are roughly 70 ingredients. The bun alone contains 34, says TIME's Melnick. In addition to chemicals like ammonium sulfate and polysorbate 80, the most egregious may be azodicarbonamide — "a flour-bleaching agent most commonly used in the manufactur[ing] of foamed plastics like gym mats the and soles of shoes." According to McDonald's own ingredient list, the bun also includes calcium sulfate and ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, among other chemicals.

Ooof. 

What's the meat made of?
Pig innards and plenty of salt. Typically, "restructured meat product" includes pig bits like tripe, heart, and scalded stomach, says Whet Moser at Chicago Magazine, citing a 1995 article by Robert Mandigo, a professor at the University of Nebraska. These parts are cooked and blended with salt and water to extract salt-soluble proteins, which act as a "glue" that helps bind the reshaped meat together.

Is it really that bad for you?
Well, it's certainly not good for you. Though "slightly trimmer than the Big Mac," which contains 540 calories and 29 grams of fat, says Christina Rexrode at USA Today, the McRib, first introduced in 1982, still packs in 500 calories and 26 grams of fat. And despite its name, one thing you won't find inside a McRib is bones. The absence of any detectable "rib" is what gives the unnutritious mush its "quirky sense of humor," says Marta Fearon, McDonald's U.S. marketing director.

 

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