Jusnel 6th Gear November 1, 2019 Share November 1, 2019 Still want to eat Mac? The bloody food never decays........... https://sg.yahoo.com/news/chosen-bun-decade-old-burgers-decay-livestreamed-iceland-142423835.html A decade after McDonald's shut down in Iceland, thousands of online users follow the live slow decay of the last order -- a seemingly indestructible burger with a side of fries protected in a glass case like a precious gem. The American chain closed its only three branches in Iceland during the subarctic island's financial crisis in 2009, making it one of the only Western countries without a McDonald's. On October 31 of that year, just before the restaurant's closure, Hjortur Smarason bought a menu for conservation. "I decided to buy a last meal for its historical value since McDonald's were closing down," Smarason, who works as a communications manager for a company specialising in space tourism, told AFP on Wednesday. "I had heard that McDonald's never decomposed so I just wanted to see if it was true or not." He first kept the meal in his garage but then lent it to the National Museum of Iceland, after which it was moved to a hotel in the capital Reykjavik for a while. Now the burger is on display like a work of art inside a glass case at Snotra House, a hostel in Thykkvibaer in southern Iceland. "People from around the world... come here just to visit the burger," Sigurdur Gylfason, the owner of the establishment, told AFP. The hotel claims it receives up to 400,000 hits daily. Addressing claims that its burgers appeared immune to decay, the company said in 2013 that "in the right environment, our burgers, like most other foods, could decompose," adding that "specifically moisture" was necessary. So with sufficient desiccation, they were "unlikely to grow mould or bacteria or decompose." Bjorn Adalbjornsson, a senior lecturer at the University of Iceland's faculty of food science, confirmed this to AFP on Thursday, explaining that without moisture, "food will simply dry out". ↡ Advertisement 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon82 Moderator November 1, 2019 Share November 1, 2019 Weather conditions lah. Most places around the world have much lower humidity than our sunny island. There are also many documentaries showing meat, vegetables, soup, etc. discovered at abandoned place after donkey years that is still like fresh from stove. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusje Supersonic November 1, 2019 Share November 1, 2019 34 minutes ago, Jusnel said: Still want to eat Mac? The bloody food never decays........... https://sg.yahoo.com/news/chosen-bun-decade-old-burgers-decay-livestreamed-iceland-142423835.html A decade after McDonald's shut down in Iceland, thousands of online users follow the live slow decay of the last order -- a seemingly indestructible burger with a side of fries protected in a glass case like a precious gem. The American chain closed its only three branches in Iceland during the subarctic island's financial crisis in 2009, making it one of the only Western countries without a McDonald's. On October 31 of that year, just before the restaurant's closure, Hjortur Smarason bought a menu for conservation. "I decided to buy a last meal for its historical value since McDonald's were closing down," Smarason, who works as a communications manager for a company specialising in space tourism, told AFP on Wednesday. "I had heard that McDonald's never decomposed so I just wanted to see if it was true or not." He first kept the meal in his garage but then lent it to the National Museum of Iceland, after which it was moved to a hotel in the capital Reykjavik for a while. Now the burger is on display like a work of art inside a glass case at Snotra House, a hostel in Thykkvibaer in southern Iceland. "People from around the world... come here just to visit the burger," Sigurdur Gylfason, the owner of the establishment, told AFP. The hotel claims it receives up to 400,000 hits daily. Addressing claims that its burgers appeared immune to decay, the company said in 2013 that "in the right environment, our burgers, like most other foods, could decompose," adding that "specifically moisture" was necessary. So with sufficient desiccation, they were "unlikely to grow mould or bacteria or decompose." Bjorn Adalbjornsson, a senior lecturer at the University of Iceland's faculty of food science, confirmed this to AFP on Thursday, explaining that without moisture, "food will simply dry out". You read the article you posted? Quote Addressing claims that its burgers appeared immune to decay, the company said in 2013 that "in the right environment, our burgers, like most other foods, could decompose," adding that "specifically moisture" was necessary. So with sufficient desiccation, they were "unlikely to grow mould or bacteria or decompose." Bjorn Adalbjornsson, a senior lecturer at the University of Iceland's faculty of food science, confirmed this to AFP on Thursday, explaining that without moisture, "food will simply dry out". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusnel 6th Gear November 1, 2019 Author Share November 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Carbon82 said: Weather conditions lah. Most places around the world have much lower humidity than our sunny island. There are also many documentaries showing meat, vegetables, soup, etc. discovered at abandoned place after donkey years that is still like fresh from stove. then someone will do this experiment in Spore one day, to confirm the news article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ysc3 Twincharged November 1, 2019 Share November 1, 2019 Is this the same 10year old burger? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-3559112/McDonald-s-cheeseburger-chips-hasn-t-rotted-TEN-YEARS.html ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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