A receptionist mentioned she is quitting quick meals after claiming a McDonald’s cheeseburger she saved for 5 years nonetheless appeared the identical as when she purchased it.
Megan Condry, from Washington DC, mentioned she bought two cheeseburgers and a few fries from a drive via in November 2017.
She ate one of many burgers and the chips, however the 41-year-old threw the opposite one at the back of her automobile and deliberate to eat it later.
However when Megan discovered it 5 days later she mentioned it hadn’t even began to rot, and determined to maintain it for for much longer as an ‘experiment’.
She got here throughout it at the back of a cabinet whereas finding out Christmas decorations some 5 years later – and mentioned it was rock strong, however not mouldy.
‘It was untouched till round three weeks in the past,’ Megan mentioned.
‘I used to be within the closet sorting my Christmas stuff and I knocked the bag and the burger rolled out. I’d forgotten about it.
‘It was rock arduous, as arduous as a hockey puck. I may most likely smash a window with it.
‘Every thing is totally dry and it may begin to crumble.
‘There was no scent by any means and it appears the identical because the day I purchased it.
‘I’ve tried to pry it aside but when I attempt to take it aside, I feel it could break. It’s only a strong mass.
‘I wish to know what it appears like on the within however I can’t see it.
‘It hasn’t shrunk in dimension or evaporated. I assume there’s no micro organism to it, it makes me sick.
‘I feel it has so many preservatives [in it] or how else would it not have lasted that lengthy?’
Megan mentioned seeing an outdated burger on show in her physician’s surgical procedure impressed her to hold out the experiment.
After discovering the burger in her automobile once more, she wrote the date on the bag and hid it away.
‘Just a few days later, I used to be cleansing my automobile and I realised I’d forgotten about it’, she added.
‘I bought it out and it appeared precisely the way it was once I purchased it. It was rock strong from the air I feel however there was nothing mistaken with it.
‘The cheese burger and bun appeared the identical, it was simply actually arduous. It didn’t scent, it hadn’t rotted or grown mould.
‘I like science stuff. A few years earlier than I went to the physician and he had a cake stand with a burger displayed that he’d stored for 20 years.
‘I'd have simply thrown it out if it wasn’t for me seeing the burger within the physician’s workplace.
‘I threw it at the back of my closet and left it untouched till a couple of weeks in the past.’
Since discovering the outcomes, Megan mentioned she’ll by no means eat McDonald’s once more – and has stopped consuming quick meals altogether to assist her drop pounds.
She has additionally put the burger again within the cabinet, and can verify it once more after one other 5 years.
‘McDonald’s isn’t my factor, I bought it that day as a result of it was near work however I've mates who eat quick meals regularly they usually say they really feel sick,’ Megan added.
‘Individuals suppose it’s so gross. It doesn’t shock me that it didn’t rot. Is that this why we really feel unhealthy after consuming quick meals?
‘Each time I ate it, my abdomen wouldn’t really feel good.
‘I can’t think about wrapping my hand round that and consuming it now.’
A McDonald’s USA spokesperson mentioned: ‘Our burgers are made solely with 100% USDA inspected beef.
‘There are not any preservatives or fillers in our patties and the one factor ever added is a contact of salt and pepper on the grill.’
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