The aforementioned British burger trucks in Guildford Borough, England, have nothing to worry about: Trucks can still stay open even if they don't follow the suggested policy of serving healthy alternatives, says Guildford Borough council chief executive David Hill.
Councilors in Guildford Borough, England, have told vendors of roadside burger bars that they must alter their menus to comply with new health rules—such as using wholemeal bread, offering low-fat choices, and using less mayonnaise—or risk losing their licenses. Vendors reply that customers don't want the healthy alternatives.
Posted by Robyn Lee, September 25, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Photograph taken by Karen Hanrahan
The McDonald's hamburger on the right is from 2008; the one on the left is from 1996. And they both look fairly edible.
Wellness educator and nutrition consultant Karen Hanrahan has kept a McDonald's hamburger since 1996 to illustrate its nonexistent ability to decay. Aside from drying out and bit and having "the oddest smell," it apparently hasn't changed much in the past 12 years.
This isn't the first time someone kept an uneaten McDonald's hamburger for an extended period of time for the sake of science. Or in the case of the Bionic Burger Museum, multiple burgers for over 19 years. There are even instructions on how to start your own collection of old, self-preserving burgers.
Anyone else have experience with Fast Food That Just Won't Rot?
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Posted by Robyn Lee, September 5, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Health experts in Australia aren't happy about the Quad Stacker, the new burger by Australia's Burger King equivalent Hungry Jack's made of "four beef patties, four slices of cheese, two rashers of bacon, barbecue sauce and two sugared buns." (The burger originally came out in Burger King in 2006.) Dietitians are calling Hungry Jack's irresponsible for marketing a burger that contains 1080 calories and 71 grams of fat and, as the article helpfully points out, doesn't even come with a salad. Because a salad would really help.
But as even bad publicity is still "good" publicity, people are curious to try the deathly burgers. Phil Han of National News Nine puts the burger to the test and initially likes it for its "great smoky flavor making it taste as if it came right off the barbie." 20 minutes after finishing the burger, the discomfort sets in: "I can't get rid of the greased feeling—there's a brick in my stomach."
At least it's not a 100 x 100 from In-N-Out.
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"When you're 25, you can eat hamburgers and pizza and drink beer and stay out all night and come out the next day and drink a couple cups of coffee and just play. If I did that today, my heart would stop and I'd need a stretcher and an IV. I started kind of noticing that in my early 30's, and now that I'm in my mid-to-late 30's, it's even that much more." — Mike Piazza, catcher, New York Mets
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Photograph by Sue Ogrocki/Reuters
Thanks to Jen for the heads-up on this one.
