31 August 2010

Preservatives


"Sally Davies has been photographing one McDonald's hamburger and fries every day for 137 days. They look basically exactly the same."


And certainly an element of simple desiccation in an environment of low humidity.

 Credit, via Good.

8 comments:

  1. Wayne ConradAugust 31, 2010 at 1:57 PM

    Minnesotastan, I dunno.

    The top bun both moved to cover more of the burger and rotated to touch the fries. The char pattern on the patty changes, too.

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  2. JDJarvisAugust 31, 2010 at 4:45 PM

    I gotta call shenanigans on this.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 31, 2010 at 5:11 PM

    I am the photographer of this burger project.
    The only things that have happened to this meal since I bought it, are: meat shrank as it dried out, and part of the top bun snapped off as it dried out. I have moved hte plate around several times in my small studio and the food as repositioned itself a small bit. thas all folks!
    you can see all the photos at

    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=161465&id=538636087

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  4. JDJarvisAugust 31, 2010 at 9:15 PM

    @Anonymous Glad to hear it and to be able to see the full range of pictures.

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  5. PiperSeptember 1, 2010 at 5:53 PM

    It is interesting that mold won't touch the stuff.

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  6. Texan99September 3, 2010 at 12:17 PM

    I've heard the same thing about margarine -- that it can sit on a window ledge for a year and show no changes. Blechhh!

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  7. AnonymousOctober 31, 2012 at 12:30 PM

    I left a McDonald's burger on my shelf at work once, just to see how long it would last. It was still there three years later, and didn't look a bit different. The shocking thing is how many of my co-workers confessed to having thoughts of eating it at one point or another! We work a lot of late nights....

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  8. AnonymousDecember 5, 2012 at 1:01 AM

    It's real. I remember my old high school teacher doing this project.

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