chrixtopherbird's Blog
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The Bionic Burger
- Posted on 09.26.08
the internet is a wholly terrifying place, but apparently not as terrifying as McDonald's. the only thing i've had from McDonald's in the last god-knows-how-many-years are the french fries. they're an addiction. one, i think, that i've very quickly been cured of.
len foley, a vermont native, has been collecting hamburgers from McDonald's for 19 years. why? because they don't die. seriously, this is the most disgusting thing i've ever seen. the hamburgers, in some cases, actually look fresher than their 2008 counterparts (the picture shown compares a hamburger from 1996 [left] to a 2008 hamburger [right]). of course, that's not the reality. nothing from McDonald's is particularly edible, apparently, and that's the point behind foley's bionic hamburger museum, which can be found at www.BionicBurger.com.
McDonald's has never been the squeakiest of clean corporations (www.McSpotlight.com), but this just seems unbelievable. and yet, it's not. the whole thing can be chalked up to food being produced en masse. at some point in a restaurant's life, they're going to grow. and when you've grown at the rate that McDonald's has, you have to standardize. food naturally tastes different through the seasons and is largely dependent on a lot of variables that you just can't control. so through the years, McDonald's has added preservatives, hybridized meats, and chemicals to control the taste and quality of their product (because after all, it's no longer food, it's a product). the result is the horrifically bionic burger.
if you're still skeptical, you can create your own bionic burger museum. here's instructions from BionicBurger.com:
"1. Buy some hamburgers from your favorite fast food restaurant: McDonalds, Wendys, Burger King (any place that serves hybridized, chemicalized, genetically altered, hormone/ pesticide-laden food) - BUT DON'T EAT THEM!
2. Put your hamburgers in a fairly dry location and let them sit for many, many years.
WARNING: Do not put your hamburgers in any sealed containers, like jars. The moisture needs to escape the food naturally, so letting them breathe in the open air works best.*
3. And that's it! You are now the proud owner of your own Burger Museum!
* After 6 or 7 days, you can display them proudly. No animals or insects will touch them - which makes me wonder why we would ever touch them!"
an easier solution to showing the world that big corporations like McDonald's no longer care about your health, the animals, or the environment, is to go vegetarian. it's almost impossible to fake a vegetable, and with so many fantastic meat substitutes out there available from your local supermarket, it's a quick solution to a big problem.
visit GoVeg.com for more information, and for recipes.
Related causes: Health, Animals, Environment, Human Rights
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