Posted on 07/08/2024 6:11:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Sorry, this one is a myth.
A former McDonald's chef isn't just debunking the myth that McDonald's burgers never go bad and that their buns never mold, he's giving us a very specific reason why they appear to stay fresh-looking forever.
"When anyone talks about the McDonald's burgers never going bad, that is false. What is happening is that bun or burger is becoming dehydrated," Mike Haracz, a former corporate chef for McDonald's, shared on his TikTok.
As Haracz explained, McDonald's puts mold-inhibiting ingredients in its burgers and buns, so when they are "stored in an enclosed environment to keep them moist, they will mold after a week or two like every other bun." he noted, you can test this yourself by putting a "McDonald's burger in a Ziploc bag or something similar and let that sit, and you are going to see it go bad very, very quick."
McDonald's Discontinued Its Salad Offerings in America — Due to Lack of Demand As for why so many people are able to pull out weeks-old burgers that appear to look fresh, Haracz explained that this is due to a combination of dehydration and "the fact McDonald’s cooks their burgers and its meats well done so there’s no raw protein."
“There’s a lot less moist and fat in there," he added. "The fact they salt and season after it’s cooked – so that salt is dropping the water activity. Salt absorbs any free moisture and that free moisture is what microbes and things use to grow.”
So really, what you're doing by saving that burger for months on end isn't for science, but rather, you're "basically making jerky and croutons," Haracz added.
How to Make McDonald's Big Mac Sauce at Home, According to an Ex McDonald's Chef This is far from the first time Haracz has spilled a McDonald's secret. In March, he also shared the secret to that famous Big Mac Sauce, revealing it's a combination of mayonnaise, a quarter cup of sweet pickle relish, two tablespoons of Dusseldorf Mustard, and one teaspoon of white wine vinegar, along with one and one-fourth teaspoon of paprika, one teaspoon of onion powder, one teaspoon of granulated garlic, and one-eighth a teaspoon of white pepper.
And, in 2023, he famously revealed the worst times of day to visit a McDonald's, naming 10:30 a.m. as the worst of all, as it's right between the breakfast and lunch switch. The more you know, right?
I put the little McDonalds hamburgers in my officers bunker coat pockets at the fire station several times. They would be months old sometimes when he found them and they looked about the same as when I put them in there. They just desiccated a bit and the “meat” never rotted. Luckily, he didn’t carry anything in his inside breast pocket so he never checked it.
Dusseldorf Mustard?
Do they ever serve hot burgers?
I tried that. I didn’t think it tasted very good.
Mmmmm… Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sasame seed bun.
Haven’t had one in a few years, but man, I can taste it now and I want one!
But I wanna live more.
FYI. Everything at McDs is cooked by a timer, when to put the patties on, when to flip them, then put the buns in the toaster and when that alarm goes off the patties are done and it all can be assembled. The buns have a slightly higher sugar count
Which lets them get the right shade of brown in the amount of time they are I the toaster.
How much mayonnaise? A teaspoon? Two gallons?
You buy any stock?
File this under things you never really cared about.
I did not buy McD’s.
I don’t understand why anyone would think that they would NOT go bad.
Why are people so stupid?….nevermind.
I like a nice double quarter pounder with cheese once in a while.
I skip the ketchup on the burger and the fries and glycemic effect is not really very bad at all on my diabetes.
There are many, many worse choices.
My dog loves a lone beef patty when I take her after a nice walk.
Sorry.
If you for some insane reason buy junk food to store for the apocalypse rather than wolfing it down immediately in your car, then there’s something wrong with you. Most likely, you’re not even human, let alone American.
I agree with Steve Martin:
“I have a theory about McDonald’s, that is, everything they make is all one thing, and in the back they have this big vat full of this stuff, these little molds combining, like SPLURT ‘Hamburger!’ SPLURT ‘Malt!’ SPLURT ‘Paper box!’ SPLURT ‘Here’s your change, thank you!’”
Ha
There are certainly fine very corrosive aspects in the culture nowadays
I’m sorry 8 asked
Sadly true.
“they had all turned to near dust- not sure how”
it might be some kind of built-in fail-safe mechanism, you know, like how the mission tape on “Mission Impossible” always self-destructs after being heard only one time ...
or not ...
LOL- it came this close <——> to making me ill
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