Ever wonder what a decades-old McDonald’s burger and fries would look like? Well, one woman has stored the meal for a solid 24 years now, and it honestly...doesn't look that old.
TikToker @aly.sherb shared a video of a woman who has kept a McDonald’s hamburger and fries in a box in her closet for years. The meal was bought back in 1996 and came in a bag with a NASCAR race advertisement on it. Both the fries and burger are still in their original packaging. “The fries look like they maybe could've fallen under your seat a month or so ago that never rotted or decayed,” the woman said. As for the burger, “The bread has never molded, the meat has never rotted, and it has never even broken,” the woman said. “It’s completely in tact.”
Now, this isn’t the first person who has kept a McDonald’s meal for decades. Back in January, a man’s now 21-year-old McDonald’s hamburger went viral again after it first rose to fame in 2013 at the age of 14. Although, he didn’t exactly keep it on purpose in the beginning. It was left in a coat pocket that never got worn, and then placed in a tin when discovered.
McDonald’s responded to the younger burger with a statement saying that its burgers could decompose in the right environment, specifically a moisture-rich one. If the environment is dry, the burger can dry out and not decompose.
Personally, I’d love to know how many people out there are hanging on to McDonald’s food for decades—knowingly or not. It’s both impressive and historic yet concerning.
