Mouldy Mcdonald`s: Real Experiment

I grow mould on a Mcdonald`s and a home made burger.... And then I don`t, it`s all about the variables

Thank you to Stephen Novella, Rebecca Watson and "The Skeptic`s Guide to the Universe" for the inspiration to make this video.
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http://theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2405
http://www.youtube.com/user/rkwatson
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ - Show 274
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A similar experiment by J. Kenji Lopez at "The Food Lab". A slightly different experiment with very similar results. You beat me by 2 days Kenji, 2 DAMN DAYS!
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http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/11/the-burger-lab-revisiting-the-myt...
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Here are the links to the original videos, thanks for the lols guys.
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4 year old burger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IGtDPG4UfI
Chemical Concoctions!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx8SMarzuvM
Bionic burger!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyDXH1amic
Homemade burger: Clip from "Super Size Me" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD-0-mIisLo
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The soundtrack is public domain music by DerekRAudette.
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[MrQubits]

One problem with your experiment that is readily apparent from the video is that you ordered the McDonald's burgers with toppings that you then scraped off with a knife. Did you also place toppings on the homemade burgers then remove them with a knife? I'm willing to bet that ketchup and such is more likely to grow mold than beef.

[RaymondCorrigan]

@MrQubits

This does not fairly compare mould growth between the two types of meat used. It compares between supermarket meat and Mcdonald`s meat plus everything that Mcdonalds adds to their burgers.

If I got burgers without sauce, or added sauce to supermarket meat, that would also have given people who had already made up their minds an easy way to dismiss results that they don`t like.

But this is science, we can have the best of both worlds! I`ll test plain Mcdonald`s meat next week.

[valstar1000]

What have we learned by this? Mcdonalds do a shitty jab at making burgers. (dry as hell)

[valstar1000]

@1GodOnlyOne How are men supposed to get a decent amount of testosterone when the zinc in meat is more digestable and in higher amounts than the zinc in plants and fungi.

[seektherapy70]

I wouldn't call this a science experiment. All samples needed to be sealed up tightly in a petri dish or left uncovered in a dark room. After a couple of weeks, put the petri dishes under the microscope and identify the molds. That's what I did in microbiology class..

[sourstrawzzz]

@1GodOnlyOne cow is bad for you but other certain red meats are not for example bison or deer. some native americans lived almost entirely on bison and they lived long without problems. we have a few carnivorous teeth for a reason and that is for the option of eating meat. i do agree though that you dont have to eat meat to live long and healthy.

[Daneoid81]

@1GodOnlyOne Explain why we have carnivorous teeth.

[1GodOnlyOne]

@SpunkOnSchoolUniform Bon apetit!

; )

[1GodOnlyOne]

@SpunkOnSchoolUniform How about an animal that died from infestation of its muscle tissues by carnivorous worms?

You have surely eaten dead carnivorous worms in the meat that you've ingested, and if you've ever eaten it rare or raw, then you've probably eaten live carnivorous worms, which live in the muscle tissue.

[1GodOnlyOne]

@SpunkOnSchoolUniform It is unhealthy for human beings.

Why didn't you answer my question about cancer?

How about if the animal died from botulism, or some other bacterial infection?

How about if it died from a fungal infection? I'm just curious how appetizing these kinds of deaths are to you, because you can be sure that some of the meat you've eaten has been produced by such deaths.

[SpunkOnSchoolUniform]

@1GodOnlyOne Lol. I just don't think that it's necessarily unhealthy to eat meat. Not too much anyway.