每日一看---McDonald's hamburger looks the same after 14 years


今天來看一個surprising的新聞吧！這是在講一個美國人14年前在麥當勞買了一個漢堡，一直擺著；到14年後的現在，依然完好如初啊！是否該改名叫長壽堡呢哈哈xD可見麥噹噹花了不少心思在「保鮮」上啊~

McDonald's hamburger looks the same after 14 years

麥當勞漢堡擺了十四年，一點變化都沒有

A US man has shown off a 14-year-old McDonald's hamburger that looks the same as the day he bought it. 一個美國人14年前在麥當勞買了個漢堡，14年後的今天依然完好如初

David Whipple, a California man, has saved a fast-food hamburger he bought in 1999 for 14 years Photo: The Doctors

By James Brooks

1:52PM BST 24 Apr 2013

David Whipple, from Utah, had originally planned to keep the burger for two months in order to show friends how its preservatives would maintain its appearance.
美國猶他州的大衛‧惠普，原本打算把從麥當勞買來的漢堡放兩個月，讓朋友看看他們的防腐劑有多強。

But, after accidentally leaving the product in his pocket for two years, Mr Whipple decided to keep the burger for even longer to see how long it could continue looking normal.
但後來，大衛無意把漢堡放了兩年，於是決定再多擺些時間、看它是否會變。

"It wasn't on purpose," Mr Whipple told US television show The Doctors.
大衛告訴美國電視節目《醫生》，「我一開始沒打算放這麼久。」

"I was showing some people how enzymes work and I thought a hamburger would be a good idea. And I used it for a month and then forgot about it.
「我想讓人知道酶如何延緩腐化，然後想到漢堡是個好實驗品。我一開始觀察了一個月，但之後就忘了這件事。」

"It ended up in a paper sack in the original sack with the receipt in my coat tossed in the back of my truck and it sat there for, I don't know, two or three months."
「那個漢堡用原本的紙袋包著，和發票一起塞在我的外套裡，丟在卡車後。不知道耶，大概放了兩、三個月吧。」

However, Mr Whipple's experiment was then forgotten after the coat was tossed in a closet.
但是，大衛的實驗並未因此而停止。

"My wife didn't discover it until at least a year or two after that. And we pulled it out and said 'oh my gosh, I can't believe it looks the same way."
「我太太一兩年後才發現漢堡還留在那，然後我們把它拿出來...『噢我的天，真不敢相信，它還是一樣』。」

Doctors on the CBS show noted that aside from the pickle disintegrating, the burger showed no signs of mould, fungus or even a strange odour.
CBS電視節目請來的醫生表示，除了漢堡的酸黃瓜有在分解，其他部分都沒有長黴，連怪味都沒有。

Mr Whipple admitted that at one point he had considered selling the burger via online auction site eBay.
大衛坦承有一陣子確實考慮在eBay拍賣這個漢堡。

But, despite bids reaching close to $2,000 (£1,300), he and his family decided to keep the product for educational use.
但是，儘管有人出價將近2000美元(約新台幣五萬九)，大衛和家人都決定保留這個漢堡，當作活教材。

He now admits he uses the burger to convince his grandchildren not to eat junk food from restaurants such as McDonalds.
大衛說他常拿這個漢堡告訴孫子，吃麥當勞之類的速食是不健康的。

"It's great for the grandkids to see. To see what happens with fast food," he said.
大衛表示，「讓下一代看看速食如何變化，也是不錯的。」