At this point if you are still eating at McDonald in general - the aliens are going to kill you on 12 21 2012

Moisture, my friends, is what makes things rot.  Salt removes even more moisture.  If you fry something hot enough, it can dry it out even further.

This is what's behind fast foods being so long lasting-- they are low in moisture, high in salt, and generally cooked a long period of time. 

You'll never see the Angus burger, a chicken sandwich, or oatmeal from McDonald's in any of those tests because they are too moist.  These experiments are very misleading.

re-read.

On the DVD Extras for "Super-size Me", Spurlock did a similar test with various junk food brands. The McDonald's fries, then, also, did not decompose after numerous weeks.

Are you serious? I'm supposed to believe this little "experiment?"  OK, let's get all peer-reviewed on this.  I need irrefutable documentation and proof that some idiot didn't just put fresh fries in a jar and throw a label on it that says 2008.  No?  And I'm supposed to believe this?

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It is just a gothamist link, dude. If you care so much, then do the "experiment" yourself. I've no reason to believe it is a ruse. Save the peer-review shit for something important, not "research" you can conduct by handing over two dollar bills to some fast food cashier.

I thought KFC was a purveyor of "potato wedges" rather than fries.  Those don't look particularly wedge-like.

Although I'd hate to admit that I know this, you're correct. They have potato wedges, not fries, and I concur with your assessment of their appearance.

The Colonel's troops might've staged this.

And look how they dated the date.  Looks European to me.

Why not perform a real test?  Put both fries in a jar filled with stomach acid and see what their shelf life is.

That isn't the point - the point is that for food not to break down for that long it must be either totally saturated with salt or chemical preservatives of some type. Food decays when some other living things decide to eat it before us. 'Food' not decaying means no other life has deemed that substance as edible.

'Food not decaying' actually means no other life has worked out how to break it down yet. Once upon a millenia or two (and a half) ago, tree's did not decay. Just a point, good one or not

What's on fries? Salt! The oldest preservative there is.

You think there was no salt on the KFC fries?

If its only salt that is responsible for this, then the question is just how much damned salt are on McDonald fries

KFC doesn't actually have fries, they have potato wedges which are thicker and retain moisture. They are also seasoned, not salted.

KFC had fries back in 2008, which is when this food was bought, as the picture shows.

Congrats on making stuff up instead of actually reading and learning. Science, it works.

Salt is one of the main ingredients (if not the main one) in most seasoning mixes. God, you are an idiot.

No shit, but seasoning is not just salt.

http://web.archive.org/web/200...

No fries in 2008.

The fact that seasoning has other things besides salt does not change things- its not like any of the other spices added counteract the salt.

Also, you continue to be wrong about fries. KFC had fries, in fact they still have fries - outside the US. KFC does happen to be a global brand. Nothing in that post above says that experiment is being done by someone in the US - and given the way the date was written (Day, month, year as opposed to Month, day, year), why would you assume it had to be in the US?