The Happy Meal Project

[joseephuss]

I heard about this on the radio(Charlie Hodge/KLBJFM) today.


The photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallydavies/sets/72157624739645253/

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/meal-271057-happy-day.html

Is this art? The everlasting Happy Meal
By LANDON HALL
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

If you or your child has a science fair coming up, you might want to consider this project. It requires nothing of you but to sit and stare and wonder at the properties of the seemingly unsinkable, never-aging, Peter Pan-like properties of the American fast-food meal.

New York City artist Sally Davies, 54, bought a McDonald's Happy Meal on April 10 and decided not to refrigerate it. Then she began photographing it every day to see what happened.

Turns out, not much did. As the two photos here attest (the first taken on Day 1 of "The Happy Meal Project," the second on Day 180, Oct. 7), the food in the meal became a little shriveled, but basically looks the same as when it was brought home. Remarkably, the bun didn't even start to mold.

 

[YosemiteSam]

My kids were talking about this last night.

 

[TheDallasDon]

damn wut do they put in there food imbombing fluid???

 

[Prodigal Son]

The only difference I see is the bread is a little crusty. It's amazing the stuff that we put in our bodies.

 

[Kangaroo]

I do not eat at McDonalds I hate the way their food taste. It does make me curious about other fast food restaurants if somebody ever does a study that be something interesting

 

[Seven]

damn wut do they put in there food imbombing fluid???

Hydrogenated oils.............its in everything we eat (Almost - excluding natural, organic stuff) Promotes shelf life and has been linked to several not so nice human issues.

 

[TheDallasDon]

Hydrogenated oils.............its in everything we eat (Almost - excluding natural, organic stuff) Promotes shelf life and has been linked to several not so nice human issues.

gotta love the goverment, companys can just get away with anything