The Truth of McDonalds

Some of you might have already seen the video posted on youtube regarding the truth of mcdonalds, about how the french fries dont get spoil that fast. Here is the video

p/s: some of the scenes might be gross and not suitable for weak hearted.

Well, as all of you have seen, different factors need to be consider. The location of the video shooting is not sure at all and the quality of the foods varied according to the location. Secondly, our stomach contains acid that will digest/breakdown the food that we taken. So, whatever food we take, it will be broken down into the basic form. Unless the food could not be digested. Furthermore, the molds need to meet some requirements for them to grow. As the molds grow, they will consume the available resources@nutrient and which makes the food spoil.

Due to this, my friend suggested to me to do my own experiment since i was eating McDonald that time. So, i put a few pieces of the french fries into a plastic container with cap. Without cap, the room will be very smelly and you might get sick due to the bad bacteria. Temperature is about 20+ since got air con.

So, after 3 weeks, i decided to take a look at the outcome of the french fries and they look horrible. They do have molds on them, but degrading slowly. haha. Due to the fact that i do not wan to get sick at a situation like nowadays and dont wan my room to get smelly, so i decided to throw everything away, including the plastic container as i think the smell will be unbearable and i dont wan to clean it. haha. here is the picture of it.

Conclusion, french fries are not bad, just do not eat often, which apply also to all fast food available.

Economy Crisis in McDonalds

As everyone of us have read or seen or heard from around us, everywhere in this world is facing economy crisis with the increment of price of practically everything. Here is an example of what I'm mentioning.

In McDonalds, the favourite burger is the Spicy Chicken McDeluxe, which has been increasing its price from time to time. Last time, I think in the year 2007 when I'm in KL, the price of this regular set menu is below RM 9 without the tax. Now in 2009, the price has increased to RM 10+ without the tax. The price increase with the same size and quality of burger. Isn't it the more people buy, the less cost it is?? A question to ponder about.

Another example is the McFlurry. Last Thursday, I went to McDonalds to buy McFlurry as my mood is down and cannot study. When the people pass me the McFlurry, I was surprised to see the size of the cup. Here is the picture. As far as I can recall, the size of the cup should not be that short.

The New McFlurry

The Old McFlurry

For comparision, observe the height of the cup as well as the location of the picture on the cup and you will notice the reduction in the height of the cup. What a waste of money thinking that i can enjoy and indulge myself in eating ice cream to cheer myself up and build up my mood. After eating the ice cream, my mood do feel better, but sad due to small portion. However, is the amount of ice cream inside the new cup same with the old cup??hmm...

Being in economy crisis with price of everything went up, they have no choice but to reduce the quantity of food while keeping the same price. I think i will not purchase the McFlurry again in the near future.