photo by Karen Hanrahan as posted on Best of Mother Earth
I wonder how many people will believe McDonald's 100% pure beef claim after learning this picture is of one of their own hamburgers from 1996. Yes, that's right—it's a 12 year old hamburger that looks just like one you'd purchase today. The photographer, Karen Hanrahan is a Wellness Educator and Nutrional Counselor. Hanrahan displays this "prop" along side fresh-bought burgers (the only time you will ever hear me utter fresh and McDonald's in the same sentence) to show how it has preserved itself for more than a decade. She simply stores it in a tupperware-like container. Hanrahan sums it up best "Ladies, Gentleman, and children alike - this is a chemical food. There is absolutely no nutrition here".
A few years back my dear uncle was babysitting my then 3 year old daughter. He knew I was a foodie, farmer's market, granola-munching mama, and still he took my most precious cargo to Burger King for lunch. My reaction was akin to someone giving my child gasoline. I told him I'd rather her starve than eat that "food". I actually told my daughter to scream for help if anyone every took her into a Mc-anything-like "restaurant" again. Perhaps I acted extreme and yes, I kow there's the chance she'll live off the stuff during her college years in some act of rebellion. It's just not going to happen on my watch.
The best thing we can do is avoid these Mc Donald's types of establishments so that the small business America does not vanish to Wal-Mart, Starbucks and McDonalds. I have never shopped at a Wal-Mart, and as a vegetarian, I have never been to a Mc Donald's. I'm happy you avoid these places as well.
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OMG! I still find it hard to believe, but there it is...
Posted by: Alisa@Foodista | April 08, 2009 at 11:53 AM