McDonald's 4 Year old hamburger

[cathy79]

Wow, this is interesting.  I knew it was bad, but didn't realise it was this bad.  A must see for everybody!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IGtDPG4UfI

Are you hungry?

[Nay-nay]

Oh - yeah - very very interesting - thanks for that I have heard all about this but hadn't seen it.

[meganjane]

That was great thanks! I did the same with margarine. It didn't go bad after 6 months sitting in the shed.

[HellyBelly]

Yeah, I hear you on the margarine thing - my dad used to keep it in his tucker box because he could use one tub over a couple of years, and it never went off!

As for maccas - as they say, "If it ain't real, spit out ya meal!" I think that definitely counts for most fast food.

[CreamPuff63]

Hmmnn, I heard that story too. I believe everything she says. Not good for you. And in our family no one wants to go to fast food outlets (except moi on the odd occasion)

(On the other side of the equasion, if it looks like that after 4 years - imagine what it does for your skin!!! No more wrinkles - the fountain of youth  ) -- no, I did not just say that.

[cathy79]

This video reminds me of something I've realised since starting my thermomix journey.

Years ago, I used to buy the bread that lasted longest.  After all, it was such a waste to throw it away.  I hated throwing anything away as at the time dh and I were living on me working part time.  Things have improved since then but I hadn't really confronted this old thought process.

In September when I bought my TMX, I started making "cheese spread" for the girls.  Basically drained yoghurt with a bit of honey mixed in to combat the tartness.  I showed a friend, and her first question was "but how long will it last before going off".  This was a light bulb moment for me.  I'd decided to replace the nasty "cheese spread" as it had so many preservatives in it with something more healthy.  My friends question made me realise - I don't care how long it lasts before going off.  Food is supposed to deteriorate.  If it doesn't "go off", then how can my body possibly digest it?

This sort of "food education" has been an enormous gift to our family, started by TMX and continually encouraged and challenged by everyone on this forum.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

That is so true Cathy.  It reminds me of my friends Grandfather who spent the whole of Easter Saturday complaining that his hot cross buns were stale after only one day and that he'd had to toast them.  I think my friend resisted in telling him that that is how it once was and how it should be now! 

[cathy79]

Exactly Chelsea.  Although it is annoying when I bake a batch of muffins that in two days I have to throw them out.  But just have to get them into the freezer a bit quicker!

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

Or get some chooks. I love our daily exchange of scraps for eggs and manure. 

[meganjane]

My daughter has chooks, she adores them!
I have a composter. It only cost me $38 and all my scraps go in there.
I also freeze a lot of stuff. I'll only put 6 muffins in my cake tin and put the rest in the freezer in batches of 6. I also cut cakes in half and freeze half. Makes it so much easier during busy times on the farm or when I'm too lazy to cook, like today!

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

Chooks are wonderful.  Ours are like pets and love being carried around by our boys.  We have a composter too which is good for some of the scraps (and egg shells) that can't be given to the chooks.  Since we got our chooks and the composter our rubbish each week has reduced dramatically.  I like putting the bin out half empty on bin day! 

[the_vermins]

CHelsea- You should be giving the eggs the eggshells still.  Grind them down as much as you can and then mix it with their feed.  It's good grits for them.  We used to feed ours to our chooks when I was a kid. 

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

We do give them commercial shell grit, but I just can't bring myself to give them their own shells back as shell grit.