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We had this here before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1256516 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1256516 I sometimes wonder why people expect every fo
by mhd 16y ago
We had this here before:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1256516 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1256516
I sometimes wonder why people expect every food item to dissolve into green goo.
- georgecmu 16y agoWe had this here before: Yeah, it's dead; that's why this submission came through. I sometimes wonder why people expect every food item to dissolve into green goo. I think it's perfectly reasonable to expect something that would decompose in one's stomach to be decomposable by other living things (bacteria and insect larvae).
- mhd 16y agoWell, it is. It's a bit silly to expect a dry, outside environment to be as bacterial fecund as the insides of your stomach, though. This is almost "area woman builds shrine to immortal fast food" territory. I guess it's partly because we've got tinned food and fridges all over the place, so we aren't exposed to older methods of preserving food anymore.
- georgecmu 16y agoWell, as the poster below suggests, leave an apple out for a few days (or even a peace of bread, as long as it's from a real bakery, not a supermarket), and see how long it lasts in its pristine state.