Fresh Buns!

I know what you are thinking, get over it, this is a family-oriented blog (ok, that might be stretching it a bit).  I picked up a package of hamburger buns that were over a week and a half old and discovered that they still had the feeling of being freshly baked.  Have you ever bought a fresh baked bread or pastry?  They rarely last more than a few days before they either mold or turn into a weapon that can drop a person when thrown at them (like “thrown rolls”).

So, I am wondering how is it that a bag of store-bought hamburger buns can last for nearly two weeks, appearing to still be fresh.  Well, it goes back to what I have written about before; those amazing chemical compounds.  Read the side of the bag of which the buns are in and it is–mystery solved.  When the dough is the minor ingredient you get a better idea of how they last so long.

Remember back-in-the-day when they put a popular, creme-filled snack cake on a railing and left it for several days, when they returned to pick it up, it still had not dried out?  The chemical preservatives used in our food could very easily have been a key component in the mummification process.  Try saying the name of some of these wonderous chemicals. For example; Azodicarbonamide or ADA for short.  I shit you unh-uh, there are 30 or more of these words on the side of the package.

This reads like a chemistry experiment gone wrong, some of these chems probably show up in rat poison, at least the preservatives.  You must ask yourself; if these chemicals preserve this bread-like product, what the hell are they doing to my insides?  I have said this before, and I will say it again; our foods should come with an MSDS sheet that includes all the potentially hazardous chemicals listed on them.

So, as you light up your charcoal with that petroleum distillate product, never fear because your innards have been coated with a highly refined preservative.  And don’t worry if you bought the buns a week too early, they will still feel and appear to be fresh for your guests.

Talk to Ya Later

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