Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Very common defect in Russet Burbank Potatoes, called Net Necrosis

Apparently, our bodies were meant to last for several decades, a testament to the fact that I haven't died eating McDonald's over the years from Egg McMuffins to their French Fries when made with beef tallow to the occasional Double Cheeseburger and then finally just their coffee.  Well, it was from the same McDonald's store in Temple City, CA that I got sick from the taste and consumption of a coffee and a Double Cheeseburger about 10 years ago.  I eyeballed the meat on the burger, smelled it, and found it to be unappetizing.  It wasn't real meat it seems, only congealed oils somehow.  I took a bite anyway and confirmed my trusted biases from my eyeballs that the meat was otherworldly.  Was it an early prototype of Beyond Meat?  Who knows?  I don't have any chemical or testing lab on speed dial.  Then the last time I had McDonald's coffee, the same thing.  It wasn't coffee.  There was some Godforsaken additive that rendered it non-coffee.  Coffee should taste a little bitter.  This McDonald's cup went sideways.  

Net Necrosis.  Sounds nasty.  It is, but there are so many other rotting conditions that can affect potatoes that I have a whole new respect for farmers with character.

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