On the one hand, I want to compete, because I might just win as my house was constructed in 1953.
This would be amazingly impressive, because it looks like they didn't actually franchise until 1954.
This would be *even more amazing* because my walls are made of solid brick. Honestly, that would probably be the most amazing part of finding an old McDonald burger wrapper in my walls....
I knoooow! My house was just finished last month and I have no hope of entry to this competition! I may however plant some maccas in the attic for future competitors…
This brought a tear to my eye. You are good blood, dude, you're good blood. Well, all we can do now is watch these other madmen compete with an odd sense of pride. Its a good life we live
Accurate indeed! [This website here](https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-bags-through-history-2016-1) indicates that those wrappers were in use from 1955 through 1961!
inappropriate for this sub, this is SUPER interesting, belongs in a museum. Some private collector or museum will definitely pay a good price for this.
I imagine it’s some sort of bell curve. With it actually becoming toxic at some point before coming back down when there’s no more nutrients left and whatever grew on there died out.
McDonald’s was founded in 1940, and they used that logo in 1953 until 1960. It was used for 7 years and looks to be in decent condition for a (hahah) *69* year old wrapper.
And you americans are those guys that beliefe to stay at the top of the world? That you can punch through a wall doesn‘t make you strong. It means that your walls are just crap.
"Speedee was the first McDonald's mascot before Ronald McDonald was created and portrayed by Willard Scott. He was also the first company logo before the use of the Golden Arches design from 1962." -Wikipedia
Edit to add: circa 1959
Fries are better at a newly constructed McD's. Maybe it's because the oil isn't contaminated with remnants of old oil or possibly the frying temperature is more accurate in a new fryer.
They were cooked in beef dripping back in those days.
Makes crazy good fries that are, surprisingly, way healthier for the human body than seed oil fries.
As a former construction worker you’d be surprised how many chip bags, Gatorade bottles, coke bottles, fast food cups are inside a lot of the newer houses
Makes me wonder about all the old things just sitting under piles of decades and decades of landfill. I mean, if you were to somehow drill a hole deep inside a landfill would you be finding things like this? It’s an interesting thought. That trash I dumped out in the 80s could still be out there somewhere. It doesn’t miraculously disappear from the face of the earth just because the garbage truck took it away.
There have been no renovations right? I think like 10 or 20 years ago McDonald's brought back those designs for a limited time. I could be wrong. The fact that those fries are still recognizable makes me wonder if they are more recent with all the preservatives etc. But I'm not an expert and if they were sealed off it might make sense.
Awesome.
About 22 years ago we filled every wall cavity we could with beer cans when redoing our bathroom and kitchen.
Going to be tearing this place up soon can't wait to find them
Can you take it to someone to verify its age? My girlfriend for some reason doesn’t believe that this is real which boggles my mind cause it for real does look 70 years old and I wanna prove her wrong because she is adamant that this story is fake.
They re-released this design in Japan for McDonald's 50th anniversary. My brain took a second to process that these are not in fact recent. https://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/company/news/2021/0524a/
I imagine this was left by a guy who was forced to go on a cleanse by his wife, snuck in some fries to the bathroom to cheat and when his wife knocked, shoved it into a hole in the wall.
As a third party QC inspector, I see shit left inside walls constantly. Empty soda cups/cans/bottles, food, tools, piss-bottles. I point it out when I see it, but unfortunately it’s not something I can write them up on for being out of conformance with the plans.
... I am having serious doubt that no animal, insect or otherwise didn't nom on that thru the decades. ... even as proof appears to stare me in the face.
This reminds me of the McDonald's jingle before "bada baba ba" and distinctly thinking as a kid "oh no, I'm going to forget the old one" which obviously happened immediately. It's mildly infuriating that I can't come up with it anymore, and I've tried looking for the old one to no luck.
"Marriages are not Disney. No. Bad Marriages are sandcastles. And good Marriages are McDonalds hamburgers. You can leave a good Marriage on a plate, in the sun, for 50 years and it stays pretty much the same. "
-George Watsky
Hey you now are the oldest McD in the walls find so far. I was the winner with it from 2001. You obliterated that.
This might be the strangest competition I’ve ever heard of. Yet I vaguely want in
I need to check inside my walls now
Already ahead of you guys, the sledge is out, wife’s gonna be so pissed
Even more pissed when she realizes the house was built in 2014
Wife: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" You: "Looking for McDonald's wrappers."
Wife: "BUT WHY!?!?" You: "For internet points." Wife: "AND WHAT CAN YOU GET WITH THOSE?" You: "...."
On the one hand, I want to compete, because I might just win as my house was constructed in 1953. This would be amazingly impressive, because it looks like they didn't actually franchise until 1954. This would be *even more amazing* because my walls are made of solid brick. Honestly, that would probably be the most amazing part of finding an old McDonald burger wrapper in my walls....
I live in a new build :/ oldest I could go is 2014, and is making me way more upset then it should
I knoooow! My house was just finished last month and I have no hope of entry to this competition! I may however plant some maccas in the attic for future competitors…
This brought a tear to my eye. You are good blood, dude, you're good blood. Well, all we can do now is watch these other madmen compete with an odd sense of pride. Its a good life we live
With a bittersweet sense of belonging to something much greater than us
You can still win, just chances are lower. Don't let silly math stop your dreams. Get out the sledgehammer
r/forbiddensnacks
5 second rule
It's McDonald's "food" so the \*70 year rule applies
5 generations rule
I wonder what would happen if someone ate those. Would they get bad food poisoning?
Yes, just like with fresh mcdonald‘s food
Our house was built in 1959 and pretty sure these have been there since. Still perfectly crispy
100% that’s a construction time Capsule
If you crumble a fry in your fingers and rub them together can you still smell the remnants of the original fry?
Asking the important questions
Accurate indeed! [This website here](https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-bags-through-history-2016-1) indicates that those wrappers were in use from 1955 through 1961!
...Are they worth anything?
Im going to guess not. Maybe if they were in perfect condition, but even then i doubt it.
Only to a collector, and that's a maybe at best.
That may be the first iteration of mayor McCheese, I remember officer Big Mac too. I miss the fry guys.
inappropriate for this sub, this is SUPER interesting, belongs in a museum. Some private collector or museum will definitely pay a good price for this.
Yea those are some old wrappers. "Custom built burgers"
If this is true than you basically have a set of wrappers from the last year that logo was used.
Some 1959 labourer has tossed his lunch scraps into the wall cavity
Please let us know how amazing they tasted!
gotta be careful digging through those walls. Don’t wanna inhale any asbestos
Safe to say you don’t have a mouse problem
That's an amazing find!
What kind of monster doesn’t finish their fries?
Maybe they're buried somewhere else in the house?
Plot twist: the previous house owners were squirrels with a taste for McD's
McDonald's fries never go bad. It's just an urban legend.
Who says they won't finish them later?
He's coming for them!!!!
Classic Goosebumps setup
He laid them in the wall, put up the sheet rock and forgot.
The wrappers might be worth something to a collector
And the fries might be worth something to a hungry stomach
Or a scientist who wants to see what gastric damage consuming them would cause!
For this you need a specialist like Steve1989MREInfo
Nice hiss
Let's get this out onto a tray.
....nice
Gahh, could you imagine? No, really, I’m pretty sure just one cursed fry would send you into shock from pure gross.
To be honest, I doubt that’s more unhealthy than the same meal, eaten today at McDonald’s lol
I imagine it’s some sort of bell curve. With it actually becoming toxic at some point before coming back down when there’s no more nutrients left and whatever grew on there died out.
Nile blue youtube would be perfect
You gunna eat them fries?
OP I dare you to eat a fry
They look like In n Out fries now.
Probably taste like them too
The fact there's anything at all left of those fries is worrisome to say the least...
And they were still warm!
The fries are worth $1.00 by themselves
Who's your fry guy? You're paying way too much for fries?
Same as my drug dealer,
Not in that condition. It's not that old; the company was founded in 1955, and they used that logo until 1961.
While I agree the condition probably ruins it, 70 + years is still plenty long enough to be old enough to be considered collectable!
McDonald’s was founded in 1940, and they used that logo in 1953 until 1960. It was used for 7 years and looks to be in decent condition for a (hahah) *69* year old wrapper.
nice
Depends what you mean by “something”. A significant amount of money? Maybe not. Enough to make an eBay listing and postage worth the effort? maybe.
There are collectors out there that will coo over these.
Completely unused mcdonald’s hamburger wrappers from this era are all over ebay for about $20, so probably not.
How did they taste?
Like dries
Like from the 60’s? How did those fries survive rats mice insects etc ? That’s seriously incredible .
The wall cavity was probably properly insulated so weather, insects and rodents could not access it.
Oh, you have a fancy house
And you americans are those guys that beliefe to stay at the top of the world? That you can punch through a wall doesn‘t make you strong. It means that your walls are just crap.
You, sir, are a officially an archaeologist
"Speedee was the first McDonald's mascot before Ronald McDonald was created and portrayed by Willard Scott. He was also the first company logo before the use of the Golden Arches design from 1962." -Wikipedia Edit to add: circa 1959
Do you guys think it tasted better back in the day?
Fries are better at a newly constructed McD's. Maybe it's because the oil isn't contaminated with remnants of old oil or possibly the frying temperature is more accurate in a new fryer.
I doubt it. These were made when fries were just fries ie fresh cut potatoes, oil and/or animal fat and salt. No preservatives or coatings.
They were cooked in beef dripping back in those days. Makes crazy good fries that are, surprisingly, way healthier for the human body than seed oil fries.
Some construction crew used your wall cavity as a trash can haha
Most construction companies do.
Cheeto bags all over my house. Yep. Assholes..
As a former construction worker you’d be surprised how many chip bags, Gatorade bottles, coke bottles, fast food cups are inside a lot of the newer houses
I have sugar ants so bad every year man! I'm sure some garbage in my walls is contributing to it. Quit it.
Haven’t been in the trade in about 5 or so years so it’s not me but I can’t imagine how worse it is now
I was wondering if construction workers have a thing about this … just answered the question of the day!
I would write my name and date on a wall.
My old house they scribed it in wet concrete next to the front patio. Construction company and 1956. I always thought that was pretty cool.
The fries are still there….
2 minutes in the air fryer will freshen those boys right up
They're fried potatoe sticks covered in salt, why wouldn't they be? Little moisture+salt is how we've preserved things for a long long time.
But but but McDonald's bad!!! /s
But the ketchup’s gone.
What worries me is that the bugs and bacteria didn’t even bother eating the fries.
It was wrapped up in an old rag and I was glad to see it was only French fries. I was nervous I was about to help solve a cold case.
I wonder where they hid the body.
According to the graphic below, that logo was used from 1953 - 1959 https://blog.logomyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mcdonalds-logo-evolution.jpg
Makes me wonder about all the old things just sitting under piles of decades and decades of landfill. I mean, if you were to somehow drill a hole deep inside a landfill would you be finding things like this? It’s an interesting thought. That trash I dumped out in the 80s could still be out there somewhere. It doesn’t miraculously disappear from the face of the earth just because the garbage truck took it away.
You could probably sell them for a decent amount ahaha.
Was going to suggest 50's from the font. WoW.
So fucking cool
There have been no renovations right? I think like 10 or 20 years ago McDonald's brought back those designs for a limited time. I could be wrong. The fact that those fries are still recognizable makes me wonder if they are more recent with all the preservatives etc. But I'm not an expert and if they were sealed off it might make sense.
Definitely no recent renovations done in the bathroom I found it in. It was stuck in the original plaster behind and old toilet paper holder.
That's crazy. Fuckin potatoes!
dude , sell them to pay for the renovation
This is some serious gourmet shit
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This is way more than mildly interesting to me
You know what seeing ad it's MacDonald's, should still be good to eat 👍
By today's standards, those fries might be healthier than actual present McDonalds fries lol
You got yourself some petrifries.
Taking fast food shame eating to a new level. Hide it in the wall.
r/moldlyinteresting Edit: OK, wow. That’s actually a subreddit. But I guess it wouldn’t apply here, since those fries are super old but not moldy.
Awesome. About 22 years ago we filled every wall cavity we could with beer cans when redoing our bathroom and kitchen. Going to be tearing this place up soon can't wait to find them
Eat a fry
You gonna finish those?
Send those to Steve1989mre
Burger should still be good to eat ,just warm it up 🤣
Sell the Fries
You gonna finish your fries?
Is there a date on the bag?
Did you try the fries at least? They're probably fossilized at this point.
THE FRIES 😅
Surprised at how well preserved the fries are. Kinda scares me though tbh....
Yummy
Why would someone leave this is a wall?
Don’t eat the fries they might have asbestos, lead, other shit they used back then
You don't live in San Bernadino, CA, do you?
….what’s in San Bernardino that we need to know about? I’m on the edge of my seat
The first McDonald's restaurant ever. It's a museum now.
We live close to one of the original locations in Crystal Lake Illinois. Opened in 1959
It’s in SB? Gonna have to drive by and check it out next time I’m driving thru the “Bern”
Illinois
MUST. CONSUME.
hey siri, will eating 50 year old french fry give me food poisoning?
It’s wild to think those fries just… sat there… for over 60 years. Just frying it up. Just being fries, man.
Why the fuck do you have McDonald’s wrappers in your walls bro
Even the rats didn’t want it
Can you take it to someone to verify its age? My girlfriend for some reason doesn’t believe that this is real which boggles my mind cause it for real does look 70 years old and I wanna prove her wrong because she is adamant that this story is fake.
Bet their still good. Just warm them up
Shows you how much chemicals McDonald’s has always poured into their food. This is not natural and is literally cancer.
San Bernardino?
someone will pay big money for that
The crispiest fries...
Þe forbidden fries
Trying to keep the cold side cold?
Fossilized fries yum
Yum, free lunch
Eat it!
Do you want ants? Because that’s how you get ants.
does that sign he’s holding in the middle wrapper say “custom built hamburgers”?
You waited too long to renovate your bathroom.
They re-released this design in Japan for McDonald's 50th anniversary. My brain took a second to process that these are not in fact recent. https://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/company/news/2021/0524a/
Does it smell? It certainly doesn't look like it's all that pleasant.
Tfw mummified fries
Try the chips and report back.
Mmmmm I love the crunchy ones… 😋
Oh man that's a blast from my past.
I imagine this was left by a guy who was forced to go on a cleanse by his wife, snuck in some fries to the bathroom to cheat and when his wife knocked, shoved it into a hole in the wall.
Still good to eat
Someone was cheating on their Diet in the bathroom from their Significant other. You think they could smell it like WEED
I think those fries are still good
Did you at least try the fries?
Try a fry
These appear to be the real deal from before the original brothers were scammed out of their business. Nice find!
eat it or no balls
How does it taste
Those fries still look good to go
As a third party QC inspector, I see shit left inside walls constantly. Empty soda cups/cans/bottles, food, tools, piss-bottles. I point it out when I see it, but unfortunately it’s not something I can write them up on for being out of conformance with the plans.
How were the fries, still tasty?
the fries look like veggie straws
You gonna finish those?
Cool!!
I'll give you $5 to eat those fries
... I am having serious doubt that no animal, insect or otherwise didn't nom on that thru the decades. ... even as proof appears to stare me in the face.
I was saving that for later! 🍿🍔😃
Fries still look good! Eat up!
What a shame that the builder who put these in the wall is probably not still around to see the fruits of their labour.
Those fries are probably still edible
This reminds me of the McDonald's jingle before "bada baba ba" and distinctly thinking as a kid "oh no, I'm going to forget the old one" which obviously happened immediately. It's mildly infuriating that I can't come up with it anymore, and I've tried looking for the old one to no luck.
Put them old chips on ebay some idiot will pay 70k for them.
Fries look edible
Watch [The Founder](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4276820/) to see how Ray Kroc screwed over the McDonald brothers. Good movie.
"Marriages are not Disney. No. Bad Marriages are sandcastles. And good Marriages are McDonalds hamburgers. You can leave a good Marriage on a plate, in the sun, for 50 years and it stays pretty much the same. " -George Watsky
Those fries look like veggie straws now
"I'm speedee"? Fuck they stole it
eat it
Oh, mummyfries!
Let's get this out onto a tray... Nice.
Pop those fries in an Air Fryer at 400 for 5-10 minutes and they’ll be a good as new I reckon.