A couple from Illinois (USA) were renovating their house and came across a very special find – more than 60 years old McDonald’s fries.
the essentials in brief
- A US couple found a McDonald’s bag embedded in the wall.
- The bag and fries are more than 60 years old.
McDonald’s products are known to keep their shape for a long time – thanks to preservatives. A married couple from Illinois (USA) made a very special discovery during renovation work. It turns out that when the house was being built, someone walled a McDonald’s bag and its contents into the wall.
“Rob was in the bathroom replacing the old toilet paper holder,” Gracie Jones told CNN. When he pulled out the bracket, he noticed a piece of fabric in the wall. At first the couple thought it was a crime, they thought they had uncovered evidence from a crime scene, according to Gracie Jones. The relief was then all the greater that they had only found an old McDonald’s bag.
And they didn’t just find old bags. Apparently someone didn’t finish their meal because the couple also found old fries. They were surprised that the old fries were still so stable.
McDonald’s bag dates from the time the house was built
The couple found that the bag must have been from the time the house was built. The imprinted logo was used by McDonald’s between 1955 and 1961 – the house was built in 1959. There was even a fast food chain store very close to the house, which was built in the same year.
But what do you do with fries that are over 60 years old? Gracie and Rob Jones don’t really know that either. “We’d love to sell it, but if not, we’d probably keep it as a cool piece of history,” says Gracie.
More on the subject:
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