Every so often, I've chimed in here with one of my favorite hobbies: Weird History, particularly those parts of our Weird World that seem to overlap with the World Of Fallout. The Atomic Cars. Actual Drinkin' Buddies. That sort of stuff. But this takes the heavily irradiated Cake. Literally. You see, that whole eating of Irradiated Snack Foods and drinking Radioactive Soda thing? IT WAS REAL. IT REALLY HAPPENED.

http://www.popsci.com.au/science/medicine/the-us-conducted-atomic-weapons-tests-on-beer,378335

I, I, I, give up. I admit it. Fallout is a f($^)@'n DOCUMENTARY.

You do realize there are actually alcoholic drinks out there with actual radioactive materials... they taste like crap though.

I'll never stop saying it. 200 year old packaged deviled eggs is the most disgusting thing in the Fallout universe. Not ghouls, not centaurs, not cannibals. Deviled eggs.

(and I actually love deviled eggs - when they're not centuries old and heavily irradiated, anyway)

Want scary note that some fast foods do not decay and have been speculated to be edible up to 400 years later. (there is an experiment with a Mcdonalds meal that is at 30 and still edible)

Modern food has enough preservatives to be edible no mater what, and yes that is scary compared to a deathclaw or radioactive zombie.

200 year Salisbury Steak is almost as bad. With deviled eggs and Salilsbury steak I can't figure out whether it belongs decorated on my cabinet or in my icebox.

I'd never actually thought about it....

Who makes packaged deviled eggs?

Has anyone here ever seen packaged deviled eggs?

Every time I pick up a Salisbury Steak, I remember growing up on those Banquet brand TV dinners - they had one that was just a straight up Salisbury Steak, and they had one in pot-pie form too. They're honestly not horrible... but as Moira Brown says, the taste uh, kinda grates after a while. (I have a strong urge to share this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-6mI708yWc)

http://www.gaylesbakery.com/delirosticceria/gayles-to-go/

The left hand picture.

Your welcome

The burger and most other stuff is simply conserved because of it dries out, bread don't change look then dried, meat don't change much.

Try to put the burger in an plastic bag and it get moldy.

Yes the bread probably has some preservatives who keep it fresh longer but its any bread left in the open will dry out wile not looking different.

Uh no that's incorrect, make a burger yourself and leave it out then leave a McDonald's burger out, your burger will be moldy in less than a week

I just pictured what those will look like, in 200 years.

Thanks.

More disgusting than centaurs? Ooh, that's a close one for me. I might agree with you, but those human hands for feet are so gross...ugh. I might call it a tie (along with the Salisbury Steak).

How do you know you wont like centuries old, heavily irradiated deviled eggs until you try them?

The first time I saw a Centaur in New Vegas I paused the game and spent 5 minutes rethinking my priorities

It all has to do with the shape and the thickness. If you make a burger yourself in the same shape as a McDonald's burger patty, it will likely dry out before it molds. This is the case with a lot of food. It depends in large part on the conditions. McDonald's burgers will absolutely rot and get moldy...if they're in an environment that's conducive to it. It has very little, if anything, to do with preservatives. This is essentially how jerky is made. It is dehydrated.

This has been examined pretty thoroughly by numerous people with a whole lot more of a scientific approach than buying some McDonald's and storing it away somewhere for years. Here's one of the better anolyses of it using real science as opposed to pseudoscientific fear mongering - http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/11/the-burger-lab-revisiting-the-myth-of-the-12-year-old-burger-testing-results.html

Well honestly a lot of fallout is based off of those things to begin with. It is the reason why it is so believable.

Wasn't Nuka-Cola and it's extreme version like Quantum/Quartz etc taking the piss out of actual questionable stuff in soft drinks to begin with

I'd like to know more about this radiactive drink of yours tho, source?

2005 called to say they want their urban legend to come home.

Same company who makes "canned" bottled water I suppose XD

+1

When your fridge isn't cold enough and it's generally moisty in there you will get different results than when you have a fridge blasting a snowstorm.

It's also debunked that often the expiring date is too early on certain products. IMO it has to do with how something is sealed/packaged/preserved more than anything else.

LMFAO

That is actually interesting tho, I remember I was a kiddo & console peasant back then and was using the tv in my living room when my mother said "what for nasty game is this you're playing"

+1 indeed