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Would you eat a two-week-old sandwich?

By T.K. Randall
July 7, 2011 · Comment icon 35 comments

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British food technologists are launching a type of long-life sandwich that stays fresh for weeks.
The trick is to flush oxygen from the packaging and replace it with carbon dioxide and nitrogen, the mayonnaise is also more acidic to stop the fillings from deteorating. "The product is as fresh on day 14 as it is on day one," says Ray Boggiano who has spent a year developing the sandwich.
A two-week-old sandwich doesn’t seem a terribly appetising prospect – bread so stale it’s started to curl at the corners and a filling that’s only distantly related to what it says on the label. But, according to food scientists, we’ll soon be able to buy and safely eat sandwiches that remain as fresh on day 14 as they were when they were put together.


Source: Daily Mail | Comments (35)




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Comment icon #26 Posted by Paracelse 13 years ago
An horrible thought came to mind! Could it be that British scientist attempted to give the sammiches some flavors? After UK is not known for it's food!
Comment icon #27 Posted by BrianPotter 13 years ago
An horrible thought came to mind! Could it be that British scientist attempted to give the sammiches some flavors? After UK is not known for it's food! Hang on...you lot eat snails and frogs legs.i think id rather have the 2 week old sandwich than them.
Comment icon #28 Posted by Paracelse 13 years ago
Hang on...you lot eat snails and frogs legs.i think id rather have the 2 week old sandwich than them. But they are fresh with tons of garlic butter and a wonderful Bourgogne millesime.
Comment icon #29 Posted by BrianPotter 13 years ago
But they are fresh with tons of garlic butter and a wonderful Bourgogne millesime. LOL...i'll take your word for it
Comment icon #30 Posted by Paracelse 13 years ago
LOL...i'll take your word for it When my son came to visit France for the first time as an adult from the US, we went to a local "Fete de l'Escargot". I offered him to share a plate which he accepted reluctantly. He ate most of it then order another plate, just for himself... take the word from other than me.
Comment icon #31 Posted by BrianPotter 13 years ago
When my son came to visit France for the first time as an adult from the US, we went to a local "Fete de l'Escargot". I offered him to share a plate which he accepted reluctantly. He ate most of it then order another plate, just for himself... take the word from other than me. I think every nation has some foods that other people find strange.I cant eat fish cause i just dont like the smell but give me haggis,black pudding and some offal and im happy.Its down to what you are used to and have been brought up on i suppose.
Comment icon #32 Posted by Paracelse 13 years ago
I think every nation has some foods that other people find strange.I cant eat fish cause i just dont like the smell but give me haggis,black pudding and some offal and im happy.Its down to what you are used to and have been brought up on i suppose. Actually I grew up on hamburgers and banana splits as well as escargot and "lapin chasseur". Mixed culture
Comment icon #33 Posted by BrianPotter 13 years ago
Actually I grew up on hamburgers and banana splits as well as escargot and "lapin chasseur". Mixed culture Bets of both worlds for you then really
Comment icon #34 Posted by theQ54 13 years ago
LOL....it all depends....those that say no.....let them go 2 weeks without eating and then ask again....it's all perspective.
Comment icon #35 Posted by iConspiracy 13 years ago
Well, They probably have alot of harmfull chemicals...People, just make a sandwich it takes like two minutes:P


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