Adulterated food

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Not long ago, a rumor was spreading on the internet that KFC had to remove the word chicken from its name because in reality, ce qu'ils vendaient était not chicken, but something genetically created. Some amazing photos even circulate. Food is often the victim of urban myths : MacDonald's hamburgers sont actually faits de worms, Chinese restaurants serve dog meat, and cans of MacDonald's pâte feature cockroaches. These legends are nourished by the fact that sometimes scandalous news does jump into the newspapers, like the one about the Ikea cake in whose analysis they found human excrement, but I want to think that in Europe at least there is strict control of security measures and food hygiene, right ? My favorite urban food legend comes from my childhood, a rumor spread at school that if you mixed Coca-Cola with aspirin it would come out dope. Thus, in hyperonyme : "drug". I don't know about the drug, but it sure is an explosive mixture for the stomach.


Spanish Version.-


No hace mucho corría el rumor en internet de que KFC tenía que quitar la palabra pollo de su nombre porque en realidad lo que vendían no era pollo, sino algo creado genéticamente. Algunas fotos increíbles incluso circularon. La comida es a menudo víctima de mitos urbanos: las hamburguesas de MacDonald's en realidad están hechas de gusanos, los restaurantes chinos sirven carne de perro y las latas de paté de MacDonald's tienen cucarachas. Estas leyendas se nutren de que a veces sí saltan a los periódicos noticias escandalosas, como la de la tarta de Ikea en cuyo análisis encontraron excrementos humanos, pero quiero pensar que en Europa al menos hay un control estricto de las medidas de seguridad y higiene alimentaria, ¿verdad? Mi leyenda favorita de la comida urbana viene de mi niñez, un rumor corrió en la escuela de que si mezclabas Coca-Cola con aspirina saldría droga. Así, en hiperónimo: "droga". No sé la droga, pero seguro que es una mezcla explosiva para el estómago.




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  1. NICOL CAMINOMay 2, 2023 at 10:05 PM

    I found the way of thinking and the myths that some people believe interesting, because perhaps at some point there was a mistake.

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