53: Brining Turkey in the Crisper
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of brining your turkey in the produce crisper of your refrigerator.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
52: Bulk Soap
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of open, refillable bulk soap containers.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Influence of Soap Characteristics and Food Service Facility Type on the Degree of Bacterial Contamination of Open, Refillable Bulk Soaps | Journal of Food Protection | Allen Press
- Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
- Urban Dictionary: marry the ketchups
- Bacterial hand contamination and transfer after use of contaminated bulk-soap-refillable dispensers - PubMed
51: Linda's Hot Beets
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding unrefrigerated processed beets in your car for 5 hours.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
50: Reusing Wood in the Kitchen
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing wood in the kitchen.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
49: Reusing Dirty Baby Bibs
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing dirty baby bibs within 4 hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
48: John's Old Refrigerated Fried Rice
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fried rice refrigerated for a long time.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
47: Peanut Butter Fingering
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of double dipping a finger into your peanut butter.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
46: Honey Fermented Garlic
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from honey fermented garlic.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
45: Masked Waiters Touching Your Plate
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of masked waiters touching your plate.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- The Lincoln Project on Twitter: "VOTER: Why can’t we have a national mask mandate? TRUMP: Waiters.
- Considerations for Restaurants and Bars | COVID-19 | CDC
- Community and Close Contact Exposures Associated with COVID-19 Among Symptomatic Adults ≥18 Years in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities — United States, July 2020 | MMWR
- NZ Document on COVID-19 Transmission Via Food
44: Salt Cured Egg Yolks
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating salt cured egg yolks.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
43: Masks on the Table
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving ones facemask on the table in times of COVID-19.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
42: Reboiling Soup
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating reboiled soup stored at room temperature.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
41: Butter at Room Temperature
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing butter at room temperature
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Exposure of Listeria monocytogenes within an epidemic caused by butter in Finland - ScienceDirect
- Viability of Pathogenic Organisms in Butter.
- Applied Dairy Microbiology, Second Edition - Google Books
- Can You Leave Butter Out?
- Food Safety During Power Outage | FoodSafety.gov
- Microbiological Safety and Quality of Food - Google Books
- Evaluation and Definition of Potentially Hazardous Foods
- Viability of Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes in butter, yellow fat spreads, and margarine as affected by temperature and physical abuse - ScienceDirect
40: Refrozen Butter
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of refreezing butter.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
39: Chapman's Backyard Poultry
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Ben's backyard (and front yard) poultry flock.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Backyard Poultry Flocks and Salmonellosis: A Recurring, Yet Preventable Public Health Challenge | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Salmonella Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices: A Survey of Backyard Poultry Owners Residing in Seattle, Washington and the Surrounding Metropolitan Area
- Notes from the Field: Environmental Investigation of a Multistate Salmonellosis Outbreak Linked to Live Backyard Poultry from a Mail-Order Hatchery — Michigan, 2018
- Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Associated with Live Poultry, United States, 1990–2014
- WKRP "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" Thanksgiving - YouTube
- Food Safety Talk 149: Free-range, Grass-fed Raised Unicorns — Food Safety Talk
- About Risky or Not... and our music by Jonathan Coulton
38: Black Coffee at Room Temperature
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding black coffee at room temperature all day.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Antibacterial activity of tea (Camellia sinensis) and coffee (Coffee arabica) with special reference to Salmonella typhimurium. - Abstract - Europe PMC
- Antibacterial Activity of Coffee Extracts and Selected Coffee Chemical Compounds against Enterobacteria | Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Food Safety Considerations for Coffee and Tea Brewers | Food Safety & Quality Blog
- Death Wish coffee recall: Nitro Cold Brew can kill you
37: Tea at Room Temperature
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making or holding tea at room temperature.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Genmaicha - Wikipedia
- What You Should Know Before Sipping Your Next Batch of Sun Tea, According to a Food Microbiologist | News Break
- Health Relevance of the Presence of Fecal Coliforms in Iced Tea and Leaf Tea
- Herbal Tea recalled in Canada for Salmonella risk | Food Safety News
- Herbal tea for infants, adults recalled because of Salmonella risk | Food Safety News
- Survival of Salmonella on chamomile, peppermint, and green tea during storage and subsequent survival or growth following tea brewing - PubMed
- Survival of Salmonella on Chamomile, Peppermint, and Green Tea during Storage and Subsequent Survival or Growth following Tea Brewing | Journal of Food Protection | Allen Press
- US6120825A - Method for the hygienic preparation, storage, handling and dispensing of tea - Google Patents
36: Sucking the Air Out of a Meat Bag
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sucking the air out of a meat bag
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
35: Reusing Red Onion Pickling Brine
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks or reusing reusing red onion pickling brine
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
34: Thawing Frozen Fish in Vacuum Packed Bag
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of thawing frozen fish in vacuum packed bag
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️