194. Eating the Green Stuff From a Lobster
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating that green stuff from lobsters.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
193. Undercooked Meat With a Low Level of a Pathogen Incubating in a Mouth for 12 Hours
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from having undercooked meat with a low level of a pathogen incubating in a mouth for 12 hours.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Jason Folster☣️ on Twitter: "@benjaminchapman @bugcounter Hopefully not but sure. Undercooked meat with a low level of pathogen incubating in a mouth for 12 hours. This conversation makes me want to floss IMMEDIATELY. 🤢" / Twitter
- 188. Reused Chewing Gum — Risky or Not?
- In silico analysis of the competition between Streptococcus sanguinis and Streptococcus mutans in the dental biofilm - Valdebenito - 2018 - Molecular Oral Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
- Oral Infection by Staphylococcus Aureus in Patients Affected by White Sponge Nevus: A Description of Two Cases Occurred in the Same Family
- Nosocomial Infections - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
- Opportunistic infection - Wikipedia
Bonus Content: we had to delay our recording by a couple of days because Ben blew out his voice coaching hockey. As bonus content to all our listeners I want to share this delightful clip that Ben was kind enough to record.
192. Defrosting a Turkey in a Hot Tub
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of defrosting a turkey in a hot tub.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- chris ernt on Twitter: "Hey @bugcounter, defrosting a turkey in a hot tub, risky or not?" / Twitter
- Should You Use Chlorine or Bromine to Sanitize Your Hot Tub? - pHin
- How To Cook a Completely Frozen Turkey for Thanksgiving | Kitchn
- Let's Talk Turkey—A Consumer Guide to Safely Roasting a Turkey | Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Consumer Food Handling Recommendations: Is thawing of turkey a food safety issue?
191. Whole Veggies and Raw Meat in a Home Refrigerator at 50°F for Four Days *
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating whole veggies and raw meat in a home refrigerator at 50°F for four days
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
* Please listen to the entire episode, lots of necessary equivocation.
- Comprehensive evaluation of temperatures within home refrigerators
- Emergency Action Plan for Retail Food Establishment | Conference-Developed Guides and Documents | Conference for Food Protection
- Consumer Home Refrigeration Practices: Results of a Web-Based Survey | Journal of Food Protection
- ComBase
- Validation of Mathematical Models for Salmonella Growth in Raw Ground Beef under Dynamic Temperature Conditions Representing Loss of Refrigeration | Journal of Food Protection
- The Big Lebowski (1998) - IMDb
190. Fried Chicken at Room Temperature for 4 Hours
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating fried chicken held at room temperature for 4 hours.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
189. Epoxy Hotdog
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a hotdog encased in epoxy for months.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Home of the epoxy hotdog, for all your epoxy hotdog needs!
- Putting A Whole Hot Dog In Epoxy Resin | DIY Epoxy Resin Art - YouTube
- 10 month epoxy hot dog update!
- Microbiological safety of processed meat products formulated with low nitrite concentration — A review
- Epoxy: A Complete Guide - Copps Industries
188. Reused Chewing Gum
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing chewing gum.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Wikipedia)
- • U.S.: consumption of chewing gum / bubble gum 2020 | Statista
- E: Water Activity Values of Select Food Ingredients and Products - Water Activity in Foods - Wiley Online Library
- Staphylococci in the oral flora of healthy children and those receiving treatment for malignant disease
- The wasted chewing gum bacteriome - PubMed
- Quantification and qualification of bacteria trapped in chewed gum - PubMed
- Gum Wall - Wikipedia
187. Recalled Listeria Muffins
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating muffins recalled due to environmental contamination by Listeria monocytogenes.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Veronica on Twitter: even MUFFINS are risky?!
- Muffins Sold At Evanston Sam's Club Recalled Due To Listeria | Evanston, IL Patch
- Give and Go Prepared Foods (U.S.A.) Corp. Conducts Voluntary Recall of Certain Muffin Products Due to Possible Health Risk | FDA
- Give and Go Prepared Foods photos
- Food Safety Talk 242: Invisible Poop Particles
- Listeria monocytogenes Dose Response Revisited
186. Barehanded Lemon Slices in Drinks at a Bar
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from a drink where the bartender has handled lemon slices with their bare hands.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Transfer of Escherichia Coli to Lemons Slices and Ice during Handling - Journal of Food Research
- Survival and Growth of Salmonella and Shigella on Sliced Fresh Fruit | Journal of Food Protection
- Survival of Salmonella on Lemon and Lime Slices and Subsequent Transfer to Beverages - International Association for Food Protection
- Microbial flora on restaurant beverage lemon slices - PubMed
- Is the lemon slice in your G&T harbouring bacteria? - Biomaster Protected | Blog
185. Tamago Kake Gohan
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of tamago kake gohan (cooking an egg with hot rice).
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
Note that Don says “not risky” at 5:58, but from the context it’s clear he means “risky”, which he later confirms. Thanks to listener Nimoy for pointing this out.
184. Cooked Tapioca at Room Temperature Overnight
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooked tapioca left at room temperature overnight.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Jennifer on Twitter: Instruction for (many brands of) tapioca pearls say after boiling for 20 mins, to remove the pot from the stove and let it rest on the counter overnight and then bring to a boil again in the morning Is this unsafe?
- Watch Jensplaining | Prime Video
- Tapioca - Wikipedia
- How to Store Tapioca Pearls (Boba) - Cooked & Uncooked - HighKitchenIQ
- Moisture sorption isotherms of fufu and tapioca at different temperatures - ScienceDirect
- Survival and Growth of Foodborne Pathogens during Cooking and Storage of Oriental-Style Rice Cakes | Journal of Food Protection
- Small Pearl Tapioca :: Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods
- How To Cook White Tapioca Pearls (Step by Step) - Hungry Huy
183. Wine Bottles From Flooded Areas
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking wine submerged in flood waters.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
182. Dashboard Cookies
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risk of making making cookies on the dashboard of a car.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Andrew H on Twitter
- An Assessment of Time/Temperature Combinations for Salmonella Lethality Achieved when Baking Cookies in Vehicles (IAFP 2016 Annual Meeting)
- Starch Gelatinization in the Presence of Emulsifiers. A Morphological Study of Wheat Starch
- Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella on Sesame-topped Bread during Baking Using High and Low Oven Humidity
- A Thermal Process Lethality Model for Low Water Activity Food
- Validation of Baking to Reduce Coliform Counts and Salmonella in Cookie Dough
- Low water activity refrigerated cookie dough - Google Patents
181. Reusing Marinade
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing marinade.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
180. Stinky Sous Vide
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating stinky sous vide.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- How To Prevent A Bad Smell With Long And Low Sous-Vide Cooks – Stefan's Gourmet Blog
- Heat resistance of Desulfotomaculum nigrificans spores in soy protein infant formula preparations
- Food Safety Talk 79: You’re Into Botulism Country (with Merlin Mann) — Food Safety Talk
- Effects of a novel three-step sous-vide cooking and subsequent chilled storage on the microbiota of beef steaks - ScienceDirect
- https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/import/Salmonella-Compliance-Guideline-SVSP-RTE-Appendix-A.pdf
179. Downy Mildew Basil Pesto
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pesto made with basil infected with downy mildew.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
178. Old Sprouted Potatoes
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating old sprouted potatoes.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Are Sprouted Potatoes Safe?
- Potato glycoalkaloids and adverse effects in humans: an ascending dose study - ScienceDirect
- Horrific Tales of Potatoes That Caused Mass Sickness and Even Death | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine
- Is It Safe to Eat a Potato That Has Sprouted? | North Carolina Cooperative Extension
- Potatoes . . . when to toss? • AnswerLine • Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
177. Porch Eggs
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating eggs cooked on your porch using only the heat of the sun.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
176. Beer Brewed With Hockey Ice
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking beer brewed with hockey ice.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Coors Light is making the first beer made with the actual ice the Stanley Cup Final was played on
- A KISS Comic Was Inked With The Band's BLOOD (Seriously)
- I Like Beer by Tom T Hall - YouTube
- Here’s Brett Kavanaugh Mentioning Beer During His Senate Hearing - YouTube
- 10 Gross Things People Used To Make Craft Beer - Oddee
- Zamboni (song) - Wikipedia)
- Mycotoxins in artisanal beers
175. Drinking From the Bathroom Tub
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking from the bathroom tub.
Dr. Don - nicht riskant 👍🏼
Professor Ben - riskant ☣️
- Impact of prescribed cleaning and disinfectant use on microbial contamination in the home - Medrano‐Félix - 2011 - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
- Microbiological Hazards of Household Toilets: Droplet Production and the Fate of Residual Organisms | Applied Microbiology
- Toilet hygiene—review and research needs - Abney - - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
- Bathroom-stored grocery bag fingered in norovirus outbreak | CIDRAP