362. Nyquil Chicken
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from making and eating Nyquil chicken.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
361. Used Egg Shells, Planted With Cress Seeds for Grandchildren
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks planting used egg shells with cress seeds as treat for grandchildren.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- bring brang brung on Twitter: "Good combo @bugcounter ? https://t.co/jQcOGZZg8L" / Twitter
- Ep. 21: "Dead Rubber Girl in My Closet" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann
- Growing Cress in Egg Shells - Eats Amazing.
- Garden cress - Wikipedia
- Ep. 282: "The Grand Slam" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann
- Contamination of egg shell and contents with Salmonella enteritidis: a review - PubMed
- Plant-Microbe and Abiotic Factors Influencing Salmonella Survival and Growth on Alfalfa Sprouts and Swiss Chard Microgreens - PMC
- How to Grow Cress Caterpillars
- (139) Pinterest
- Amazon.com: Chia Pet - Willie Nelson - with Seed Pack, Decorative Pottery Planter by Joseph Enterprises, Easy to Do and Fun to Grow, Novelty Gift, Perfect for Any Occasion : Everything Else
360. Redditer's Purple Butter
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating butter that has turned purple.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- What is this purple stuff in my butter dish? : biology
- Butter Bell | French Butter Crock - YouTube
- Why the heck did my butter turn purple? - cooking | Ask MetaFilter
- Purps butter - Imgur
- First attempt at cannabutter (purple butter) : treedibles
- Serratia marcescens - Wikipedia
- Microorganisms | Free Full-Text | What Is Candida Doing in My Food? A Review and Safety Alert on Its Use as Starter Cultures in Fermented Foods
- Candida glabrata: Review of Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Clinical Disease with Comparison to C. albicans - PMC
359. Cooking with Cow Dung
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the food safety of risks cooking with cow dung.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
358. Vintage Jello
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating vintage Jello that is decades old.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
357. Frog in Canadian Lettuce
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating lettuce from a container with a live frog in it.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Woman discovers live frog in sealed lettuce container in London, Ont., grocery store | CBC News
- C h a n t e l S c o t t on Instagram: "The now famous frog in the lettuce I found at Sobeys in London Ontario! 🐸 🥬 UPDATE: I handed the mixed salad to an employee who took it to the manager. I asked employees if they were releasing the frog and they said yes after they file a report they would release it to the local pond up the street. (Someone also commented on TikTok that the manager has a terrarium for it so idk what happened sobeys manager only knows!😇)"
- Alive frog sealed into salad mix… @sobeys.official #sobeys #complimentssalad #frog
- Outbreak of Salmonella Serotype Hartford Infections Associated With Unpasteurized Orange Juice | Infectious Diseases | JAMA | JAMA Network
- There's a frog in my salad! A review of online media coverage for wild vertebrates found in prepackaged produce in the United States - ScienceDirect
- Diversity of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Pulsotypes, Serovars, and Antibiotic Resistance Among Salmonella Isolates from Wild Amphibians and Reptiles in the California Central Coast | Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
- Coliforms, Escherichia coli and Salmonella Serovars Associated with a Citrus-Processing Facility Implicated in a Salmonellosis Outbreak† | Journal of Food Protection
356. Uncooked Vegan Cookie Dough Stored Hot Car All Day
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating uncooked vegan cookie dough after it has been stored in a hot car all day.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️ *
Professor Ben - risky ☣️ *
* Over 350 perfect episodes and not a single mistake. We goofed. It’s right on the package. And the hot car is a red herring. If it’s safe at room temperature the hot car reduces risk.
355. Corn Water
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of keeping a half a corn cob in a sealed bottle of water, and sipping after a few days.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
354. Max's Mom's Borscht
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooling Max's mom cooling uncovered borscht on the counter before refrigerating.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
353. Cooking Chicken in a Hotel Coffeepot
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of trying to cook a chicken in a "hotel" coffeepot.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Nick Dawson on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman from Reddit…chicken cooked in a hotel room coffee carafe 🤢https://t.co/t1Ad7LjgcO" / Twitter
- Dave Harbarger on Twitter: "@bugcounter Apparently satire… but…here’s a link to the original poster on Twitter. https://t.co/z8kAeeszfL" / Twitter
- The labeled this "Career advice" : insanepeoplefacebook
- Alex Cohen on Twitter: "This is my best LinkedIn post to date https://t.co/lfyGEGHuo8" / Twitter
- 👨🍳💋 : LinkedInLunatics
- HUTTEN 9-bottle wine rack, solid wood - IKEA
- How hot does a coffee maker hot plate get? | Espresso Expert
- FSIS Cooking Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products (Revised Appendix A) | Food Safety and Inspection Service
352. Slab Pancetta, 2 Months at 36 °F
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating pancetta bacon stored for 2 months at 36 °F.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Evan H B on Twitter: "@bugcounter question for the experts: what is the actual driver for safety risk for cured meat products held at low refrigeration temperatures? i have some slab pancetta that is about 2 months since it was cut from a larger piece by an unknown knife held at 36* since #riskyornot?" / Twitter
- FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov
- Pancetta vs Bacon vs Prosciutto: What's the Difference? | Kitchn
- Prosciutto - Wikipedia
- Occurrence of mycotoxins in refrigerated pizza dough and risk assessment of exposure for the Spanish population - ScienceDirect
- The Occurrence of Molds, Yeasts and Mycotoxins in Pre-Cooked Pizza Dough Sold in Southern Rio Grande Do Sul
- Pathways of Mycotoxin Occurrence in Meat Products: A Review
351. Kissing a Bird
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from kissing a parrot (Norwegian Blue, or other) or really any bird.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Animals on Instagram: "I can’t handle how cute this is. I watched it like 20 times🥹 Credits to @tamarasbluechicken via TikTok - - - - #funnyparrot #parrot #talkingparrot #cutepets #bird #animallovers"
- Salmonella Outbreaks Linked to Backyard Poultry | CDC
- Isolation of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in Blue-Fronted Amazon Parrot (Amazona aestiva) | Avian Diseases
- Testing for Salmonella Spp. In Released Parrots, Wild Parrots, and Domestic Fowl in Lowland Peru | Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Dead Parrot sketch - Wikipedia
- The Parrot Sketch - Monty Python's Flying Circus - video Dailymotion
- 8 Top Blue Parrot Species to Keep as Pets
350. Everything apron? Cross-contamin-apron
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using the Everything Apron.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
349. Refrigerating Food in Joshes Weird Tall Cup
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of refrigerating food in a tall container 3 inch wide or less.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- joshincypress on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Food safety question. You have mentioned not refrigerating dishes no more than three inches deep. Is this three inches measured in all directions? Would it be risky to refrigerate soup in this? https://t.co/vbtMs2kLcb" / Twitter
- Washington State, Temperature and time control—Cooling 246-215-03515:
348. Drinking a Glass of Polluted Water From a ‘Holy River’
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking drinking a glass of polluted water from a ‘holy river’, with bonus content from Ben's vacation.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Ashok Swain on Twitter: "Punjab Chief Minister openly drinks a glass of polluted water from a ‘holy river’ to prove that water is clean. Now admitted to hospital. https://t.co/MH1OLwUlUw" / Twitter
- Latest Golf News - PGA TOUR
- Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema
- CDC - DPDx - Giardiasis
- CDC - DPDx - Cryptosporidiosis
- Recreational Water Quality Criteria and Methods | US EPA
- Understanding Water Quality on Bass Lake
- Water ingestion during swimming activities in a pool: A pilot study | Journal of Water and Health | IWA Publishing
347. Soaking Uncooked Rice Overnight
Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of soaking uncooked rice overnight.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- The effects of heat activation on Bacillus spore germination, with nutrients or under high pressure, with or without various germination proteins - PubMed
- Can You Soak Rice Overnight? Helpful Tips & Answers
- Foodborne Disease Outbreaks Caused by Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens, and Staphylococcus aureus—United States, 1998–2008 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
- ComBase
- CB Premium | Bacillus cereus on cooked rice
346. Skittles
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating Skittles candy.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Skittles Lawsuit Alleges the Fruit Candy Is 'Unfit for Human Consumption' - CNET
- American service members in Europe will still be able to ‘taste the rainbow,’ despite EU Skittles ban | Stars and Stripes
- About Proposition 65 - OEHHA
- Titanium dioxide - Wikipedia
- Viral TikTok Falsely Says Tampon Titanium Dioxide Causes Cancer
- Weight of epidemiological evidence for titanium dioxide risk assessment: current state and further needs | Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
- CFR - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21
- Wine gum - Wikipedia
- Jelly Babies - Wikipedia
345. Keith's Exploding Canned Oranges
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from a swollen can of canned oranges several years out of date.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- not a bot on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Can from the back of our pantry. Year from best by date is obliterated. Probably 5 yrs out of date. Very swollen can on both ends. Ready to explode. But the real question is: Risky or Not? https://t.co/o4PeJ73QjA" / Twitter
- PHT 321: Causes of spoilage of canned/bottled products
- (not a bot on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Opened the tin (outside), some hissing as the pressure released and the oranges inside were covered with little grey bits of corrosion from the inside of the tin. Smelled ok; I did not taste them. https://t.co/26FUyik61P" / Twitter
344. Max's Unwashed Basil
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks making pesto from homegrown basil without washing it first.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
343. Monkeypox in Food and on Food Packaging
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of getting monkeypox from food or food packaging.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼