407. San Francisco Mystery Poop
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of picking up mystery poop (that might be dog poop, but might not) in San Francisco.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
406. Boiling Moldy Maple Syrup to Make It Safe
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of moldy maple syrup that has been boiled to make it safe.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Fungi Associated with Pure Maple Syrup Packed at the Minimum Recommended Reheating Temperature1 | Journal of Food Protection
- Thermal Inactivation of Bacterial Pathogens and Fungal Spores Under Post-Process Contamination Scenarios in Maple Syrup Processing - ProQuest
- Effect of temperature and water activity on growth and aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus on cured meat model systems - ScienceDirect
- Microorganisms in Foods 5: Characteristics of Microbial Pathogens | SpringerLink
- The fungus in my maple syrup :Cornell Mushroom Blog
- Effect of Processing on Aflatoxin | SpringerLink
- Microbial Contamination in Maple Syrup
- Pure Maple Syrup Wagner's Sugar Hill Wisconsin
- Real Maple Syrup | New Hampshire Maple Syrup | Best Pancake Syrup - Ben's Sugar Shack
- The Sugarhill Gang - Wikipedia
405. Dark Chocolate
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Cadmium and Lead in chocolate.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- neil chazin on Twitter: "https://t.co/lgEJD35HHh @bugcounter @benjaminchapman is dark chocolate risky now?" / Twitter
- Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate - Consumer Reports
- Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: "Neal https://t.co/iVmAOlJr4v asks an excellent question, and there is a lot to unpack here. (1/10)" / Twitter
- As You Sow is Promoting Corporate Accountability Through Shareholder Action
- Cadmium in food - Scientific opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain | EFSA
404. Maggot Cheese (Casu Marzu)
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating raw milk maggot cheese.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- "Casu Marzu" The world's most dangerous cheese Unpasteurized sheep milk + live maggots. Would you dare to eat it?
- Casu martzu - Wikipedia
- The secret resistance behind the world’s most dangerous cheese | The Outline
- Master thesis, Food Safety Law, Unsafe Casu Marzu
- MDMA (Ecstasy/Molly) DrugFacts | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Sardinian dietary analysis for longevity: a review of the literature | SpringerLink
- Production Under Controlled Conditions of “Casu Marzu” Cheese: Effect of the Piophila casei Colonization on Microbial and Chemical Composition of the Cheeses | Italian Journal of Food Safety
- Intestinal Infestation With Maggots of the "Cheese Fly" (Piophila casei) | JAMA | JAMA Network
- Urino-genital myiasis due to Piophila casei. - Abstract - Europe PMC
403. Taking an Infant and Toddler to a Goat Feeding Farm
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of taking an infant and a toddler to a goat feeding farm.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
DALL·E generated bowl of spinach in the style of Peter Max. I think this one turned out pretty good.
402. Hallucinogenic Australian Leafy Greens
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating Australian spinach just to get high.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Australia recalls spinach after toxic contamination causes hallucinations - The Washington Post
- From hallucinogenic spinach to contaminated salad: here's why there's alarm over these veggies | SBS News
- A Florida Family All Got High On Walmart LSD Steak | Cracked.com
- ‘Likely a nightshade’: Australians urged not to seek out spinach products for recreational high | Health | The Guardian
- Riviera Farms Spinach Recall: 'At least' 42 people seek medical help after consuming toxic spinach in NSW
401. Unrefrigerated Jalapeño Queso Dip
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing Jalapeño Queso Dip for 12 hours at room temperature.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Landon Conover on Twitter: "After the party, it came home and sat on the counter overnight, 12+ hours. The next morning she is saving it by putting it in the fridge. Reasoning the velveeta cheese is shelf stable. Pretty sure I know the answer to this, but #riskyornot?" / Twitter
- 3-Ingredient Spicy Jalapeño Queso Dip - The Seasoned Mom
- US5935634A - Low-water activity cheese and method of preparation - Google Patents
- Foodborne Botulism Outbreak Associated With Commercial Nacho Cheese Sauce From a Gas Station Market - PubMed
400. Simple Syrup Stored at Room Temperature
DALL·E generated glass bottle of simple syrup with mold in it. This is not the bottle discussed on the podcast. This is an imaginary bottle made up by an Artificial Intelligence.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing simple syrup at room temperature.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Quatercentenary Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
- Simple Syrup Kit | A Kit for Making Simple Syrup. By Studio Neat.
- cocktails - How to make syrups shelf stable? - Seasoned Advice
- How to Store Simple Syrup in 3 Easy Steps - 2022 - MasterClass
- Supersaturated Solution Definition and Examples
- Health Safety of Soft Drinks: Contents, Containers, and Microorganisms - PMC
399. Eating Decorative Kale
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating decorative kale from a Pizza Hut in the 2000's.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Pizza Hut Used to Be One of the Largest Kale Purchasers in the US
- Iman Jalali on Twitter: "Up until 2013, Pizza Hut was the largest buyer of kale in the US They used it to decorate their salad bar https://t.co/1rTLitCHRv" / Twitter
- Growth model of Escherichia coli O157:H7 at various storage temperatures on kale treated by thermosonication combined with slightly acidic electrolyzed water - PubMed
- Tracing Temperature Patterns of Cut Leafy Greens during Service in North Carolina School Food Service | Journal of Food Protection
- William Coney on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Risky or Not - eating Kale from a 2000s / 2010s Pizza Hut salad buffet where it is being used in a decorative capacity" / Twitter
- It's Corn - Remix & Original Video (Corn Kid) - YouTube
- Kale | Food Source Information
398. Using Stretch-Tite to Cover a Pot of Boiling Water
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using Stretch-Tite plastic to cover a pot of boiling water for 40 minutes.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
397. Whole Turkey Sent Through the Mail
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks sending a dead whole un-eviscerated turkey through the mail.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Boxing Day - Wikipedia
- French Canadian Tourtière Recipe
- Taskmaster Series 14 Episode 6 | Long legged Lobster - YouTube
- Long-legged lobster. | Taskmaster Wiki | Fandom
- Ep 103. Dara Ó Briain - S14 Ep.6 - Taskmaster The Podcast | Acast
- The Complex Underworld of Lost Baggage Delivery - Underunderstood
- Botulism in Poultry - Poultry - Merck Veterinary Manual
396. Puffy Clam Chowder
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks consuming clam chowder from a container that is "puffy".
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Probably won’t take my chances with the puffy one. It is delicious though. : Costco
- Ivar’s Kettle Classic Clam Chowder with Uncured Bacon, 32 oz, 2 ct | Costco
- Prevalence of Clostridium botulinum in Seafood and Significance of Multiple Incubation Temperatures for Determination of Its Presence and Type in Fresh Retail Fish | Journal of Food Protection
- Flavors Should Burst, Not Packages | Food Safety
395. Open Dippin' Dots in a Sporting Event Bathroom Stall
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of bringing an open Dippin' Dots container into a bathroom stall during a sporting event (you know what kind of sport we're talking about🏒).
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
394. Home Canning Water
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a boiling water bath canning method for canning water for long-term storage.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E 2022-12-02 10.27.08 - A box of salted butter, eggs and bacon sitting on the porch at night (this is not Nancy’s actual food)!
393. Nancy's Home Delivered Food Left Out Overnight
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by Nancy's box of salted butter, eggs and bacon left out for 12 hours at 62°F
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Bacon Method
- The fate of a toxigenic strain of Staphylococcus aureus in vacuum-packaged bacon - PMC
- Evaluating Microbial Safety of Slow Partial-Cooking Processes for Bacon: Use of a Predictive Tool Based on Small-Scale Isothermal Meat Inoculation Studies | Journal of Food Protection
- How Long Can Bacon Be Out of the Fridge? | MyRecipes
- Evaluation and Definition of Potentially Hazardous Foods
DALL·E 2022-12-02 10.25.23 - vacuum packed container of olives sitting in the back of an open dimly lit refrigerator in the style of Edward Hopper
392. Polly's Old Olives
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of some vacuum sealed olives found by Polly in a bar fridge.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Conservative prediction of time to Clostridium botulinum toxin formation for use with time-temperature indicators to ensure the safety of foods - PubMed
- Amazon.com : Marinated Mixed Olives With Orange and Herbs | Kalamata Greece | Terra Creta | 250g : Grocery & Gourmet Food
- Archaeopteryx - Wikipedia
391. Washing Shoes in a Commercial Dishwasher
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a commercial dishwasher to wash shoes.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E 2022-12-02 10.22.46 - Dirty forks with the tongs pointing upward in a container for people to take
390. Tongs Up Self Service Utensils
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing eating utensils with the business end pointing up.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Bacterial Transfer During Eating
- The survival and transfer of microbial contamination via cloths, hands and utensils - PubMed
- Bacterial Transfer During Eating: Transfer of bacteria from mouth to different utensils and from utensils to food: Dawson, Paul, Purohit, Chaitali, Han, Inyee: 9783639218381: Amazon.com: Books
DALL·E 2022-12-02 10.21.33 - Christmas ornaments filled with spaghetti sauce
389. Special Italian Style Christmas Spaghetti Ornaments
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by handmade Christmas ornaments filled with spaghetti.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- f!cked up looking food (@f!ckedupfoods) / Twitter
- sasha on Twitter: "wont the gases created by anaerobic decomposition eventually overcome the epoxy and disassemble these accursed spheres with the gentleness of your average grenade" / Twitter
- 189. Epoxy Hotdog — Risky or Not?
- Ranch on a Branch Collectible Boxed Set | Hidden Valley® Ranch
- Omnibus Episode 217: The Christmas Pickle (Entry 220.IS0108)
- Ranch on a Branch Collectible Box Set Hidden Valley Shop LE Ranchie Plush Boxed | eBay
- Elon Musk on Twitter: "Did you know Apple puts a secret 30% tax on everything you buy through their App Store?" / Twitter
388. That Hand Move in Face Off
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of doing "that hand move" in the movie Face Off.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼