Risky or Not?

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DALLΒ·E - A hard boiled egg stuck in the top of a woman's dress

467. Rich's Hard Boiled Eggs (With Bra Egg Bonus)

June 05, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming hard boiled eggs stored for five hours at room temperature or for a similar but undetermined amount of time in a bra.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • Off Menu Podcast
  • History and applications - The discoverers of calculus
  • 210. Air cooled hard boiled eggs at room temperature β€” Risky or Not?
June 05, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Egg, Hard boiled egg, Time temperature control for safety

466. Drinking From a Wine Spit Bucket

June 02, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drink wine from a spit bucket like in the movie Sideways.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • Sideways (2004) - IMDb
  • Thomas Haden Church - Wikipedia
  • Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PMC
June 02, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Wine, Spit, Norovirus

DALLΒ·E - A pack of frozen sausage with the package really bulging a lot from gas formation

465. Kurtis's Puffy Sausage

May 31, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming frozen sausage that had gas formation in the freezer.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • Tarantino Mild Italian Sausage, 20 Links, 5 lbs | Costco
  • Why is my sausage package puffed up? – Eating Expired
  • (13) Jimmy Dean - Posts | Facebook
  • Ground beef package bloated/blown in freezer but normal when purchased? : r/Cooking
  • Woman explains why you should never eat food products from packet that's not flat - Mirror Online
May 31, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Spoilage, Gas formation, Sausage, Frozen

464. Veronica's Puffy Tofu

May 29, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming frozen tofu that had gas formation in the freezer.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • Veronica (@squirrelchomp) / Twitter
  • Tofu balloon. Any have this issue? : r/aldi
  • If You See Bloated Food Packaging, This Is What It Means | Taste of Home
  • I HAVE SOME BAGS OF FROZEN VEGETABLES THAT HAVE EXPANDED SINCE I BOUGHT THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN FROZEN THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT NOW THEY ARE SO FULL OF AIR THAT I CAN'T SQUEEZE THEM. IS THIS A PROBLEM? - Have A Plant
May 29, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Spoilage, Gas formation, Tofu, Frozen

DALLΒ·E - A big bowl of cookie dough sitting on the countertop overnight in the style of the painting nighthawks

463. Homemade Cookie Dough Left Out Overnight at Room Temperature

May 26, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating cookies made with homemade cookie dough left out overnight at room temperature.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • How to Make a Safe, Ready-to-Eat Cookie Dough
  • Appendix E: Water Activity Values of Select Food Ingredients and Products - Water Activity in Foods - Wiley Online Library
  • ComBase
May 26, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Cookie dough, Time temperature control for safety

DALLΒ·E - A woman with long blonde hair and glasses licking a white plate

462. Doing the Norwex Raw Chicken Demo

May 24, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from licking a plate that had raw chicken juice on it and was only cleaned with Norwex.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • The Norwex Raw Chicken Demo - YouTube
  • Microfiber Science PWS | Norwex USA
  • Microfiber Testing PWS | Norwex USA
  • Norwex Home - Premium Microfiber & Sustainable Cleaning Products | Norwex USA
  • The change in prevalence of Campylobacter on chicken carcasses during processing: A systematic review - ScienceDirect
  • Baseline Data Young Chicken 2007-2008
May 24, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Norwex, Cross-contamination, Microfiber

DALLΒ·E - 13 year old boy scout at campfire cooking burgers in the style of Norman Rockwell

461. Foods Cooked in the Outdoors by 12 to 14 Year Old Scouts

May 22, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating food cooked in the outdoors by 12 to 14 year old Scouts.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • Wood Badge - Wikipedia
  • Cooking Merit Badge | Boy Scouts of America
  • Keeping Your Food Safe | Boy Scouts of America
  • What Merit Badges are required for the Eagle Scout rank? | Boy Scouts of America
May 22, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Camping, Scouts

DALLΒ·E - Looking down into a bag of potato chips with one green potato chip on top

460. That One Green Potato Chip

May 19, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating that one green potato chip in the bag.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • Toxic Glycoalkaloids in Potatoes
  • Nugget of Knowledge: Green potato chips | WYTV
  • This is how poisonous green crisps are - and why you still find them in your packet - Mirror Online
  • Horrific Tales of Potatoes That Caused Mass Sickness and Even Death | Arts & Culture| Smithsonian Magazine
  • Potential Food Safety Problems Related to New Uses of Biotechnology - Biotechnology and the Food Supply - NCBI Bookshelf
  • The Contents of Potato Glycoalkaloid in Potato Chips and the Effects on the Taste | Semantic Scholar
May 19, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Potato chip, Glycoalkaloids

DALLΒ·E. A picture of a robot writing a cookbook in the style of Jean Giraud Moebius

459. AI-Generated Recipes

May 17, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating foods from AI-generated recipes.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • The What, Why, and How of AI-Generated Recipes Using ChatGPT - Deepgram Blog ⚑️
  • Evaluating food safety risk messages in popular cookbooks | Emerald Insight
  • β€ŽSafe Recipe Styleguide
  • Google Translate for Eet smakelijk
May 17, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Chat GPT, Artificial intelligence, Recipes

458. Pasta in the Woods in New Jersey

May 15, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pasta found in the woods in New Jersey.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

  • A New Jersey Mystery: Who Dumped Hundreds of Pounds of Pasta, and Why? - The New York Times
  • New Jersey neighbors find source of mystery pasta piles - YouTube
  • Pine Barrens | VisitNJ.org
  • NJ’s Pasta-Gate Solved? - New Jersey Digest
  • Pine Barrens (The Sopranos) - Wikipedia)
  • Steve Buscemi - Wikipedia
  • Why Pine Barrens Is the Best Sopranos Episode
  • Fatal Family Outbreak of Bacillus cereus-Associated Food Poisoning - PMC
  • Sudden Death of a Young Adult Associated with Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning - PMC
May 15, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Pasta, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus

457. Cooking With Molten Glass or Metal

May 12, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking food using molten glass or metal.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • Mr Forge (@mrforge_) | TikTok
  • Is It Safe To Heat Canned Food In The Can?
  • 254. Do It Yourself Pizza Oven β€” Risky or Not?
  • 155. Lava Pizza β€” Risky or Not?
  • (5) Mike Batz on Twitter: "My first thought was that lava smoke must have some nasty crap in it, but I'm gonna need the experts to chime in... Hey @benjaminchapman @bugcounter is cooking on lava #riskyornot" / Twitter
  • Blacksmithing At Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
  • Cooking Over Molten Glass β€’ Coastal Lifestyle Magazine
May 12, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Molten metal, Molten glass

456. Pepper Shakers at a Restaurant

May 10, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a pepper shaker at a restaurant.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • 449. Pepper Mill Over a Pot β€” Risky or Not?
  • Why You Shouldn't Use the Pepper Shakers at a Restaurant | The Healthy
  • Dirty Restaurant Secrets the Kitchen Crew Won't Tell You
  • Restaurant Safety Boosted With New Sani Shaker No-Contact Salt & Pepper Shakers
  • Here's the Dirtiest Thing on Restaurant Tables | Reader's Digest
May 10, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Pepper, Cross-contamination, Restaurant, SAlt

DALLΒ·E 2023 - Swedish Chef from the muppets with drops of water all over his face and flying off into the air around him

455. Super Sweaty Celebrity Chefs

May 08, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating food made by a super sweaty celebrity chef.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • The Microbiology of the Human Axilla and Its Relationship to Axillary Odor - ScienceDirect
  • Sweat and Sebum Preferences of the Human Skin Microbiota | Microbiology Spectrum
  • Outbreaks Where Food Workers Have Been Implicated in the Spread of Foodborne Disease. Part 5. Sources of Contamination and Pathogen Excretion from Infected Persons - ScienceDirect
May 08, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Sweat, Staphylococcus

DALLΒ·E - a giant meatball next to a mammoth in the style of Bill Watterson

454. Mammoth Meatballs

May 05, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating meatballs made using mammoth (and elephant) DNA.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • Company Serves World's First 'Mammoth' Meatball, But Nobody Is Allowed to Eat It : ScienceAlert
  • Why Are Some Proteins Allergens? | Toxicological Sciences | Oxford Academic
  • Current Understanding of Food Allergens - LEHRER - 2002 - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - Wiley Online Library
  • FDA says tara flour was likely behind illnesses tied to Daily Harvest crumbles | Food Safety News
  • Ethnozoology of bushmeat
  • Botswana has 'significant elephant-poaching problem,' conservation group says
May 05, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Allergy, Mammoth, Elephant

DALLΒ·E yeast cells with eyes and sharp teeth that look really wild in the graffiti style of banksy

453. Wild Yeast Water

May 03, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of baking using wild yeast.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • Baking bread with a yeast water starter | King Arthur Baking
  • 2 easy ways to make yeast water with fruits - The Flavor Bells
  • Creating Fruit Yeast Water Starter - Make It Dough
  • Pruno: A Recipe for Botulism | Botulism | CDC
  • What Are Wild Ales? The Beer Style Explained | Chatelaine
May 03, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Yeast, Baking

452. Reusing Bamboo Chopsticks for Raw Sushi

May 01, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Reusing Bamboo Chopsticks hand washed with soap and water for raw sushi.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • Chopsticks!! (Piano Song) - YouTube
  • Urban Dictionary: open the kimono
  • Welcome | 12th International Conference on Predictive Modelling in Food
  • Amazon.com: Bamber 10 Pairs Reusable Bamboo Chopsticks Set, 10 Inches Long Chopstick, Japanese Style : Home & Kitchen
  • Microbial Safety of Wood in Contact with Food: A Review - Aviat - 2016 - Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety - Wiley Online Library
  • Efficacy of electrolysed oxidizing water in inactivating Vibrio parahaemolyticus on kitchen cutting boards and food contact surfaces | Letters in Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic
  • The 6 Best Chopstick Sets of 2023 | Reviews by Wirecutter
May 01, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Sushi, Soap, Chopsticks

DALLΒ·E - Children bobbing for apples in the style of Norman Rockwell

451. Bobbing for Apples

April 28, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of bobbing for apples.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • 316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a Shared Bowl β€” Risky or Not?
  • bobbing for apples - Google Scholar
  • Bobbing For Apples Could Be Bad For Your Health | LittleThings.com
  • Halloween Food Safety Tips for Parents | FDA
  • Is Bobbing For Apples Safe? Dangers Lurk In This Fall Tradition
  • Bobbing for apples, the silent danger this Halloween Β· TheJournal.ie
April 28, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Apples, Halloween, Cross-contamination, Water

DALLΒ·E - Boiling pasta in the shape of little skulls and crossbones in water

450. Salting Pasta Water With Iodized Salt

April 26, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of salting pasta water with iodized salt.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • Four ways to reduce unwanted iodized table salt reactions when boiling pasta - American Chemical Society
  • Overlooked Iodo-Disinfection Byproduct Formation When Cooking Pasta with Iodized Table Salt | Environmental Science & Technology
  • Overlooked Iodo-Disinfection Byproduct Formation When Cooking Pasta with Iodized Table Salt | Environmental Science & Technology PDF
April 26, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Salt, Iodized salt, Pasta

DALLΒ·E - pepper mill with moldy pepper flakes coming out of the bottom on a white background

449. Pepper Mill Over a Pot

April 24, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of repeatedly using a pepper mill over a pot of water.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • Peugeot pepper and salt mill Checkmate 30cm | mydealz
  • Aspergillus growth and aflatoxin production on black pepper | SpringerLink
  • Pepper Potts | Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki | Fandom
April 24, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Pepper, Aflatoxin

DALLΒ·E: a wet slice of pepperoni pizza floating in a pool

448. Pool Pizza

April 21, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a slice of pizza dipped momentarily in a pool.

Dr. Don - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Professor Ben - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

Mystery Guest 1 - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ
Mystery Guest 2 - not risky πŸ‘πŸΌ

  • pizza - Risky or Not?
  • CDC Online Newsroom | Press Release | CDC study finds fecal contamination in pools
April 21, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Pizza, Water, Cross-contamination
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