649. Drinking Cicada-Infused Malört Shots

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking cicada-infused Malört shots.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Hot Italian Giardiniera Recipe
• Chicago-style pizza - Wikipedia
• Flag of Chicago - Wikipedia
• Fort Dearborn - Wikipedia
• New Raleigh Flag
• Jeppson's Malört | A Chicago Icon : Malört
• John Hodgman Loves Malort: "It Tastes Like Pencil Shavings And Heartbreak" - The Chicagoist
• Cicada-infused Malört: Chicago area brewpub offering cicada shots
• Periodical Cicadas | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• Hygienic indicator bacteria in the 2 species of wild-caught Japanese cicadas, large brown cicadas and robust cicadas in: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed Volume 10 Issue 6 (2024)
• Can you eat cicadas? Yes, but those with seafood allergies might want to steer clear – NBC Chicago
• Allergic risks of consuming edible insects: A systematic review - Ribeiro - 2018 - Molecular Nutrition & Food Research - Wiley Online Library
• Burnt Tires and Bug Spray: We Asked Our Readers to Describe the Taste of Malört. They Delivered. | WTTW Chicago

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

143. Edible Insects

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating insects.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• ‎Looking at Edible Insects From a Food Safety Perspective
• Audubon Butterfly Garden And Insectarium - New Orleans - Audubon Nature Institute
• Allergies to a Legume Called Lupin: What You Need to Know | FDA
• CPG Sec 555.600 Filth from Insects, Rodents, and Other Pests in Foods | FDA