Risky or Not?

A short podcast about everyday risks from germs

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DALL·E - A jar of pickles with a pork chop inside. A hand is reaching into the jar and pulling out the pork chop. The jar is transparent, filled with green pickles.

615. Pickles From a Jar Used to Marinate Raw Pork

May 15, 2024 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating pickles from a jar used to marinate raw pork.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

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  • Pathogens of Interest to the Pork Industry: A Review of Research on Interventions to Assure Food Safety - Baer - 2013 - Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety - Wiley Online Library
  • Risk profiles of pork and poultry meat and risk ratings of various pathogen/product combinations - ScienceDirect
  • Comparison of acids on the induction of an Acid Tolerance Response in Salmonella typhimurium, consequences for food safety - ScienceDirect
  • Exposure assessment of Salmonella spp. in fresh pork meat from two abattoirs in Colombia
May 15, 2024 /Don Schaffner
Pork, Pickles, Salmonella

DALL·E - Imagine a scene where a young man has just emerged from submerging his head into a vat full of pickles. The moment is captured as he lifts his head, a pickle in his mouth.

592. Eating Pickles From a Vat That a Man Dunked His Head Into

March 22, 2024 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pickles from a vat that someone has dunked their head into.

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

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  • Ordinance of the Borough of Mendham, in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey, Amending the Borough Code to Permit Outdoor Dining and Outdoor Seating to Facilitate Small Business Recovery Needed in Light of the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency
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  • 582. Soup After Someone Has Tasted That Soup From the Ladle in a Grocery Store Hot Bar — Risky or Not?
  • pickles - Risky or Not?


March 22, 2024 /Don Schaffner
Pickles, Cross-contamination, Hair

A glass jar half full of dry pickles

437. Dolly's Dry Pickles

March 27, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pickles refrigerated without the juice.

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

  • Pickles - Risky or Not?
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  • Freeze Dried Dill Pickles Freeze Dry Pickles Dried Dill - Etsy
March 27, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Pickles

433. 17 Year Old Pickle Brine

March 17, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming 17 year old pickle brine.

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

  • What is this white stuff in my 17 year old pickle brine? How to fix th... | TikTok
  • Recipes | Cookingbomb | United States
March 17, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Pickles

311. River Pickles

June 06, 2022 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of canned pickles found in a river.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

  • I found a bunch of jars of pickles in a river and took one home, they were still sealed : Weird
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  • National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Store
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June 06, 2022 /Don Schaffner
Pickles, Canning
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206. Bubbling Pickles

October 04, 2021 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by pickles that bubble during room temperature fermentation.

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

  • National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Pickle
  • Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving: Altrista Consumr Products: 0797190001428: Amazon.com: Books
  • Understanding and Making Kimchi – Food Smart Colorado
  • Determination of 5-Log Reduction Times for Food Pathogens in Acidified Cucumbers during Storage at 10 and 25°C - Journal of Food Protection
October 04, 2021 /Don Schaffner
Pickles, Fermentation, Room temperature, Carbon dioxide
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198. Endless Pickles

September 15, 2021 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing pickle brine to make more pickles.

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

  • Sarah Sorscher on Twitter: "Endless pickles, #riskyornot @benjaminchapman @bugcounter ?" / Twitter
  • trash jones on Twitter: "when i finish a jar of pickles i cut up a cucumber and put the slices back in the jar until they pickle too. i call this endless pickles" / Twitter
  • That Leftover Pickling Brine | Preserving Food at Home
September 15, 2021 /Don Schaffner
Pickles, Cucumbers

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