188. Reused Chewing Gum

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing chewing gum.

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

• Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Wikipedia)
• • U.S.: consumption of chewing gum / bubble gum 2020 | Statista
• E: Water Activity Values of Select Food Ingredients and Products - Water Activity in Foods - Wiley Online Library
• Staphylococci in the oral flora of healthy children and those receiving treatment for malignant disease
• The wasted chewing gum bacteriome - PubMed
• Quantification and qualification of bacteria trapped in chewed gum - PubMed
• Gum Wall - Wikipedia

187. Recalled Listeria Muffins

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating muffins recalled due to environmental contamination by Listeria monocytogenes.

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

• Veronica on Twitter: even MUFFINS are risky?!
• Muffins Sold At Evanston Sam's Club Recalled Due To Listeria | Evanston, IL Patch
• Give and Go Prepared Foods (U.S.A.) Corp. Conducts Voluntary Recall of Certain Muffin Products Due to Possible Health Risk | FDA
• Give and Go Prepared Foods photos
• Food Safety Talk 242: Invisible Poop Particles
• Listeria monocytogenes Dose Response Revisited

186. Barehanded Lemon Slices in Drinks at a Bar

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from a drink where the bartender has handled lemon slices with their bare hands.

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

• Transfer of Escherichia Coli to Lemons Slices and Ice during Handling - Journal of Food Research
• Survival and Growth of Salmonella and Shigella on Sliced Fresh Fruit | Journal of Food Protection
• Survival of Salmonella on Lemon and Lime Slices and Subsequent Transfer to Beverages - International Association for Food Protection
• Microbial flora on restaurant beverage lemon slices - PubMed
• Is the lemon slice in your G&T harbouring bacteria? - Biomaster Protected | Blog

185. Tamago Kake Gohan

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of tamago kake gohan (cooking an egg with hot rice).

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

Note that Don says “not risky” at 5:58, but from the context it’s clear he means “risky”, which he later confirms. Thanks to listener Nimoy for pointing this out.

• Tamago Kake Gohan Recipe - Love and Lemons
• 31: Rice Left in a Warming Rice Cooker Over Night — Risky or Not?
• Parameters for Determining Inoculated Pack/Challenge Study Protocols†,‡ | Journal of Food Protection
• eggs - Risky or Not?
• "Letterkenny" Crack An Ag (TV Episode 2019) - IMDb

184. Cooked Tapioca at Room Temperature Overnight

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooked tapioca left at room temperature overnight.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Jennifer on Twitter: Instruction for (many brands of) tapioca pearls say after boiling for 20 mins, to remove the pot from the stove and let it rest on the counter overnight and then bring to a boil again in the morning Is this unsafe?
• Watch Jensplaining | Prime Video
• Tapioca - Wikipedia
• How to Store Tapioca Pearls (Boba) - Cooked & Uncooked - HighKitchenIQ
• Moisture sorption isotherms of fufu and tapioca at different temperatures - ScienceDirect
• Survival and Growth of Foodborne Pathogens during Cooking and Storage of Oriental-Style Rice Cakes | Journal of Food Protection
• Small Pearl Tapioca :: Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods
• How To Cook White Tapioca Pearls (Step by Step) - Hungry Huy

183. Wine Bottles From Flooded Areas

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking wine submerged in flood waters.

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

• Randal Oulton on Twitter: Are these wines safe?
• Ahr (wine region) - Wikipedia)
• Food safety before and after a flood - Safe Food & Water
• Floods: Key Tips for Consumers About Food and Water Safety | FDA
• The Pros & Cons of Different Wine Closures | Wine Enthusiast Magazine

182. Dashboard Cookies

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risk of making making cookies on the dashboard of a car.

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

• Andrew H on Twitter
• An Assessment of Time/Temperature Combinations for Salmonella Lethality Achieved when Baking Cookies in Vehicles (IAFP 2016 Annual Meeting)
• Starch Gelatinization in the Presence of Emulsifiers. A Morphological Study of Wheat Starch
• Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella on Sesame-topped Bread during Baking Using High and Low Oven Humidity
• A Thermal Process Lethality Model for Low Water Activity Food
• Validation of Baking to Reduce Coliform Counts and Salmonella in Cookie Dough
• Low water activity refrigerated cookie dough - Google Patents

181. Reusing Marinade

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing marinade.

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

• marinade | Partnership for Food Safety Education
• Ask FSIS: Can you reuse meat marinade?

180. Stinky Sous Vide

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating stinky sous vide.

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

• How To Prevent A Bad Smell With Long And Low Sous-Vide Cooks – Stefan's Gourmet Blog
• Heat resistance of Desulfotomaculum nigrificans spores in soy protein infant formula preparations
• Food Safety Talk 79: You’re Into Botulism Country (with Merlin Mann) — Food Safety Talk
• Effects of a novel three-step sous-vide cooking and subsequent chilled storage on the microbiota of beef steaks - ScienceDirect
• https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/import/Salmonella-Compliance-Guideline-SVSP-RTE-Appendix-A.pdf

179. Downy Mildew Basil Pesto

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pesto made with basil infected with downy mildew.

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

• Fresh Basil Pesto Recipe
• Downy Mildew on Basil | University of Maryland Extension
• Downy mildew disease promotes the colonization of romaine lettuce by Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica

178. Old Sprouted Potatoes

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating old sprouted potatoes.

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

• Are Sprouted Potatoes Safe?
• Potato glycoalkaloids and adverse effects in humans: an ascending dose study - ScienceDirect
• Horrific Tales of Potatoes That Caused Mass Sickness and Even Death | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine
• Is It Safe to Eat a Potato That Has Sprouted? | North Carolina Cooperative Extension
• Potatoes . . . when to toss? • AnswerLine • Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

177. Porch Eggs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating eggs cooked on your porch using only the heat of the sun.

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

• Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: "@mrssoup @benjaminchapman Based only on the appearance of the egg I’m gonna say #NotRisky" / Twitter
• Cooking eggs in Oregon right now
• Portland sets all-time record high temperature | KOIN.com
• Why Do Egg Whites Turn White When You Cook Them? | NC State News

176. Beer Brewed With Hockey Ice

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking beer brewed with hockey ice.

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

• Coors Light is making the first beer made with the actual ice the Stanley Cup Final was played on
• A KISS Comic Was Inked With The Band's BLOOD (Seriously)
• I Like Beer by Tom T Hall - YouTube
• Here’s Brett Kavanaugh Mentioning Beer During His Senate Hearing - YouTube
• 10 Gross Things People Used To Make Craft Beer - Oddee
• Zamboni (song) - Wikipedia)
• Mycotoxins in artisanal beers

175. Drinking From the Bathroom Tub

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking from the bathroom tub.

Dr. Don - nicht riskant 👍🏼
Professor Ben - riskant ☣️

• Impact of prescribed cleaning and disinfectant use on microbial contamination in the home - Medrano‐Félix - 2011 - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
• Microbiological Hazards of Household Toilets: Droplet Production and the Fate of Residual Organisms | Applied Microbiology
• Toilet hygiene—review and research needs - Abney - - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
• Bathroom-stored grocery bag fingered in norovirus outbreak | CIDRAP

174. Roasted Tomatoes in Oil

Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of roasted tomatoes in oil.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• National Center for Home Food Preservation
• National Center for Home Food Preservation | Seasonal Tips
• Garlic-in-oil associated botulism: episode leads to product modification. | AJPH | Vol. 80 Issue 11
• An Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in Ontario
• Inherent Variability in the Efficacy of the USDA Raw‐Pack Process for Home‐Canned Tomatoes - MONTVILLE - 1983 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• Horticulturae | Free Full-Text | Cherry Tomato Drying: Sun versus Convective Oven

173. Baked Sweet Potatoes Left at Room Temperature for 18 Hours

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of baked sweet potatoes left at room temperature for 18 hours. Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• What Is The Difference Between A Sweetpotato And A Yam? | North Carolina SweetPotatoes
• FN Planned - Overs - The Food Nanny
• ‎Baked Potatoes and Foodborne Botulism
• The Pot Roast Principle | Psychology Today
• 162. Roasted Grilled Veggies Left Out Overnight — Risky or Not?
• Food Research Institute, UW-Madison
• Large Outbreak of Botulism: The Hazardous Baked Potato | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
• Surface Abrasions
• Vegetables English - UC Postharvest Technology Center

172. Dunkaroos Dough Left in the Car and Baked

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Dunkaroos dough left in the car and baked

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

• Underoos
• Dunkaroos | Your Favorite 90s Nostalgic Snack is Back! | Pre-Order Now
• Funfetti Birthday Cake Pudding Shots – Unsophisticook
• Pin on Shot Recipes
• Homemade Dunkaroos Recipe by Tasty
• CA2074275C - Low water activity refrigerated cookie dough - Google Patents
• Dunkaroos Cookie Dough Is Officially Out In Stores
• Top Four
• Top Four - Relay FM
• Pillsbury reformulates cookie dough to be safely eaten raw | Food Dive
• The Safe Way to Enjoy Eggnog This Winter | Homegrown | NC State University

171. Fourteen Month Old Apple

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating an apple left on a desk for 14 months during the pandemic.

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

170. Using Hand Sanitizer to Prevent the Spread of Norovirus

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using hand sanitizer to prevent the spread of norovirus.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Improved Inactivation of Nonenveloped Enteric Viruses and Their Surrogates by a Novel Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• GOJO Industries Inc - 599132 - 01/17/2020 | FDA
• FSIC says handwashing is best way to mitigate gastro risks | Food Safety News
• Effectiveness of Liquid Soap and Hand Sanitizer against Norwalk Virus on Contaminated Hands | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• PURELL® VF481™ Hand Sanitizer Gel - DISCONTINUED | 5496-04
• Bathroom-stored grocery bag fingered in norovirus outbreak | CIDRAP

169. Steeping Food in Seawater

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking seafood by stepping in seawater.

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

• ★metal★matt★ on Twitter: Steeping your seafood in ocean water
• $> whois mrhanlon
• The Secret to Foolproof Seafood? Steep It, Don’t Cook It | Bon Appétit
• Safe Minimum Cooking Temperatures Chart | FoodSafety.gov
• Close to Metal - Wikipedia
• Information for Travelers | Cryptosporidium | Parasites | CDC
• Protozoa: Cryptosporidium spp. - ScienceDirect