201. Bug in Your Margarita
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of a big bug landing in your huge Margarita.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
200. Unrefrigerated Breads That Contain Inclusions
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of unrefrigerated breads that contain inclusions (e.g. some focaccia breads).
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
199. Exploding Strawberry Jars
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from storing sealed mason jars of washed strawberries in the refrigerator.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Merch — Risky or Not?
- Kevin Budnik
- Pruno: A Recipe for Botulism | Botulism | CDC
- FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov
- Survival of Listeria monocytogenes on fresh and frozen strawberries
- Survival of Listeria monocytogenes on Fresh Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) Stored under Controlled Atmosphere and Ozone
- ComBase Models Are Valid for Predicting Fate of Listeria monocytogenes on 10 Whole Intact Raw Fruits and Vegetables | Journal of Food Protection
198. Endless Pickles
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
197. Raw Meat Sashimi
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating raw chicken meat sashimi.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Benjamin Schrager on Twitter: "My paper on raw chicken in Japan just got published!! Risky but Raw: On (Not) Regulating One of the Most High-Risk Dishes in Japan Thank you to @Gastronomica for the smooth process and reviewers for their insightful feedback. https://t.co/2mp9FpESDo" / Twitter
- Risky but Raw | Gastronomica | University of California Press
- Assessment of the dose-response relationship of Campylobacter jejuni - PubMed
196. Raw Eggo Waffles
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating raw frozen Eggo waffles.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- (Ryan Dlugosz on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman I always assumed frozen waffles were ready to eat (see pic). Is it #riskyornot to eat them frozen? Fwiw I’m not a monster and I always lightly toast mine… but one of the kids prefers them frozen! https://t.co/o6PLdlVwYC" / Twitter
- Kellogg Co. recalls Eggo waffles after routine test shows Listeria | Food Safety News
- Food Safety Talk 12: Dueling Experts — Food Safety Talk
- Is Kellogg clueless about food safety? Public relations? | barfblog
- 'Stranger Things' caused an Eggo boom. Now sales are waffling
- Siracusa on Toasters — Liss is More
- Sunbeam 4 Slice Extra-wide Slot Toaster - Black Tssbtr4sbk : Target
195. Dishwasher Salmon
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating salmon cooked in a dishwasher.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Dishwasher salmon - Wikipedia
- Roasted Salmon | Partnership for Food Safety Education
- Dishwasher Cooking: Make Your Dinner While Cleaning The Plates : The Salt : NPR
- FSIS Salmonella Compliance Guidelines for Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Establishments that Produce Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Products and Revised Appendix A | Food Safety and Inspection Service
- A method to evaluate factors influencing the microbial reduction in domestic dishwashers - Brands - 2020 - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
- Vincent Price on Johnny Carson - Cooking Segment - Nov, 21, 1975 - YouTube
- The Joy of Dishwasher Cooking | Mental Floss
194. Eating the Green Stuff From a Lobster
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating that green stuff from lobsters.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
193. Undercooked Meat With a Low Level of a Pathogen Incubating in a Mouth for 12 Hours
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from having undercooked meat with a low level of a pathogen incubating in a mouth for 12 hours.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Jason Folster☣️ on Twitter: "@benjaminchapman @bugcounter Hopefully not but sure. Undercooked meat with a low level of pathogen incubating in a mouth for 12 hours. This conversation makes me want to floss IMMEDIATELY. 🤢" / Twitter
- 188. Reused Chewing Gum — Risky or Not?
- In silico analysis of the competition between Streptococcus sanguinis and Streptococcus mutans in the dental biofilm - Valdebenito - 2018 - Molecular Oral Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
- Oral Infection by Staphylococcus Aureus in Patients Affected by White Sponge Nevus: A Description of Two Cases Occurred in the Same Family
- Nosocomial Infections - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
- Opportunistic infection - Wikipedia
Bonus Content: we had to delay our recording by a couple of days because Ben blew out his voice coaching hockey. As bonus content to all our listeners I want to share this delightful clip that Ben was kind enough to record.
192. Defrosting a Turkey in a Hot Tub
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of defrosting a turkey in a hot tub.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- chris ernt on Twitter: "Hey @bugcounter, defrosting a turkey in a hot tub, risky or not?" / Twitter
- Should You Use Chlorine or Bromine to Sanitize Your Hot Tub? - pHin
- How To Cook a Completely Frozen Turkey for Thanksgiving | Kitchn
- Let's Talk Turkey—A Consumer Guide to Safely Roasting a Turkey | Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Consumer Food Handling Recommendations: Is thawing of turkey a food safety issue?
191. Whole Veggies and Raw Meat in a Home Refrigerator at 50°F for Four Days *
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating whole veggies and raw meat in a home refrigerator at 50°F for four days
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
* Please listen to the entire episode, lots of necessary equivocation.
- Comprehensive evaluation of temperatures within home refrigerators
- Emergency Action Plan for Retail Food Establishment | Conference-Developed Guides and Documents | Conference for Food Protection
- Consumer Home Refrigeration Practices: Results of a Web-Based Survey | Journal of Food Protection
- ComBase
- Validation of Mathematical Models for Salmonella Growth in Raw Ground Beef under Dynamic Temperature Conditions Representing Loss of Refrigeration | Journal of Food Protection
- The Big Lebowski (1998) - IMDb
190. Fried Chicken at Room Temperature for 4 Hours
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating fried chicken held at room temperature for 4 hours.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
189. Epoxy Hotdog
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a hotdog encased in epoxy for months.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Home of the epoxy hotdog, for all your epoxy hotdog needs!
- Putting A Whole Hot Dog In Epoxy Resin | DIY Epoxy Resin Art - YouTube
- 10 month epoxy hot dog update!
- Microbiological safety of processed meat products formulated with low nitrite concentration — A review
- Epoxy: A Complete Guide - Copps Industries
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.
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 👍🏼
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