Risky or Not?

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The image depicts a person cutting beef bones on a bandsaw in a dimly lit basement or garage. They wear a white chef's hat, protective goggles, and chainmail gloves. The scene includes a sturdy workbench, concrete floors, and storage shelves with tools and boxes, emphasizing the utilitarian, informal environment.

718. Cutting Bones on a Band Saw

January 10, 2025 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cutting bones on a band saw for use in soup stock.

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

  • Food saws for meat - band saws by Wintersteiger
January 10, 2025 /Don Schaffner
Band saw, Physical hazards, Bones, Soup

DALL·E - An open can of soup placed on a concrete public staircase in summer. The scene shows sunlight casting shadows, with a few flies buzzing around the can.

674. Open Can of Soup Outdoors in the Summer for More Than a Day

September 30, 2024 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of food poisoning from an open can of soup on public stairway in the midwest summer for more than a day.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

September 30, 2024 /Don Schaffner
Soup, Airborne contamination, time temperature control for safety food

DALL·E - An elderly man stands in a grocery store, next to a large pot of soup, eating soup directly from a ladle with no bowl in his hands…

582. Soup After Someone Has Tasted That Soup From the Ladle in a Grocery Store Hot Bar

February 28, 2024 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of getting soup after someone has tasted that soup from the ladle in a grocery store hot bar.

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

  • @ask_aubry • This is why I have trust issues. • Threads
  • Serving Up Safe Buffets | FDA
  • Minimally Invasive Saliva Testing to Monitor Norovirus Infection in Community Settings | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
  • An Outbreak of Norovirus Infection from Shellfish Soup Due to Unforeseen Insufficient Heating During Preparation - PubMed
February 28, 2024 /Don Schaffner
Hot holding, Soup, Cross-contamination, Norovirus

DALL·E - Open half empty can of chicken noodle soup sitting on a countertop. Note that DALL·E totally invented the spoon, which was not part of the prompt.

498. Room Temperature Canned Chicken Noodle Soup

August 16, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming canned chicken noodle soup without heating.

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

  • Bon Vivant Voluntarily Recalls All Vichyssoise From Dealers - The New York Times
  • Acidified and Low-Acid Food Regulatory Requirements
  • Better Process Control School - Consumer Brands Association
  • Botulism Associated with Commercially Canned Chili Sauce --- Texas and Indiana, July 2007
  • Marie Antoinette - Wikipedia
August 16, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Low acid canned foods, Botulism, Soup

236. Eating 2,400 Year Old Soup

December 13, 2021 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating 2,400 year old soup.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

  • Merch — Risky or Not?
  • (4) Brett Weed on Twitter: "Hey @benjaminchapman and @bugcounter, eating 2,400 year old soup—#riskyornot?" / Twitter
  • Museum Archive on Twitter: "In 2010, Chinese archaeologists unearthed a 2,400-year-old bone soup in a sealed bronze cooking vessel near Xi'an in Northwest China. Because of oxidization, the soup turned green, but it was still in liquid form, and the bones were still floating on top https://t.co/IPolPGproi" / Twitter
  • In 2010, Chinese archaeologists unearthed a 2,400-year-old bone soup in a sealed bronze cooking vessel near Xi'an in Northwest China. Because of oxidization, the soup turned green, but it was still in liquid form, and the bones were still floating on top [500x750] : ArtefactPorn
  • Chinese archaeologists unearth 2,400-year-old 'soup' - BBC News
  • Crystalline Preparation of Botulinum Toxin Type a (Botox): Degradation in Potency with Storage - Michael G. Gartlan, Henry T. Hoffman, 1993
  • Measuring the potency labelling of onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®) and incobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin®) in an LD50 assay | SpringerLink
  • Botox: A review - ProQuest
  • Chinese archaeologists soon to taste 2400-year-old soup and wine?
December 13, 2021 /Don Schaffner
Soup, Shelf life
cooking_pots dws.jpg

42: Reboiling Soup

September 16, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating reboiled soup stored at room temperature.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

  • Daring Fireball: Jason Kottke on Dean Allen
  • Food Safety Talk 144: They Look and Taste Like Green Turds — Food Safety Talk
  • Bending the Rules on Bacteria and Food Safety - The New York Times
  • Tyndallization - Wikipedia
September 16, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Soup, Reheating

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