678. Immunocompromised Person Eating Mac and Cheese Left at Room Temperature for Two Hours

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks faced by an immunocompromised person eating mac and cheese left at room temperature for two hours.

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

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• Cooling Uncovered Foods at a Depth of ∼5.1 cm (2 in.) or Less Poses Little Risk of Pathogen Growth - ScienceDirect

501. Picking Your Nose

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of picking your nose with respect to COVID-19 and other risks

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

• Why not to pick your nose: Association between nose picking and SARS-CoV-2 incidence, a cohort study in hospital health care workers | PLOS ONE
• TWiV 1034: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | This Week in Virology
• Nose Picking and Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology | Cambridge Core

458. Pasta in the Woods in New Jersey

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pasta found in the woods in New Jersey.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• A New Jersey Mystery: Who Dumped Hundreds of Pounds of Pasta, and Why? - The New York Times
• New Jersey neighbors find source of mystery pasta piles - YouTube
• Pine Barrens | VisitNJ.org
• NJ’s Pasta-Gate Solved? - New Jersey Digest
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• Fatal Family Outbreak of Bacillus cereus-Associated Food Poisoning - PMC
• Sudden Death of a Young Adult Associated with Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning - PMC

408. Found Fries

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating french fries found in a car long after they were fresh.

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

• Growth of Bacillus cereus on Oil‐blanched Potato Strips for “Home‐style” French Fries - Doan - 1999 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• McDonald's burger and fries show no sign of rot after 6 years
• Limpness of Fried Potato Slabs During Post‐Frying Period - Miranda - 2005 - Journal of Food Process Engineering - Wiley Online Library
• Growth and Production of Enterotoxin A by Staphylococcus aureus on “Home‐style” French Fries - Doan - 1999 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
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379. Jeff's 12 Hour Delayed Start Short Ribs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking short ribs after a 12 hour delay at room temperature.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Instant Pot Short Ribs (Pressure Cooker) | Tested by Amy + Jacky
• ComBase
• Evaluating Microbial Safety of Slow Partial-Cooking Processes for Bacon: Use of a Predictive Tool Based on Small-Scale Isothermal Meat Inoculation Studies | Journal of Food Protection

342. Bedroom Pasta

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drying egg noodles in your bedroom.

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

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• Ellen Thomas Shumaker, PhD | LinkedIn
• 327. Chicken Soup Unrefrigerated for More Than 6 Hours — Risky or Not?
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• Egg Noodles Recipe | Allrecipes
• Temperature Dependent Growth Characteristics and a Predictive Mathematical Model of Bacillus Cereus in Wet Noodles - LEE - 2011 - Journal of Food Safety - Wiley Online Library
• Making Homemade Noodles Safely • AnswerLine • Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
• Microbiological Quality of Raw Dried Pasta from the German Market, with Special Emphasis on Cronobacter Species - PubMed
• Critical conditions accelerating the deterioration of fresh noodles: A study on temperature, pH, water content, and water activity - Li - 2017 - Journal of Food Processing and Preservation - Wiley Online Library