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Risky or Not?

602 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratings

Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.

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501. Picking Your Nose

August 23, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MB

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 | Ca...

500. Mail Order Cakes Shipped at Room Temperature

August 21, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking raw chicken in a rice cooker. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Need an Idea for Easy Meal Prep? Make Dinner in Your Rice Cooker. - Eater I’m all about low effort dishes that taste amazing.. and this is one o… | Rice Cooker Recipes | TikTok 31: Rice Left in a Warming Rice Cooker Over Night — Risky or Not? USDA FSIS Appendix A Veronica (@squirrelchomp) / X Chicken Dry Curry | Zojirushi.com Rice Coo...

499. Cooking Raw Chicken in a Rice Cooker

August 18, 2023 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking raw chicken in a rice cooker. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Need an Idea for Easy Meal Prep? Make Dinner in Your Rice Cooker. - Eater I’m all about low effort dishes that taste amazing.. and this is one o… | Rice Cooker Recipes | TikTok 31: Rice Left in a Warming Rice Cooker Over Night — Risky or Not? USDA FSIS Appendix A Veronica (@squirrelchomp) / X Chicken Dry Curry | Zojirushi.com Rice Coo...

498. Room Temperature Canned Chicken Noodle Soup

August 16, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

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

497. Unopened Carton of Heavy Cream Almost 3 Weeks Past It's Expiration Date

August 14, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutes - 10.3 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming heavy cream from an unopened carton almost 3 weeks past it’s expiration date. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 🇺🇸 Bobby Blue Byrd 🇺🇦 on Twitter: "@pdnell @gastropoda What say you @bugcounter @benjaminchapman ? https://t.co/G4RrFHGOIN" / X Short communication: Bacterial ecology of high-temperature, short-time pasteurized milk processed in the United States - ScienceDirect Sudden Death of a Young Adult Asso...

496. Dishwasher Corn

August 11, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of blanching corn in the dishwasher prior to freezing. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 HAPPY IN HORTON: this may sound “CORNY” to you…. Food Safety Talk 198: Very Old Molasses (with Rachael Jackson) — Food Safety Talk Safety Data Sheet Jet Dry NTP Technical Report on the Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Technical Grade Sodium Xylenesulfonate Microwave Corn on the Cob in Husk - No Messy Silk! - The Dinn...

495. Frozen Berries in Microwaved Porridge

August 09, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making porridge with frozen berries in the microwave. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 122. Frozen Berry Smoothies — Risky or Not? Estimation of Bacteriophage MS2 Inactivation Parameters During Microwave Heating of Frozen Strawberries - ScienceDirect

494. Gloves Without Handwashing

August 07, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from wearing gloves without washing your hands first. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Glove Barriers to Bacterial Cross-Contamination between Hands to Food - ScienceDirect Evaluation of glove type on survival and transfer of Escherichia coli in model systems and during hand harvesting of lettuce - Zhao - 2021 - JSFA reports - Wiley Online Library Scientific Evidence Supports the Use of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers ...

493. Visiting a Fish Market

August 04, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.81 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from visting a fish market. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: “Visiting a fish market, #RiskyorNot @benjaminchapman?” / X 290. Yeeting a Real Fish Into a Crowd — Risky or Not? Best in Show (4/11) Movie CLIP - Naming Nuts (2000) HD - YouTube

492. Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes With No Water

August 02, 2023 12:00 - 13 minutes - 13.2 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from making a baked potato in a slow cooker without added water. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Carnac the Magnificent - Wikipedia Food Talk, UGA SNAP-Ed on Twitter: “Easily make slow-cooker baked potatoes, no water needed. 1. clean potato, 2. Season with olive oil, salt, and pepper, 3. Place potatoes on LOW for 6-8 hours or on HIGH for 4 hours. Add chives and greek yogurt (a low-fat, high-protein substitute for sour ...

491. Foil Wrapped Smoked Potatoes

July 31, 2023 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking potatoes cooked in a smoker. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Tastee Sub Shop · Apple Maps Tastee Freez - The Original Soft Serve Ice Cream What was the Double E Warren Zevon referred to? Large Outbreak of Botulism: The Hazardous Baked Potato | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Restaurant-Associated Type a Botulism: Transmission by Potato Salad | American Journal of Epidemiology | O...

490. Extended Refrigerated Storage of Thawed Frozen Pizza Dough

July 28, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 9.03 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pizza made from refrigerated thawed frozen pizza dough stored for at least 2 weeks in the fridge. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Validation of baking as a kill-step for controlling Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli during traditional crust pizza baking process - PMC Frozen pizza suspected in 10-state E coli outbreak | CIDRAP Investigation of Outbreak of Human Infections Caused by E. coli O157:H7 | E. ...

489. Dim Sum from Bamboo Steamers

July 26, 2023 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating dim sum from bamboo steamer. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Dim sum - Wikipedia National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Dashboard | CDC After the pandemic left them empty, dim sum restaurants are bustling once again : NPR No need to clean bamboo steamer Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dim Sum Chain in Shanghai – Thatsmags.com Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight - YouTube Nearly 100 People Si...

488. Eating Boiled Freshwater Mussels From Lake Winnisquam, New Hampshire

July 24, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating boiled freshwater mussels from Lake Winnisquam, New Hampshire Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Lake Winnipesaukee - Wikipedia Lake Winnisquam - Wikipedia Advisories | NH Department of Environmental Services Healthy Swimming Mapper | NH Department of Environmental Services FAQs | NH Department of Environmental Services Healthy Swimming Mapper FRI Cyanobacteria Toxins Aug 2011

487. Four Year Old Blackberry Freezer Jam of Uncertain Provenance

July 21, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.65 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks four year old blackberry freezer jam which may have been temperature abused. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼  Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 KathleenS on Twitter: “Eating this seems like a surefire way to end up seriously ill and featured in an episode of @chubbyemu But I’m no scientist. What say you @bugcounter @benjaminchapman #RiskyOrNot https://t.co/UjpgyUQAzm” / Twitter National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Jam and Jelly Blac...

486. Cat Smelled Food

July 19, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 8.33 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a food that a cat has smelled. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Melon and Finn (@melon.n.finn) | TikTok 115. Cats in the Kitchen — Risky or Not? 269. Cat Licked Cake — Risky or Not? What was the first Beatles song over three minutes in length? - BeatlesTrivia.com 65 Beatles songs in under 3 minutes - YouTube Billy Joel- The Entertainer HD - YouTube

485. Hotel Room Baby Back Ribs

July 17, 2023 12:00 - 6 minutes - 6.5 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making baby back ribs in your hotel room with a hair drier and a pillow case. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Chef Reactions on Twitter: “We will never break the chain (of custody) https://t.co/8iSmYz59Ep” / Twitter Explicit tag because Chef Reactions curses.

484. Tepache de Piña

July 14, 2023 12:00 - 7 minutes - 7.38 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks making a fermented pineapple drink called tepache de piña. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 ★metal★matt★ @[email protected] on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Tepache de piña #riskyornot (or maybe more specifically how can I ensure I do this safely) https://t.co/aqCseSbDAo” / Twitter Pineapple Tepache Recipe (With Variations) Inactivation of Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella Ente...

483. Being in the Sun and Wiping Lime Juice on Your Skin

July 12, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 8.32 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of wiping lime juice on your skin when in the sun. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Criminalize Straight (Pride Special 2023!) — Lovett or Leave It — Overcast Guy Branum - Wikipedia Phytophotodermatitis ‘Margarita disease’ gets its turn in the limelight | CTV News Sun Exposure | CDC Yellow Book 2024

482. Using a Turtle to Open a Beverage

July 10, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.2 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of opening a beverage with a snapping turtle. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Food Safety Talk 251: Too Many Brooms — Food Safety Talk Beer Time Billy 🍺 on Instagram: “Who knew turtles were so useful?! I’ll name him squirtle.😂 Follow @beertimebilly if need a squirtle right now!🍻 Credit: @tooturnttony” Tiny Turtles and Salmonella | Healthy Pets, Healthy People | CDC Michelob Ultra 12pk Cans – Newfoundland Labrador Liqu...

481. Eating Chopped Salad From Portillo’s While Pregnant

July 07, 2023 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a chopped salad from Portillo’s while pregnant. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Salads | Portillo’s People at Risk: Pregnant Women | FoodSafety.gov Quantitative Assessment of Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods | FDA National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Dashboard | CDC Listeria monocytogenes in Gorgonzola: subtypes, di...

480. Sparky Guacamole

July 05, 2023 12:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating guacamole that is sparking. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Andy Hamilton on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman 4th of July firework sals? #riskyornot” / Twitter Gustavo on Twitter: “@HeshComps @fuckedupfoods There’s this explanation from youtube Water salt, acid from jalapeños, mixing together to make hydrogen gas when the aluminum spoon touches the salt bridge. The human had acts as the grounds while th...

479. Homemade Halloumi With Fresh Raw Milk

July 03, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutes - 10 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks making homemade halloumi with fresh raw milk. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Halloumi cheese: the product and its characteristics - PAPADEMAS - 1998 - International Journal of Dairy Technology - Wiley Online Library Halloumi Recipe | Cheese Maker Recipes | Cheese Making Supply Problems with Ultra Pasteurized Milk | Cheese Making Supply 459. AI-Generated Recipes — Risky or Not?

478. Living Next to a Farm

June 30, 2023 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.9 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of living next to a farm. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Farm Visits and Undercooked Hamburgers as Major Risk Factors for Sporadic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection: Data from a Case-Control Study in 5 FoodNet Sites | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Vero Cytotoxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157 Gastroenteritis in Farm Visitors, North Wales - PMC Vero Cytotoxigenic Escherichia coli Infection in Dairy Farm Fa...

477. Accidentally Eating A Tiny Spider In A Bunch Of Grapes

June 28, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a tiny spider in a bunch of grapes. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Madeline on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Accidentally Eating A Tiny Spider In Your Bunch Of Grapes - Risky or Not? (I didn’t actually eat a spider, I found it & removed it but it was so small I wondered if somebody somewhere might make the mistake sometime)” / Twitter Spiders On Grapevines Extremely Deadly Spider Found in Box of...

476. Worlds Purest Cookie

June 26, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating the “worlds purest cookie”. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Making the World’s Purest Cookie - YouTube Baking chocolate NIST® SRM® 2384 | Sigma-Aldrich Baking chocolate SDS

475. Bamboo Straw Used for Smoothies Without a Brush for Cleaning

June 23, 2023 12:00 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using bamboo straws for smoothies without a brush for cleaning. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Wikipedia Amazon.com : reusable bamboo straws 50 Best Smoothie Recipes | Easy Smoothie Ideas | Recipes, Dinners and Easy Meal Ideas | Food Network Efficacy of neutral electrolyzed water for sanitization of cutting boards used in the preparation of foods - ScienceDirect Jack and Diane...

474. Toilet Paper

June 21, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 8.16 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using toilet paper to wipe your butt. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: “Hey @benjaminchapman using toilet paper? #RiskyOrNot” / Twitter Ej Dickson on Twitter: “Alpha male lifestyle influencer Paul Saladino, aka Carnivore MD, just told his 1.3 million followers not to use toilet paper after they poop because wiping is dangerous for your “hormonal health.” https://t.co/XjUXMnOr5T” / Twitter...

473. Splenda

June 19, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by the sweetener Splenda based on a recent research study from North Carolina State University. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 NC study discovers chemical in common sweetener damages DNA, can cause cancer Chemical Found in Common Sweetener Damages DNA | NC State News Toxicological and pharmacokinetic properties of sucralose-6-acetate and its parent sucralose: in vitro screening assays - PubMed Susan Schiffma...

472. Rutgers University Fraternities

June 16, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.3 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of being in Rutgers University fraternities because of some data shared on Reddit. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 I swabbed every single fraternity on campus and this is the result. : r/rutgers

471. Sink Pasta

June 14, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks draining pasta in your sink instead of a colander. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ AITA for not eating sink pasta? : r/AmItheAsshole Reduction of faecal coliform, coliform and heterotrophic plate count bacteria in the household kitchen and bathroom by disinfection with hypochlorite cleaners | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic Mapping the Kitchen Microbiota in Five European Countries Reveals a Set of Core Bac...

470. Recalled Cold Brew Coffee With a Bolt

June 12, 2023 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking cold brew coffee that was recalled because of a missing bolt. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Blame Canada - South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (3/9) Movie CLIP (1999) HD - YouTube 2.7 Million Cans of Coffee Sold at Costco Recalled — Best Life ‎Costco Recall notice

469. Marinated Feta in a Jar

June 09, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 9.26 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks consuming marinated feta (with garlic) in oil in a jar bought at a farmers market. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Certified Food Scientist | CIFST Overview of Food Ingredients, Additives & Colors | FDA FRESHFARM on Instagram: “It’s time to praise the CHEESE 🧀 January 20 is NATIONAL CHEESE LOVERS DAY! Did you know that you could stock up on cheese at your…” Amazon.com: Customer Questions & Answers Amazon.com: Danish F...

468. One Sip of Opened 16 Hour Unrefrigerated Fruit and Veggie Blend

June 07, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks to a child from taking one sip from an open and unrefrigerated container of fruit and veggie blend after 16 hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 https://www.fda.gov/files/food/published/Job-Aid–Time-and-Temperature-Control-for-Safety-Foods.pdf OhMyMega Veggie! | Once Upon a Farm

467. Rich's Hard Boiled Eggs (With Bra Egg Bonus)

June 05, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming hard boiled eggs stored for five hours at room temperature or for a similar but undetermined amount of time in a bra. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Off Menu Podcast History and applications - The discoverers of calculus 210. Air cooled hard boiled eggs at room temperature — Risky or Not?

466. Drinking From a Wine Spit Bucket

June 02, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drink wine from a spit bucket like in the movie Sideways. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Sideways (2004) - IMDb Thomas Haden Church - Wikipedia Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PMC

Kurtis's Puffy Sausage

May 31, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.4 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming frozen sausage that had gas formation in the freezer. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Tarantino Mild Italian Sausage, 20 Links, 5 lbs | Costco Why is my sausage package puffed up? – Eating Expired (13) Jimmy Dean - Posts | Facebook Ground beef package bloated/blown in freezer but normal when purchased? : r/Cooking Woman explains why you should never eat food products from packet that’s not flat - ...

464. Veronica's Puffy Tofu

May 29, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming frozen tofu that had gas formation in the freezer. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Veronica (@squirrelchomp) / Twitter Tofu balloon. Any have this issue? : r/aldi If You See Bloated Food Packaging, This Is What It Means | Taste of Home I HAVE SOME BAGS OF FROZEN VEGETABLES THAT HAVE EXPANDED SINCE I BOUGHT THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN FROZEN THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT NOW THEY ARE SO FULL OF AIR THAT I CAN’T SQUEEZ...

463. Homemade Cookie Dough Left Out Overnight at Room Temperature

May 26, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.3 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating cookies made with homemade cookie dough left out overnight at room temperature. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 How to Make a Safe, Ready-to-Eat Cookie Dough Appendix E: Water Activity Values of Select Food Ingredients and Products - Water Activity in Foods - Wiley Online Library ComBase

462. Doing the Norwex Raw Chicken Demo

May 24, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from licking a plate that had raw chicken juice on it and was only cleaned with Norwex. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Norwex Raw Chicken Demo - YouTube Microfiber Science PWS | Norwex USA Microfiber Testing PWS | Norwex USA Norwex Home - Premium Microfiber & Sustainable Cleaning Products | Norwex USA The change in prevalence of Campylobacter on chicken carcasses during processing: A systematic review - Scienc...

461. Foods Cooked in the Outdoors by 12 to 14 Year Old Scouts

May 22, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating food cooked in the outdoors by 12 to 14 year old Scouts. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Wood Badge - Wikipedia Cooking Merit Badge Requirements Keeping Your Food Safe | Boy Scouts of America What Merit Badges are required for the Eagle Scout rank? | Boy Scouts of America

460. That One Green Potato Chip

May 19, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutes - 10.2 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating that one green potato chip in the bag. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Toxic Glycoalkaloids in Potatoes Nugget of Knowledge: Green potato chips | WYTV This is how poisonous green crisps are - and why you still find them in your packet - Mirror Online Horrific Tales of Potatoes That Caused Mass Sickness and Even Death | Arts & Culture| Smithsonian Magazine Potential Food Safety Problems Related to N...

459. AI-Generated Recipes

May 17, 2023 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating foods from AI-generated recipes. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The What, Why, and How of AI-Generated Recipes Using ChatGPT - Deepgram Blog ⚡️ Evaluating food safety risk messages in popular cookbooks | Emerald Insight ‎Safe Recipe Styleguide Google Translate for Eet smakelijk

458. Pasta in the Woods in New Jersey

May 15, 2023 12:00 - 13 minutes - 13.1 MB

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 Pine Barrens (The Sopranos) - Wikipedia Steve Buscemi - Wikipedia Why Pine Barrens Is the Best Sopranos Episod...

457. Cooking With Molten Glass or Metal

May 12, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking food using molten glass or metal. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Mr Forge (@mrforge_) | TikTok Is It Safe To Heat Canned Food In The Can? 254. Do It Yourself Pizza Oven — Risky or Not? 155. Lava Pizza — Risky or Not? (5) Mike Batz on Twitter: “My first thought was that lava smoke must have some nasty crap in it, but I’m gonna need the experts to chime in… Hey @benjaminchapman @bugcounter is cooking...

456. Pepper Shakers at a Restaurant

May 10, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.2 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a pepper shaker at a restaurant. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 449. Pepper Mill Over a Pot — Risky or Not? Why You Shouldn’t Use the Pepper Shakers at a Restaurant | The Healthy Dirty Restaurant Secrets the Kitchen Crew Won’t Tell You Restaurant Safety Boosted With New Sani Shaker No-Contact Salt & Pepper Shakers Here’s the Dirtiest Thing on Restaurant Tables | Reader’s Digest

455. Super Sweaty Celebrity Chefs

May 08, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 12.1 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating food made by a super sweaty celebrity chef. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Microbiology of the Human Axilla and Its Relationship to Axillary Odor - ScienceDirect Sweat and Sebum Preferences of the Human Skin Microbiota | Microbiology Spectrum Outbreaks Where Food Workers Have Been Implicated in the Spread of Foodborne Disease. Part 5. Sources of Contamination and Pathogen Excretion from Infected Per...

454. Mammoth Meatballs

May 05, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating meatballs made using mammoth (and elephant) DNA. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Company Serves World’s First ‘Mammoth’ Meatball, But Nobody Is Allowed to Eat It : ScienceAlert Why Are Some Proteins Allergens? | Toxicological Sciences | Oxford Academic Current Understanding of Food Allergens - LEHRER - 2002 - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - Wiley Online Library FDA says tara flour was likel...

453. Wild Yeast Water

May 03, 2023 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of baking using wild yeast. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Baking bread with a yeast water starter | King Arthur Baking 2 easy ways to make yeast water with fruits - The Flavor Bells Creating Fruit Yeast Water Starter - Make It Dough Pruno: A Recipe for Botulism | Botulism | CDC What Are Wild Ales? The Beer Style Explained | Chatelaine

452. Reusing Bamboo Chopsticks for Raw Sushi

May 01, 2023 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.9 MB

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Reusing Bamboo Chopsticks hand washed with soap and water for raw sushi. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Chopsticks!! (Piano Song) - YouTube Urban Dictionary: open the kimono Welcome | 12th International Conference on Predictive Modelling in Food Amazon.com: Bamber 10 Pairs Reusable Bamboo Chopsticks Set, 10 Inches Long Chopstick, Japanese Style : Home & Kitchen Microbial Safety of Wood in Contact with Food: ...

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