Risky or Not?

987. Ant Yogurt

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating ant yogurt. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Rob Dunn | Applied Ecology Making yogurt with the ant holobiont uncovers bacteria, acids, and enzymes for food fermentation: iScience Ant Yogurt Is a Traditional Recipe That Crawls on 6 Legs - The New York Times

999. Washing Produce With the Sticker On

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from washing produce without first removing the sticker. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 banana - Risky or Not? Microbiological safety evaluations and recommendations on fresh produce - ScienceDirect - C. De Roever Microbiological safety evaluations and recommendations on fresh produce - ScienceDirect - National Advisory Committ

972. Corn Chowder in the Fridge for a Week

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating corn chowder stored in the refrigerator for a week. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼  Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Best Corn Chowder Recipe ComBase

984. Sharing a Tissue With a Dog

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a tissue used for a dog (but not for a big snot glob). Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Bacterial microbiome of the nose of healthy dogs and dogs with nasal disease | PLOS One The Surprising Reason Your Nose Runs When You Eat | Banner Is Kennel Cough Contagious to Humans: Symptoms and Treatment Review of bacterial and

996. Two Decade Old Fish Sauce

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating two decade old fish sauce. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Let Me And A Food Scientist Sample The Abandoned Fish Sauce Terrorizing A Small Canadian Town | Defector Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio) - YouTube Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Wikipedia Saint Pierre and Miquelon in France - Saint

981. Very Expired Agave Nectar, Unopened in a Cork-Sealed Bottle

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming very expired agave nectar, unopened in a cork-sealed bottle. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Frontiers | Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Sugar Esters in Honey and Agave Syrup Agave syrup - Wikipedia Case Report Infant Botulism in a 2-Month-Old Female Simple Truth Organic® Light Golden Blue Agave Nectar Syrup, 23.5

993. Cooking Stuffing in a Turkey Without a Thermometer

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking stuffing in a turkey without a thermometer. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Thanksgiving (Canada) - Wikipedia Texas Environmental Health Association Stuffing and Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service Turkey Basics: Stuffing | Food Safety and Inspection Service Stuffing the turkey and other Thanksgiving food-safe

978. Not Breaking Apart Iceberg Lettuce to Wash Every Leaf

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from not breaking apart iceberg lettuce to wash every leaf. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Butter Lettuce | What is Butter Lettuce? | Nutrition Info & Pictures Healthier eating, better tracking results in more produce-related foodborne illness cases | CAES Field Report Tossing salads - UGA Today Processing may spread E. coli -

990. Bacon With a Pinhole Leak in the Package

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating bacon with a pinhole leak in the package. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Great Value Hickory Smoked Sliced Bacon, 12 oz Naturally Smoked Pork Bacon Slices - Walmart.com Bacon Prices Set to Surge Anew in Threat to More Meat Inflation - Bloomberg Use of Optical Oxygen Sensors in Non-Destructively Determining the Level

975. A Bottle of Guinness From a 162-Year-Old Shipwreck

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking a really old bottle of Guinness found in a shipwreck. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Alec Guinness - Wikipedia Divers recover a bottle of Guinness from a 162-year-old shipwreck - The Washington Post Verstrepen Lab - Group leader

974. Leftover Rice Transported Out of Temperature Control for About 5 Hours

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating brown rice held out of temperature control for about five hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 A response surface model to describe the effect of temperature and pH on the growth of Bacillus cereus in cooked rice - PubMed Model Bacillus Growth Predictive model for growth of Bacillus cereus during cooling of cooked r

986. Eating an Unopened Package of Live It Up® Super Greens That Was Recalled Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Super Greens recalled for Salmonella contamination. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Actual distribution of Cronobacter spp. in industrial batches of powdered infant formula and consequences for performance of sampling strategies - ScienceDirect Superfoods Inc. dba Live it Up. Recalls Live it Up Super Greens Because of Possib

998. Eating Off Dishes Washed by a Scrub Brush Previously Used to Wash Raw Chicken Dishes

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating off dishes washed by a scrub brush previously used to wash raw chicken dishes, with no sanitation step in between. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Natural Tampico Fiber — Caddy Supply Company The survival of foodborne pathogens during domestic washing-up and subsequent transfer onto washing-up sponges, kitchen surfaces an

983. Reheating Milk From Nespresso Aeroccino Left in the Refrigerator for a Few Days

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from reheating milk from Nespresso Aeroccino left in the refrigerator for a few days. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Amazon.com: TASSIMO Single Serve Coffeemaker, T45: Single Serve Brewing Machines: Home & Kitchen Nespresso Aeroccino Milk Frother Black : Target Amazon.com: Baratza Virtuoso - Conical Burr Coffee Grinder : Home

995. Canning Corn in Hand-Soldered Tins

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned corn in hand-soldered tins. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ To Can Corn (soldered tins) — Don't Cook That Synergistic Inactivation of Spores of Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum Strains by High Pressure and Heat Is Strain and Product Dependent - PMC heat resistance of the spores of B. botulinus and allied anaerobes. XI

980. Cooked Cajun Red Beans Left Out Overnight

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating cooked Cajun red beans left out overnight. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Growth of Clostridium perfringens during Cooling of Refried Beans - ScienceDirect Tyndallization - Wikipedia A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of Bacillus cereus in foods - ScienceDirect The Occurrence of Bacillus cereus in some

992. Wegman's Deli Meat and Cheese Left on the Counter for 10 Hours

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks to a teenage boy from consuming deli meat and cheese left on the counter for 10 hours Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼| Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Wegmans Oven Roasted Off The Bone Turkey Breast | Wegmans ComBase Retail Deli Slicer Inspection Practices: An EHS-Net Study Retail Deli Slicer Inspection Practices: An EHS-Net Study - PMC

977. Boiled Peanuts Left in a Hot Car for Two Days

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating boiled peanuts left in a hot car for two days Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Best in Show (4/11) Movie CLIP - Naming Nuts (2000) HD - YouTube Classic Boiled Peanuts Recipe Peanut and peanut products: A food safety perspective - ScienceDirect Contamination of Nuts/Nut Butters | Food Safety Boiled peanuts culprit of salmonel

989. Eating Re-cooked Store Bought Lasagna Left Out Over Night

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Fulminant Bacillus cereus food poisoning with fatal multi-organ failure | BMJ Case Reports Predictive Model for Growth of Bacillus cereus at Temperatures Applicable to Cooling of Cooked Pasta - Juneja - 2019 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library Heat-stable toxin production by strains of Bacil

1001. Eating Pasta Sauce Made With a Cursed Baseball

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating pasta sauce made with a cursed baseball. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼  Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Left Field | MLB.com: News Curse of the Billy Goat - Wikipedia This 3,200 Year Old Egyptian Cheese Is Cursed With a Deadly Pathogen Steve Bartman incident - Wikipedia (20+) Chicago Cubs HQ | Someone dressed up Steve Bartman | Facebook These 11

1000. Baby-Stuffed Pumpkin

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from placing a baby in a pumpkin. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 halloween - Risky or Not? Ma Nishtana - Wikipedia Facebook post Doctors warn pumpkin patches could pose salmonella risk, especially for young children | Local News | local3news.com Eurosurveillance | Nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to consumpt

973. Out of Date $0.85 Jalapeno Snack From a Farmers Market

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks for eating an out of date discounted snack food purchased at a farmers market. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Pop'ums Jalapeño Jack | Snack Factory® Are stores allowed to sell expired food products? | Consumer Ed, brought to you by the Georgia Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division Food Safety at Farmers' Markets | Agr

985. Eating Untouched Leftovers From the Previous Patron at a Restaurant

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating apparently untouched leftovers from a previous patron at an outdoor restaurant. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 An Outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning in a commercially catered buffet | Communicable Diseases Intelligence An Outbreak of gastroenteritis linked to a buffet lunch served at a Canberra restaurant | Com

997. Cutting Carrots With Your Mouth for a Slow Cooker Meal

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from "cutting" carrots with your mouth for a slow cooker meal. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Instagram The Kingsmen - Louie Louie - YouTube 'Louie Louie': The story behind the song everyone knows but no one understands : NPR

982. Casey's Leftover Tailgate Mac and Cheese

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Casey's* Leftover Tailgate Mac and Cheese. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Food Safety Talk 254: Bridge-Tunnel-Bridge-Tunnel — Food Safety Talk Accidental Tech Podcast Is you taking notes? 😂 (The Wire) #stringerbell #thewire #youtubeshorts - YouTube Emetic food poisoning caused by Bacillus cereus - PubMed https://www.co.monm

994. Reheated Buffalo Wings That Fell Into a Clean Sink

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating reheated Buffalo wings that fell into a clean sink. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 hockey - Risky or Not? The Rise & Fall … & Rise of Midget Hockey - Total Package Hockey MYHockey Rankings - MYHockey Minor ice hockey - Wikipedia Warren Zevon – Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song) Lyrics | Genius Lyrics North Carolina 16U

979. Cooking S'mores With Marshmallows Over a Burning Circuit Board

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks cooking s'mores with marshmallows over a burning circuit board. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ xkcd: Toasting Marshmallows 3270: Toasting Marshmallows - explain xkcd 374. Eating Meat of a Properly Cooked (160 °F) Rabid Animal — Risky or Not? Occupational health hazards related to informal recycling of E-waste in India: An overview - PM

991. Toothpaste From Kristin's Split Toothpaste Tube

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using toothpaste that came from a tube split during the packaging process. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Contents of toothpaste - safety implications - Australian Prescriber US7135163B2 - Prevention of crystal formation in toothpaste - Google Patents Antimicrobial Efficacy of Different Toothpastes and Mouthrinses: An In Vi

976. Butchering a Legally Hunted Bear in a Communal Residence Hall Kitchen

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks associated with butchering a legally hunted bear in a communal residence hall kitchen. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Land-Grant University FAQ - APLU (14) Post by @pkpd-babe.bsky.social — Bluesky University Prohibits Processing Wild Animals in Communal Kitchens After Bear Skinning Uproar - The Cornell Daily Sun Cornell Students Skin

988. Consuming or Preparing Vichy Squirrel

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming or preparing Vichy squirrel. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Vichy - Wikipedia Mortar and pestle - Wikipedia Monty Python - The French Taunter - HD WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES - YouTube Native and introduced squirrels in Italy host different Cryptosporidium spp. - ScienceDirect A Peek into the Bacterial Microbiome of the Eurasi