Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by a pot full of warm chili delivered by well-meaning family friends when no one was home. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Obituary for Willliam Robert Schaffner | Ness-Sibley Funeral Home Growth of Clostridium perfringens in cooked chili during cooling | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Thermal Inactivation of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin in Buffer and in Chicken Gravy - 1982 - Journal of Food Science - Wi...
Nov 18, 2022•17 min•Ep 382•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating “random” mushrooms from the forest. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Ohio foragers are accidentally poisoning themselves with lethal mushrooms | Ars Technica Cincinnati Childrens on Twitter: “Multiple patients have reported eating mushrooms foraged from a public area in SW Ohio that appear to be highly toxic. You should never eat wild mushrooms. If someone has eaten a wild mushroom and has any symptoms, immediately contact the P...
Nov 16, 2022•10 min•Ep 381•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of home delivery sushi that arrived after ninety minute and at room temperature. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 ComBase sushi - Risky or Not? Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Fish | CDC...
Nov 14, 2022•8 min•Ep 380•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Nov 11, 2022•12 min•Ep 379•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of acrylamide in toast. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 From poisoned party to toxic toast: How to get nerve poison out of your food | Food Safety News Review of epidemiologic studies of dietary acrylamide intake and the risk of cancer on JSTOR EFSA Scientific Opinion on acrylamide in food Acrylamide | Food Standards Agency Chemical Concerns – Does Acrylamide in Toast & Roast Potatoes Cause Cancer? – Compound Interest Streetb...
Nov 09, 2022•13 min•Ep 378•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pizza left out for six hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 All the Risky or Not? Pizza Episodes ComBase Perfringens Predictor
Nov 07, 2022•14 min•Ep 377•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of bagel’s from Ben’s (not Chapman) bagel shop, given their knife cleaning procedures. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ The Differences Between Gravlax, Lox, and Smoked Salmon Allergen Removal and Transfer with Wiping and Cleaning Methods Used in Retail and Food Service Establishments | Journal of Food Protection Lauren S. Jackson | LinkedIn...
Nov 04, 2022•11 min•Ep 376•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a medium rare blade tenderized steak. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Fate of Shiga Toxin–Producing O157:H7 and Non-O157:H7 Escherichia coli Cells within Blade-Tenderized Beef Steaks after Cooking on a Commercial Open-Flame Gas Grill† | Journal of Food Protection Thermal Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Blade-Tenderized Beef Steaks Cooked on a Commercial Open-Flame Gas Grill†‡ | Journal of Food Protection...
Nov 02, 2022•11 min•Ep 375•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating meat of a properly cooked (160 °F) rabid animal. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Furious Rabies after an Atypical Exposure | PLOS Medicine What if? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Rabies virus in slaughtered dogs for meat consumption in Ghana: A potential risk for rabies transmission - PubMed Rhabdovirus (Rabies Virus) document from AABB Home - Association for the Advancemen...
Oct 31, 2022•13 min•Ep 374•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sharing popcorn with a fox. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ The Text of Green Eggs and Ham Isolation and identification of Salmonella spp. from red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and badgers (Meles meles) in northern Italy - PMC Gastrointestinal Diseases - PMC what would the fox say lyrics - Google Search...
Oct 28, 2022•9 min•Ep 373•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a sandwich that a seagull has taken a bite from. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ PS thanks to Christopher Robin (surely not their real name) for the Overcast Link. Seagulls (Larus spp.) as vectors of salmonellae: an investigation into the range of serotypes and numbers of salmonellae in gull faeces - PubMed Isolation and characterization of multidrug resistant beta-lactamase producing Salmonella enterica from wild migratory bir...
Oct 26, 2022•11 min•Ep 372•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating Ben and Jerry’s Doggie Desserts if you are a human. This episode does contain a brief digression of a different podcast and titled “suppress your bell”, but what’s in the show is in the show (c) RotL. Keywords: Pet food, Ice cream Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Jason Folster☣️ on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman #riskyornot We all know the dangers of pet treats (don’t chew on pig ears people) but what about t...
Oct 24, 2022•15 min•Ep 371•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making cold brew in the style of Dr. Chuck Haas. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Charles Haas | Drexel Engineering 38: Black Coffee at Room Temperature — Risky or Not? Factors That Impact Survival of Salmonella during Storage of Beans and Batch Production of Cold Brew Coffee...
Oct 21, 2022•8 min•Ep 370•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a Thermos to “cook” food. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Thermos Cooking - The Boat Galley
Oct 19, 2022•11 min•Ep 369•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of the hot new TikTok trend of butter boards. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Happy Carcoochie Board 2022! Butter board trend sickens TikTok: ‘Heart attack on a plate’ Butter Boards Are Spreading Across TikTok - The New York Times Butter > #butterboard #butter Bacteria and Various Cutting Board Materials by Dean O. Cliver Ph.D Preliminary assessment of microbial quality of edible flowers - ScienceDirect...
Oct 17, 2022•14 min•Ep 368•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of easting fries cooked in cooking oil with a mouse Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 TK on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman fries cooked in cooking oil after deep frying a mouse: risky or not? https://t.co/aBJBEsaMaa” / Twitter ‘It’s a deep-fried rat’: Man behind viral Whataburger mouse video speaks out The Perfect Frying Oil Temp for Common Cooking Oils...
Oct 14, 2022•9 min•Ep 367•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of somewhat unrefrigerated ranch dressing sent to school with a kid which topped off (not emptied and cleaned) for a week. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Amazon.com : Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Salad Dressing & Topping, Gluten Free - 16 Ounce Bottle (Package May Vary) : Grocery & Gourmet Food Peggy Hill | King of the Hill Wiki | Fandom Peggy Olson | Mad Men Wiki | Fandom Production of Shelf-Stable Ranch Dressing Using Hi...
Oct 12, 2022•17 min•Ep 366•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making rúgbrauð in a car instead of a volcano. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Joseph Pranay Martin on Twitter: “@benjaminchapman @bugcounter “Roadside Rúgbrauð” risky?” / Twitter Dr. Julian Lozos on Twitter: “Traditionally, Icelandic rúgbrauð is baked in the hot geothermal ground: a low-and-slow process. The San Fernando Valley isn’t geothermal, but we ARE in an extreme heatwave right now. Let’s see if my car can achieve ...
Oct 10, 2022•13 min•Ep 365•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leeching acorns in a toilet tank to make acorn flour. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Acorn Flour as a Source of Bioactive Compounds in Gluten-Free Bread - PMC Acorn flour properties depending on the production method and laboratory baking test results: A review - Szabłowska - 2021 - Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety - Wiley Online Library Facts About Raleigh, N.C. | Population, Geography, Government an...
Oct 07, 2022•18 min•Ep 364•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of transporting watermelons from the field to post harvest in a grass lined flume. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Joe Holt on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman transporting watermelons in a grass lined flume, or something. Risky or not?” / Twitter Internalization of Listeria monocytogenes in cantaloupes during dump tank washing and hydrocooling - ScienceDirect https://ucfoodsafety.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk7366/files/inline-f...
Oct 05, 2022•11 min•Ep 363•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from making and eating Nyquil chicken. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ F.D.A. Warning on NyQuil Chicken Alerts Many to Existence of NyQuil Chicken - The New York Times A Recipe for Danger: Social Media Challenges Involving Medicines | FDA What Cooking Chicken in NyQuil Actually Does to Your Body Twitter’s Main Character | Know Your Meme...
Oct 03, 2022•11 min•Ep 362•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks planting used egg shells with cress seeds as treat for grandchildren. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ bring brang brung on Twitter: “Good combo @bugcounter ? https://t.co/jQcOGZZg8L” / Twitter Ep. 21: “Dead Rubber Girl in My Closet” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann Growing Cress in Egg Shells - Eats Amazing. Garden cress - Wikipedia Ep. 282: “The Grand Slam” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann Contamination of egg shell and contents...
Sep 30, 2022•11 min•Ep 361•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating butter that has turned purple. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ What is this purple stuff in my butter dish? : biology Butter Bell | French Butter Crock - YouTube Why the heck did my butter turn purple? - cooking | Ask MetaFilter Purps butter - Imgur First attempt at cannabutter (purple butter) : treedibles Serratia marcescens - Wikipedia Microorganisms | Free Full-Text | What Is Candida Doing in My Food? A Review and Safety Ale...
Sep 28, 2022•17 min•Ep 360•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the food safety of risks cooking with cow dung. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Gau Kriti Cowcake Vadic Dhoop Cone/Incense Made from Cowcake/Gobar (Brown) - Box of 5 Packets - Patented Product : Amazon.ca: Home Perfect Way Cow Dung Cake/UPLAS/Kanda for HAWAN PUJA : Amazon.ca: Home Dry dung fuel - Wikipedia...
Sep 26, 2022•7 min•Ep 359•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating vintage Jello that is decades old. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Jell-O - Wikipedia What is Jell-O? How does it turn from a liquid to a solid when it cools? - Scientific American Vintage Jello And - Etsy 268. Old Outbreak Peanut Butter — Risky or Not?...
Sep 23, 2022•8 min•Ep 358•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating lettuce from a container with a live frog in it. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Woman discovers live frog in sealed lettuce container in London, Ont., grocery store | CBC News C h a n t e l S c o t t on Instagram: “The now famous frog in the lettuce I found at Sobeys in London Ontario! 🐸 🥬 UPDATE: I handed the mixed salad to an employee who took it to the manager. I asked employees if they were releasing the frog and they sa...
Sep 21, 2022•12 min•Ep 357•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating uncooked vegan cookie dough after it has been stored in a hot car all day. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Michelle Jewell on Twitter: “Ok @benjaminchapman @bugcounter, #riskyornot and it potentially has two parts: 1) Eating uncooked vegan cookie dough 2) after it has been in a hot car all day.” / Twitter Gluten-Free, Vegan Cookie Dough, Edible Cookie Dough | Sweet Loren’s Amazon.com: Sweet Lorens Gluten Free Chocolate Chunk ...
Sep 19, 2022•16 min•Ep 356•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of keeping a half a corn cob in a sealed bottle of water, and sipping after a few days. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: “@clairedwillett Please google “pruno botulism” 😬” / Twitter Pruno: A Recipe for Botulism | Botulism | CDC Recipe: Fermented Corn — FarmSteady Southern Sour Corn Recipe - How to Make Lacto Fermented Corn...
Sep 16, 2022•11 min•Ep 355•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooling Max’s mom cooling uncovered borscht on the counter before refrigerating. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 344. Max’s Unwashed Basil — Risky or Not? 349. Refrigerating Food in Joshes Weird Tall Cup — Risky or Not? WAC 246-215-03515: Borscht - Wikipedia Who really owns borsch? - BBC Travel Vigor Stainless Steel Stock Pot (20 Qt.): WebstaurantStore Beet Kvass - Fermented Beet Juice [RECIPE!] | Polonist...
Sep 14, 2022•16 min•Ep 354•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of trying to cook a chicken in a “hotel” coffeepot. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Nick Dawson on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman from Reddit…chicken cooked in a hotel room coffee carafe 🤢https://t.co/t1Ad7LjgcO” / Twitter Dave Harbarger on Twitter: “@bugcounter Apparently satire… but…here’s a link to the original poster on Twitter. https://t.co/z8kAeeszfL” / Twitter The labeled this “Career advice” : insanepeoplefacebook Alex C...
Sep 12, 2022•18 min•Ep 353•Transcript available on Metacast 
