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945. Frozen Ham From 1992
Jun 24, 2026
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943. Eating Food Cooked on a Restaurant Grill That Employees Have Used for Sex
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 6/24/26 |  945. Frozen Ham From 1992 | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from him that's been in the freezer since 1992. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 My dad bought this ham back in 1992. Its been in his freezer the whole time. He refuses to throw it out and says "its still good. Frozen meat doesnt go bad". : r/GrandmasPantry | — | ||||||
| 6/22/26 |  944. Infinite Sichuan Pickles | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from a continuous homemade sichuan pickle fermenter Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Haroldina: "@bugcounter I mean, come on. T…" - Mastodon Cody Don Reeder - I made a sichuan Infinite pickle jar with two… | Facebook 198. Endless Pickles — Risky or Not? Pao cai - Wikipedia USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 62, No. 6 7 dead, 103 sickened in Sapporo Japan with E. coli… | Marler Clark A large outbreak of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157, caused by low-salt pickled Napa cabbage in nursing homes, Japan, 2012 - PMC Development of an effective treatment for A 5-log reduction of Escherichia coli in refrigerated pickle products - PubMed Preparing and Canning Fermented Foods and Pickled Vegetables | — | ||||||
| 6/19/26 |  943. Eating Food Cooked on a Restaurant Grill That Employees Have Used for Sex | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating food from a grill that had been previously used for sex. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Don't Get The Grilled Cheese | — | ||||||
| 6/17/26 |  942. Meal Kit Chicken Prepared Four Days After Arrival | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating meal kit chicken that's been in the refrigerator for four days. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 How long does the food stay fresh once I receive it? – Blue Apron Support Food Safety Tips for Home Meal Delivery Kits | Homegrown| NC State University Online Purveyors of Raw Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Products: Delivery Policies and Available Consumer Food Safety Information | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 |  941. Screwworm Infected Beef | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating beef from a screwworm infected cow. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 USDA Confirms New World Screwworm in Texas Texas A&M AgriLife responds after New World screwworm found in Texas – Texas A&M Stories New World screwworm detection in Texas highlights improved tools but ongoing cattle management challenges - Brownfield Ag News New World screwworm: rare human case identified in United States after travel from El Salvador | CNN About New World Screwworm | New World Screwworm | CDC | — | ||||||
| 6/12/26 |  940. Rockpot | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a Rockpot. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Official Carolina Hurricanes Website | Carolina Hurricanes Michael: "@bugcounter I watched this sho…" - mas.to We got gifted a Rockpot and have had so much fun using it! - YouTube Social Media Analytics and Publishing - Fedica I'm looking forward to being part of the New Jersey FoodTech conference this year! For more details check out these cool images. Sharp Dressed Man - Wikipedia RockPot |The Portable Slow-Cooker. No Propane. No Electricity. Rockpot Recipe Collection – RockPot 254. Do It Yourself Pizza Oven — Risky or Not? Temperature Gauge – RockPot The rock has never said "can you smell what the rock is cooking?" : r/MandelaEffect | — | ||||||
| 6/10/26 |  939. Chicken Stock Out Overnight, Pressure Cooked Again for 30 Minutes | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating chicken stock left on the counter overnight, and then pressure cooked again for 30 minutes. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Pressure cooker - Wikipedia Home canning - Wikipedia Frequently Asked Questions – Instant Pot Free Shipping! Farberware 6-Quart Aluminum Stovetop Pressure Cooker 15 PSI for Faster Nutrient Retention - Walmart.com 42: Reboiling Soup — Risky or Not? Thermal inactivation of Bacillus cereus spores during cooking of rice to ensure later safety of boudin - ScienceDirect Inactivation of Bacillus cereus spores by high hydrostatic pressure at different temperatures - PubMed Chicken or Turkey Stock - National Center for Home Food Preservation Heat resistance of Bacillus cereus emetic toxin, cereulide | Letters in Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic Temperature Exerts Control of Bacillus cereus Emetic Toxin Production on Post-transcriptional Levels - PMC | — | ||||||
| 6/8/26 |  938. Licking the Chicken Marinade Spoon, While Pregnant | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from licking the chicken marinade spoon, while pregnant. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ A review of Campylobacter infection during pregnancy: a focus on C. jejuni - ScienceDirect Investigating the influence of organic acid marinades, storage temperature and time on the survival/inactivation interface of Salmonella on chicken breast fillets - ScienceDirect Campylobacter jejuni infection during pregnancy: long-term consequences of associated bacteremia, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and reactive arthritist - PubMed | — | ||||||
| 6/5/26 |  937. Re-Using Teabags After Hours or Days | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from re-using teabags after hours or days. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 tea - Risky or Not? 37: Tea at Room Temperature — Risky or Not? US6120825A - Method for the hygienic preparation, storage, handling and dispensing of tea - Google Patents Health Relevance of the Presence of Fecal Coliforms in Iced Tea and Leaf Tea - PubMed CFIA: Bacterial Pathogens in Dried Herbs and Dried Teas - April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2018 Association between Tea Ingestion and Invasive Bacillus cereus Infection among Children with Cancer | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic | — | ||||||
| 6/3/26 |  936. Keeping Candy in the Bathroom | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of keeping candy in the bathroom. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 hockey - Risky or Not? Carolina Hurricanes star Seth Jarvis' wild bathroom candy habits are getting some attention | OutKick Shopping Bag Norovirus | The International Outbreak Museum FOMITE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. ('The Princess Bride' - 1987) : r/nostalgia Exploring toilet plume bioaerosol exposure dynamics in public toilets using a Design of Experiments approach | Scientific Reports | — | ||||||
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| 6/1/26 |  935. Licking Someone Else's Ear Wax Off Your Finger | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of licking someone else's ear wax off your finger Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Traitors - Wikipedia TaskMaster.Info - Taskmaster Australia, Season 4, Episode 2: What is life? Investigation of Bactericidal effect of Earwax on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from skin and stool samples of undergraduate students, Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria The Importance of Ear Canal Microbiota and Earwax in the Prevention of Outer Ear Infections - PMC Why Do People Eat Their Own Earwax? | Hearfit Staphylococcus aureus toxins - PMC | — | ||||||
| 5/29/26 |  934. Racing a Bike Through Belgian Toothpaste | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from racing a bike through belgian toothpaste (i.e., mud). Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Video | Facebook Belgian toothpaste anyone? | Cyclingnews Forum Belgian toothpaste, anyone? - nj.com Cow pies in Belgium blamed for Lotto's pre-Giro woes 'Half the peloton is ill': cowpats blamed as cyclists fall sick after race in Belgium | Cycling | The Guardian Debunking the Myth of Exercise-Induced Immune Suppression: Redefining the Impact of Exercise on Immunological Health Across the Lifespan - PMC The open window of susceptibility to infection after acute exercise in healthy young male elite athletes - PubMed Outbreak of Campylobacteriosis Associated with a Long-Distance Obstacle Adventure Race — Nevada, October 2012 Tour de France - Wikipedia Epidemiology of injury and illness across all the competitive cycling disciplines: a systematic review and meta-analysis - PMC | — | ||||||
| 5/27/26 |  933. Leaving Frozen Berries Out for 2 Hours, Refreezing and Reusing | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from leaving frozen berries out of refrigeration for 2 hours, refreezing and reusing later in a smoothie. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Microbiological Surveillance Sampling: FY 19-23 Frozen Berries (Strawberries, Raspberries and Blackberries) | FDA Full report - Microbiological Surveillance Sampling: FY 19-23 Frozen Berries (Strawberries, Raspberries and Blackberries) Occurrence of Selected Foodborne Pathogens on Frozen Berries Collected at Retail Level in Switzerland - ScienceDirect Scientific Opinion on the risk posed by pathogens in food of non‐animal origin. Part 2 (Salmonella and Norovirus in berries) - - 2014 - EFSA Journal - Wiley Online Library Cannon Mills - Wikipedia | — | ||||||
| 5/25/26 |  932. Homemade Taco Seasoning Directly Added to Cooked Meat After Turning the Heat Off | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from adding homemade taco seasoning directly to cooked meat after turning the heat off. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 919. Homemade Unrefrigerated Hot Sauce From Heavy Metal Band at Their Merch Table — Risky or Not? Walmart's Great Value Taco Seasoning, HEB seasoning recalled due to possible salmonella contamination - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham Williams Foods LLC Initiates a Voluntary Recall of Taco Seasoning Product Due to Possible Presence of Salmonella Contamination | FDA Risk analysis of microorganisms in common food spices - PMC | — | ||||||
| 5/22/26 |  931. Freeze Dried Human Kibble | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating foods turned into freeze dried human kibble. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Making human kibble (to change the way we eat forever) - YouTube 476. Worlds Purest Cookie — Risky or Not? Water Activity vs. Moisture Content in Dog Food | — | ||||||
| 5/20/26 | 930. Nine Day Old Pease Porridge | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating pease porridge in the pot, nine days old. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Pease pudding - Wikipedia 249. Bringing Frozen Unrefrigerated Peameal Bacon Across the Border — Risky or Not? Growth of Bacillus cereus in fermenting tempeh made from various beans and its inhibition by Lactobacillus plantarum - PubMed Tyndallization - Wikipedia Fractional sterilization" or "intermittent processing - Healthy Canning in Partnership with Facebook Group Canning for beginners, safely by the book The Journal of Hygiene - Google Books | — | ||||||
| 5/18/26 |  929. Car Ranch | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating ranch dressing stored in a warm car for an extended period of time. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Instagram, Car Ranch Models for the Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogens in Salad Dressing from Challenge Studies - ScienceDirect Packaging for Sauces, Dips, Dressings & Marinades Salad Dressing Challenge Study Do You Need Microbial Challenge Testing? | Food Safety Magazine | — | ||||||
| 5/15/26 |  928. Keeping Your Shampoo Bottle on the Floor of the Shower | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from keeping your shampoo bottle on the floor of the shower. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Season 2 (AU) | Taskmaster Wiki | Fandom Jenny Tian | Taskmaster Wiki | Fandom 716. Arranging Objects on a Table Using Only Your Face — Risky or Not? 821. Consuming a Fly in Wine, Twice — Risky or Not? Old Spice 2-in-1 Shampoo & Conditioner, Swagger , 22 OZ - CVS Pharmacy Dial Men Recharge 3 in 1 Recharge Body Wash, Cedar Leaf, 16 OZ - CVS Pharmacy Comparison of urinary tract infection rates in nursing homes before and after purchase of a newly designed shower system - ProQuest | — | ||||||
| 5/13/26 |  927. Making Stock With Chewed or Licked Chicken Bones (Normal Style) | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating stock made from chewed or licked chicken bones, where are the chicken has been eaten "normal style". Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Making stock with "chewed" chicken bones? : r/Cooking | — | ||||||
| 5/11/26 |  926. Touching Your Phone in the Middle of Prepping Dinner | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from touching your phone in the middle of prepping dinner. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Consumers' Use of Personal Electronic Devices in the Kitchen - ScienceDirect The role of mobile phones as a possible pathway for pathogen movement, a cross-sectional microbial analysis - ScienceDirect A pilot metagenomic study reveals that community derived mobile phones are reservoirs of viable pathogenic microbes | Scientific Reports The potential role of mobile phones in the spread of bacterial infections | The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries ESKAPE - Wikipedia | — | ||||||
| 5/8/26 |  925. Eating Someone Else's Leftover Popcorn at the Movies | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating someone else's leftover popcorn at the movies. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a Shared Bowl — Risky or Not? Effect of Biting Before Dipping (Double‐Dipping) Chips on the Bacterial Population of the Dipping Solution - Trevino- 2009 - Journal of Food Safety - Wiley Online Library Seven filthy food habits and how dirty they really are | — | ||||||
| 5/6/26 |  924. Drinking a Bottle of Wine That Has Been Stuffed in a Thief's Trousers | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking a bottle of wine that has been stuffed in a thief's trousers. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon - Wikipedia Post by @gregorykoch.bsky.social — Bluesky Un-wine-ding The Crime Beastie Boys – Johnny Ryall Lyrics | Genius Lyrics | — | ||||||
| 5/4/26 |  923. 20 year old Cheez-Its | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming ~20 year old Cheez-Its. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Home | Cheez-It® Sunshine Biscuits - Wikipedia Getting cheesy in Cary: Cheez-It bakery produces 14 million crackers per hour WRAL.com In the Region/New Jersey; Transforming a Plant From Hydrox to High Tech - The New York Times Bon Jovi - Wikipedia | — | ||||||
| 5/1/26 |  922. Thawing Frozen Fish in a Plastic Bag in a Fithy Sink | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks thawing frozen fish in a plastic bag in a fithy sink. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Hannaford (supermarket) - Wikipedia Cook It Frozen! Cooking Techniques | Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute The Do's and Don'ts of Thawing Frozen Fish! Preserving Your Catch & Purchase: A Guide to Freezing and Thawing Seafood at Home | NC State Extension Publications | — | ||||||
| 4/29/26 |  921. Cottage Cheese With Bubbles In | Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating cottage cheese that shows visible bubbles when opened. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 What's Going On With Cottage Cheese? US20120114794A1 - System and method for making organic cottage cheese - Google Patents Production of soft unripened cheeses using acidic and salty coagulants: Investigation of technological and sensory characteristics - PMC Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere: What Your Bubbly Cottage Cheese is Trying to Tell You - Cheese Lover Heaven Cottage Cheese - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics | — | ||||||
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