Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating edible flowers.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Edible flowers. Benefits and risks pertaining to their consumption - ScienceDirect
• Edible flowers: A review of the nutritional, antioxidant, antimicrobial properties and effects on human health - ScienceDirect
• Comparison of microbial diversity of edible flowers and basil grown with organic versus conventional methods - Canadian Journal of Microbiology
• Edible Flowers Fact Sheet, Colorado State

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks making beef jerky in your dehydrator. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• FSIS Compliance Guideline for Meat and Poultry Jerky Produced by Small and Very Small Establishments
• Jerky and Food Safety
• National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Dry
• Fate of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella Species in Ground Beef Jerky | Journal of Food Protection | Allen Press
• Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes , and Salmonella typhimurium during Preparation and Storage of Beef Jerky - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating day old poutine.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️

Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Poutine - Wikipedia
• 5: Doner Kebab — Risky or Not?
• Large Outbreak of Botulism: The Hazardous Baked Potato | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
• Water Activity (aw) in Foods | FDA
• The Social Bar & Table – Fresh & Local Everyday

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of touching your face during the pandemic.

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

• LPT: Teach yourself to not touch your face throughout the day - you'll get sick less, as hand to face/mouth contact is one of the most common routes for microbial transmission. : LifeProTips
• Transmission of experimental rhinovirus infection by contaminated surfaces. - Abstract - Europe PMC
• Aerosol Transmission of Rhinovirus Colds | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of brining you turkey in the produce crisper of your refrigerator.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Randal Oulton on Twitter… turning their crispers into bathtubs for turkeys.
• Brining Safely Will Bring Tender, Flavorful Meat to the Thanksgiving Table | USDA

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of open, refillable bulk soap containers.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Influence of Soap Characteristics and Food Service Facility Type on the Degree of Bacterial Contamination of Open, Refillable Bulk Soaps | Journal of Food Protection | Allen Press
• Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
• Urban Dictionary: marry the ketchups
• Bacterial hand contamination and transfer after use of contaminated bulk-soap-refillable dispensers - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding unrefrigerated processed beets in your car for 5 hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Love Beets - Healthy Organic Beets, Beet Juice and Beet Powders
• 100% Organic Cooked Beets | Love Beets
• Batavia, New York - Wikipedia
• Geneseo, New York - Wikipedia
• Botulism from Home-Canned Beets.
• Botulism from Home-Canned Beets Outbreak Details: Foodborne Illness Outbreak Database

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing wood in the kitchen.

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

• Fast Facts About Cutting Boards and Food Safety in Your Kitchen | NC State News
• Which is Safer? Wood vs. Plastic Cutting Boards | Homegrown | NC State University
• Bacterial Adherence and Viability on Cutting Board Surfaces

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing dirty baby bibs within 4 hours.

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

• Cronobacter species (formerly known as Enterobacter sakazakii) in powdered infant formula: a review of our current understanding of the biology of this bacterium - Yan - 2012 - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
• The human milk microbiome and factors influencing its composition and activity - ScienceDirect

48: John's Old Refrigerated Fried Rice Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fried rice refrigerated for a long time.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• john roderick on Twitter: "I just ate a bunch of fried rice "…"
• Relationship Between the Heat Resistance of Spores and the Optimum and Maximum Growth Temperatures of Bacillus Species.
• Food Standards Australia - Bacillus cereus
• The Survival and Growth of Bacillus cereus in Boiled and Fried Rice in Relation to Outbreaks of Food Poisoning
• Influence of Anaerobiosis and Low Temperature on Bacillus cereus Growth, Metabolism, and Membrane Properties