• 889. Re-Using Chocolate From a Chocolate Fondue Fountain
    Feb 13 2026

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from re-using chocolate from a chocolate fondue fountain.

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

    • The (Great) Unwashed Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    • Dash Sauce Fountain : Target
    • Chocolate Fountain Operating Manual
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    14 mins
  • 888. Using Smell to Determine When a Food Is Safely Cooked
    Feb 11 2026

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using smell to determine when a food is safely cooked.

    Dr. Don - risky ☣️
    Professor Ben - risky ☣️

    • Super Disco Breakin' (Remastered 2009) - YouTube
    • Global study of variability in olfactory sensitivity - PubMed
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    • High Fidelity (film) - Wikipedia
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    15 mins
  • 887. Four Year Expired Beef Jerky From a Safe at the Bottom of the Ocean
    Feb 9 2026

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating four year expired beef jerky from a safe at the bottom of the ocean.

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

    • Mystery over safe with beef jerky inside recovered from Shark Bay's ocean floor - ABC News
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    8 mins
  • 886. Attending a Pickle Party
    Feb 6 2026

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from attending a pickle party.

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

    • We can pickle that (Portlandia) - YouTube
    • Fermenting - National Center for Home Food Preservation
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    • The Food Section
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    14 mins
  • 885. Snowcream
    Feb 4 2026

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from snowcream.

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

    • snow - Risky or Not?
    • Instagram reel
    • Ode to Sugar on Snow | Maple Syrup on Snow Recipe - New England
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    • Locations - Rita's Ice
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    13 mins
  • 884. Using a Screen Porch as a Refrigerator in December in Upstate New York
    Feb 2 2026

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a screen porch as a refrigerator in December in upstate New York.

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

    • Listeriosis Outbreaks Associated with Soft Cheeses, United States, 1998–2014 - PMC
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    16 mins
  • 883. Eggnog in a Plastic Wine Bottle
    Jan 30 2026

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eggnog commercially sold in a plastic wine bottle.

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

    • 10 of the Best Finger Lakes Wineries You Must Visit
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    13 mins
  • 882. Ice From the Automatic Ice Maker in a Home Freezer
    Jan 28 2026

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from a home automatic ice maker ice.

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

    • How clean is your ice machine? Revealing microbial amplification and presence of opportunistic pathogens in hospital ice-water machines - ScienceDirect
    • Microbiological quality of packaged ice from various sources in Georgia - PubMed
    • Outbreaks in Health Care Settings - PMC
    • Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities
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    12 mins