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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Easter eggs dyed in the toilet bowl

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

• Woman Dyes Easter Eggs in Her Toilet and Attracts Angry Comments on Her Video
• Staphylococcal Food Poisoning Associated With an Easter Egg Hunt | JAMA | JAMA Network
• Easter eggs can be dyed and still eaten. Just follow these tips to make sure it's safe | ABC22 & FOX44

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming homemade unrefrigerated hot sauce purchased from a heavy metal band at their merch table. Listen for Ben's asterisk.

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

• Occurrence of Salmonella in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Product Samples from U.S. Department of Agriculture–Regulated Producing Establishments. II. Salmonella in Ready-to-Eat Pork Barbecue Products, from 2005 to 2012 - ScienceDirect
• Models for the Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogens in Salad Dressing from Challenge Studies - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from placing a fresh fruit on the seat of a grocery cart without a bag.

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

• Durham Bulls | MiLB.com
• Bull Durham - Wikipedia
• How the 'Glengarry Glen Ross' "Coffee Is for Closers" Scene Got Made | Vanity Fair
• Bulls So Far Raise Over $16,000 for United Way with Wash Your Horns Shirt – Capitol Broadcasting Company
• NACS Food Safety Forum | NACS
• Bacterial contamination of shopping carts and approaches to control
• The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
• Odds ratio - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making butter while running.

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

• Making butter - YouTube
• Dead Internet theory - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of tasting the sauce before the meat is cooked.

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

• Why do thicker sauces simmer at lower temperatures? : r/AskCulinary