We Tried to Preserve a Strawberry Forever. Things Got…Ugly

To learn more about preservatives, check out George’s book http://www.rebrand.ly/Ingredients

You’ve heard of the epoxy hot dog, but how about the epoxy strawberry? On this week’s episode we’re going to try to make a strawberry last forever. #preservatives #epoxyhotdog #epoxystrawberry

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Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson

Producers:
Andrew Sobey
Elaine Seward
Darren Weaver

Writer/Host:
Sam Jones, PhD

Scientific consultants:
Leila Duman, PhD
Andy Hirneisen, MA
Brianne Raccor, PhD
Selina Wang, PhD

Special thanks to Catie Profaci and the Daneman Lab at UC San Diego

Sources:
Floor sealer safety data sheet
http://sds.betco.com/sds/BetcoSDS/607.pdf

Chapter 13 - Mycotoxins in Foods: Mycotoxicoses, Detection, and Management
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128115152000135

The history of preserving food at home
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/food_preservation_is_as_old_as_mankind

SPOILAGE PROBLEMS | Problems Caused by Fungi
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123847300003153

Embalming products in Death Care
https://synergist.aiha.org/201903-mortal-exposures

Preserving meat underground
https://www.norwegianamerican.com/from-preservation-technique-to-delicacy/#:~:text=Burying%20fish%2C%20or%20meat%2C%20in,sand%20to%20keep%20it%20cold.

Paraformaldehyde fixative
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5359366/#:~:text=PFA%20causes%20covalent%20cross%2Dlinks,properties%20of%20the%20cell%20surface.&text=Compared%20to%20an%20unfixed%20cell,entire%20cell%20surface%20%5B11%5D.

Pickling at home
https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can6b_pickle.html

The human skin microbiome
https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmicro.2017.157

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