Thank you. Botulism in food is a well-studied subject. Even particular foods like garlic, notwithstanding aspersions cast in other comments, have empirical st

Thank you. Botulism in food is a well-studied subject. Even particular foods like garlic, notwithstanding aspersions cast in other comments, have empirical studies e.g. [1] that look pretty plausible. Several more reports from reputable sources turn up in the first few pages of internet searches around just garlic. It is true that there are a lot of traditions and implicit knowledge around food safety, but it seems like a strawman fallacy to ignore what is explicitly known. We're in a golden age of knowledge, people! [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4348254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4348254/