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March 7, 2025 - Dr. Oz Podcast
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Hydrogen Peroxide: Miracle Cure or Myth? | Dr. Oz | S10 | Ep 35 | Full Episode
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Hydrogen peroxide.
From cleaning ears to cuts and scrapes.
Could the latest craze of drinking it put your health at risk?
We go undercover.
You think this can help treat cancer?
Of course.
Plus...
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- Yeah! - I love you, Dr. Oz. - Welcome to the show, thank you very much.
I love, I love, all of you at home, come to me with your ideas and your home remedies.
So I'm opening up the show today with three audience members right here.
Let me see the brown bottles, right?
Who say they are using hydrogen peroxide home cures and they've become second nature in their daily routines.
From using it for earwax removal to cleaning out wounds, even teeth whitening.
But here's the question.
Do they work?
And is putting hydrogen peroxide in or on your body even safe?
All right, you guys ready for this?
Yes!
Please head on over to your stations.
Get ready over there.
We're going to get all these peroxide tests we're going to do.
And later, our investigation goes deeper, looking into the new food-grade hydrogen peroxide being sold to health food stores and promising to cure everything from your headaches, allergies, chronic pain, even Alzheimer's and cancer.
Is there any credence to it, or is it just a dangerous new scam?
Investigative journalist Mara Scavacampo did a deep dive on all things hydrogen peroxide.
Let's start with the basic question.
What is in that brown box, that bottle that everyone's walking around with?
So hydrogen peroxide chemically is actually really similar to water.
Water is H2O. This is H2O2. So there's one extra oxygen molecule.
So that's water.
Yep.
And that's hydrogen peroxide.
Exactly.
That sounds pretty safe.
Yeah, it sounds pretty safe.
A lot of people are used to seeing it from this brown bottle at the supermarket or the pharmacy, very commonly used.
This version is about 3% concentration, so very low concentration.
Everyone remember that number, 3%, and it's going to come back in a little bit.
The first hydrogen peroxide hack has to do with removing earwax.
We're going to test it out, and so Lisa from our medical unit, thanks for being here.
We have a great medical unit guy that was made of medical students and doctors, and she's one of the members.
He's here with Nadia, who swears by this wax removal technique.
All right, so we brought a little model of the ear here.
Do you have a little stuff here?
This material, that?
Alright, that's wax.
Now, show me, if you don't mind, how you actually take this hydrogen peroxide and change the wax.
You're a wax maker, is that true?
Uh, not quite, but I'm a wax remover.
You are?
I take the wax out.
Out.
Yourself and everyone in your family, probably.
Yes.
Isn't that crazy how people do that?
They just love getting it out.
Alright, so what do you do to get the wax out?
So, I either use a cap or a dropper.
Let me take it in like this.
And then I go in here.
Let me just hold it like that so people can see at home.
So I pour it in, pour it in, pour it in, pour it in.
And then I let it like fuzz.
You can actually like hear it.
It gets stuck right in here.
Yeah.
And then you leave it in there for like 45 seconds and like zzzz and it's like clearing all the wax out of your ear.
So, Jaleesa, you ready to do the experiment?
Let's do it.
So, describe what you did.
I know before this all thing started, you got a baseline, which you always do in medicine.
Exactly.
So, initially, since Nadia loves this so much, we decided to take a look in her ear.
And as you can see, you see a little buildup of earwax.
Yeah, see the brown stuff there, guys?
Up top at, like, 1 o'clock?
You do have earwax.
Oh, my God, yeah, that's disgusting.
So then we took a little cap of the hydrogen peroxide, and we put it in your ear backstage, and then we decided to let it sit for a while, bubble up, and then after, she took it out of her ear a bit, and then we took the camera right in, just like so.
Let's take a look now.
We can see the camera out there.
Let's see if there's a difference here, guys.
There, you're back in the ear.
You see, it's way cleaner.
Oh, my goodness.
It worked!
All right.
I told you.
Look at the comparison.
See the brown wax on the left side?
Gone now.
So you talked to docs about this, Mara.
What'd they tell you?
Yeah, they did just have one really important caveat, which is if your doctor has prescribed you antibiotic drops, you don't want to mix them with the hydrogen peroxide because that could destroy the antibiotic.
You also probably don't want to do this if you have any cuts in your ears.
Those are the only two caveats.
I like it.
Congratulations, Nadia.
You're going home to cure.
Danielle has our next little tip here.
Lisa, thank you very much.
Now, her handy hydro peroxide allows you to take care of cuts and scrapes.
Who taught this to you, by the way?
My mom.
I used to fall off my bike, climb trees, fall down.
I've been using it now for 27 years, so I'm sure that it worked.
So let's just say you were climbing a tree.
Yes.
And you made a little cut.
That's a nasty cut.
Okay.
Yeah.
So first thing you would do, you get the hydro peroxide.
First thing I would do is I would just pour it right all over.
Right on top of it.
Right on top.
Oh, look at that.
That's how you know that all of it is getting cleaned.
Look at that oozing in the outer.
That's my favorite part of it.
When I'm cleaning the cut, I just see everything coming out.
See, the brilliance of hydrogen peroxide is you can feel it bubbling in your ear.
You can see it bubbling on your skin.
The only catch is we don't know if bubbling actually means it's doing anything.
It could be show.
So, Mara, you poured over all the data with the medical unit.
Just break it down for us.
You might not like this.
Oh, gosh.
So, hydrogen peroxide is actually the most commonly used solution for treating fresh wounds, and people think exactly what you just said.
Because I can see it fizzing and bubbling, I'm seeing evidence that it's working.
So, that is partly true.
It is killing some bacteria, but more and more studies have found that it is ineffective in helping a wound heal, and it can actually slow down the entire process.
So, it's probably not the best.
So my mom was wrong.
Well, I don't want to say that.
Mom is never wrong, but there might be better options.
Okay.
And there are definitely worse things you can put in your wound.
But when it comes to hydrogen peroxide, as someone who's with four children, have to deal with this a lot, I would skip it.
Well, it's good to know now.
You can put it in your ear instead.
And the last hydrogen peroxide at Home Cure we investigated, should you rinse hydrogen peroxide to whiten your teeth?
Catherine has tried to force...
I mean, look.
It's got to work, right?
Well, it's a beautiful smile, but it may not be related to the hydrogen peroxide.
Does it seem to work for you?
You happy with it?
I swear by it.
I think it works.
To get to the bottom of this, we reached out to Dr. Sivan Finkel.
He's a great cosmetic dental specialist.
He knows a thing or two about whitening your teeth.
Take a look.
Does hydrogen peroxide work as a do-it-yourself method of whitening your teeth?
The answer is, while hydrogen peroxide is the right chemical for the job, it's all about the delivery method.
Generally, when people try this at home, they're taking a 3% mixture, which is available at any drugstore, and rinsing with it in hopes of whitening their teeth.
While this might give you other oral benefits, such as fresher breath or less inflamed gums, it's not really going to do much in terms of whitening the teeth because it's a very weak concentration and it's not really being held against the teeth as it is when we do professional whitening treatments.
So, is rinsing with hydrogen peroxide a good do-it-yourself method for whitening?
No.
So, do we have an unhappy customer here?
Yes, very unhappy.
I've been wasting all my time.
What do I need to do?
How do I fix this?
Actually, my personal opinion is dentists are so good at this and it's so fast.
It's the safest way to do it.
There are products you can use at home, but they're professional products.
They actually get the hydrogen peroxide on the teeth for long enough.
But just pouring the brown powder in your mouth?
Rinsing it?
Not the way to go.
Keep smiling.
Thank you.
Consumer alert.
The new hydrogen peroxide scam.
This is important.
That's being used to exploit sick people looking for a cure.
We go undercover to catch these peddlers in action.
You're not going to believe what we found.
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Oh.
Food-grade hydrogen peroxide.
It's being sold by health stores and online merchants claiming that drinking, that's right, drinking it, when it's diluted with some water, will cure nearly all that ails you.
But are they selling a false promise?
They could have lethal health consequences.
Morris Gavacampo investigated this shocking trend.
I gotta say, this has caught me off guard.
First explain to us what this hydrogen peroxide is compared to what we originally talked about, which you said was 3%.
Right, exactly.
So that brown bottle that everyone's familiar with, that's 3% hydrogen peroxide, 97% water.
So it's incredibly diluted.
But now you have some websites and some health food stores that are selling 35% food-grade hydrogen peroxide.
They're marketing it as a miracle elixir.
That's 35%.
It's more than 10 times stronger than the stuff in the brown bottle.
Food grade, some people are drinking it as a form of oxygen therapy.
So here's how it supposedly works.
Supposedly, that concentration of hydrogen peroxide attacks viruses and bacteria.
It's able to kill them by destroying the cells.
And then it becomes oxygen in water.
So your body can clear it without any chemical residue.
So essentially, it's billed as a miracle cure with no side effects that can cure virtually anything.
Go back to something.
You said it was food grade.
Food grade means...
It's food.
You're supposed to be able to eat it.
Yeah, you can understand why people would be confused by that, right?
So think about it this way.
Hydrogen peroxide at 6% to 10% is used to bleach your hair.
It's used for hair coloring.
Would you want to drink something that is three times stronger than that?
The answer is no.
Guys, I don't know if any of this was on your radar screen, but I want it to be on there now because we're about to shock you with some of Morrow's work.
But I do know, because I've heard about it from many of our viewers, that people are drinking it, even though it's supposed to be put on your food, not on your body.
Yeah.
So Mara went undercover, which I appreciate you doing, to see just what these stores and companies are peddling.
This is going to shock you.
I've been hearing a lot about the dangers of food-grade hydrogen peroxide, so I'm going to go undercover and try to buy some.
First, I was rigged with a hidden camera, then headed to a neighborhood health food store.
I'm looking for food grade hydrogen peroxide.
All we have in stock at the moment is the black cherry flavor.
Oh, it's flavored?
Yeah.
And then, but what if somebody has cancer or something?
Can this, because I've read that people are using it for that too.
Yes, big time.
Okay, really?
Cancer is like a fungus and this kills the fungus.
So you think this can help treat cancer?
Of course.
If you had a fungus on your skin, it would kill it.
Online, you can also find outrageous claims about food-grade hydrogen peroxide.
This site, for example, says it can help with everything from Alzheimer's to cancer.
I called three companies to ask more questions.
Only one answered.
Customer service, can I help you?
Hi, my name is Mara Skibokampo.
I'm calling from the Dr. Oz Show.
We do not give any medical advice.
Well, how do people use it?
They hung up on me.
Yeah, it's upsetting, isn't it?
The hydrogen peroxide Mara bought is here.
This is actually, we reeked it a tiny bit, just so that we can show you the label, the way it actually looks.
And I, when I smell it...
It's got that nice aroma of cherries, right?
So why would you put a cherry aroma in something?
It's a hint that you're supposed to be able to drink it.
That's what it's meant for.
The label has other clues that worry us.
Yeah, clearly the manufacturer intends for people to drink this.
They made it fruit flavoring, which as you know, why would you add flavoring if you're not supposed to drink it?
And it says right on the bottle, take a drink and enjoy.
They're advertising this for better health.
This is so bad that one state agency has said anything above 12%, this is 35%, anything above 12%, don't buy it, don't drink it, don't even bring it into your house.
And if you do drink it, go immediately to the emergency room.
That's how serious this is.
It says consume daily for better health.
And states are saying even one-third this amount you shouldn't have in your home.
That's a problem.
Mark, thank you very much.
All right, so Dr. Robert Sherman is here.
He's an emergency room doctor who has witnessed multiple cases of hydrogen peroxide poisoning come through his ER. So, Dr. Sherman, thank you for joining us.
Hydrogen peroxide can do a lot of damage.
We've been talking about it.
But when they come to your ER, what goes on?
Oh, gosh.
Number one, thank you for having this segment.
It's so needed.
There's a lot of misconceptions out there for a lot of home remedies.
Hydrogen peroxide primarily will be caustic, very irritating to your mouth, to the lining of your stomach.
35% is really an extraordinarily high percentage of hydrogen peroxide.
The household concentrations are generally not dangerous, but we certainly don't recommend ingesting them.
When they come in, we will just do basic resuscitation, basic supportive care.
Most patients are nauseous.
They'll have an irritated stomach, things of that nature.
People who have extraordinarily high or very bad reactions to it, they can actually get holes in their stomach.
They can develop gas.
Some of the gases can actually go throughout their body, create strokes and things of that nature.
Listen, I thank you very much for taking care of these folks and bringing their plight to our attention.
Dr. Sherman, God bless you.
I rarely get this worked up about stuff, but I'm upset.
Selling food-grade hydrogen peroxide is not illegal.
You know why?
Because it has a legitimate use, right?
People can use it when they're making foods.
But selling it as a healthy elixir, to me, is very unethical.
So we reached out to the FDA to see what they had to say about this.
And here's what they told us in part.
The FDA has never approved high-strength hydrogen peroxide to be taken internally and considers hydrogen peroxide at 35% strength dangerous.
They don't want you taking it.
After Mara reached out to manufacturers of so-called food-grade hydrogen peroxide, things got pretty interesting.
We received a mysterious email from a whistleblower.
Listen carefully, everybody.
He was talking to us about fraudulent practices by one of these companies, leading us to believe that when you order so-called food-grade hydrogen peroxide, you may not know exactly what you are getting.
Listen, if they're going to cheat and put you in danger by telling you to do things that are wrong with something that they happen to be able to get legally, they'll lie to you about other things as well.
Are you all clear on this?
This is something I do not want in your body in any way.
This is not a home remedy.
This just got made up recently.
Return the information they provided over to the authorities.
We're going to keep you posted on any further developments as they come in.
We'll be right back.
I'm with my favorite foodies of the dish on Oz.
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- Oh, I'm in. - Today I want to help you with this harmless, but stubborn and annoying condition of rough and bumpy skin.
Now, whether you refer to it as chicken skin or sandpaper skin, this condition can affect your confidence.
A lot of you have been complaining about it, so I brought in board-certified dermatologist Dr. Elizabeth Tansey, who's here on behalf of my trusted sponsor partner, Mucerin, to help us out.
Help everyone understand what causes this rough and bumpy skin.
So, Dr. Oz...
Rough and bumpy skin can be very stubborn and very annoying for a lot of people, but it can be treated.
So sometimes rough and bumpy skin is caused just by dry skin.
But other times it's caused by a buildup of a protein called keratin right at the hair follicle.
So a tip to try to treat the condition is to gently exfoliate to improve the look of the bumps, but then moisturize the skin to alleviate some dryness.
Now here's the key.
You want to look for something called urea.
Urea is a natural component in the skin, and it has the ability to do both.
It can bind and hold on to water to moisturize the skin, as well as gently and naturally exfoliate it at the same time.
So, since you were asking me about it, I made a little demonstration for everybody.
Let's dance on over here.
I built a version of rough and bumpy skin to show you how it can be treated.
Once you get this, you'll never forget it again.
So, this is your rough and bumpy skin, right?
And just to be clear, the keratin, Dr. Tanji just spoke of, closes over these little hair follicles, so it causes these little bumps.
So, what you need to do is to take the right kind of cream, and when you put it on the skin, will ease these areas of bumpiness.
And experts say this is why urea works on the skin.
Right?
So it both exfoliates, allowing the hair follicles to open, but it also moisturizes, so you end up with skin that sort of looks like this.
I mean, I hope you can all appreciate this.
There's a pretty significant difference that I encourage.
So, what do you recommend?
It does both.
Sorry?
It does both at the same time.
Did I do it right?
You did it right.
And I get an impression of a dermatologist, it means a lot to me.
Surgeons are often disdained by dermatologists.
So there's subtlety to the skin we don't often get, because we just cut through the skin usually.
You understand how to heal it.
What do you recommend to treat the rough and bumpy skin that so many folks are complaining about?
So for rough and bumpy skin, I recommend a urea-enriched formulation because that's going to not only help support the skin moisture barrier, but it's also going to gently exfoliate at the same time.
One I like a lot is Eucerin's Roughness Relief Lotion because not only does it treat the dryness and the roughness, but it also has a nice light feel on the skin, even though it's moisturizing all day long.
But for those areas, maybe little trouble spots.
Specific spots of thicker, scaly skin like elbows, knees, heels.
You can use the roughness relief spot treatment because that's concentrated.
It's got three times the urea, as does the lotion.
So you can really show some extra attention on those areas.
You have a busy practice.
How often do you have patients come to you complaining about rough and bumpy skin?
Or how often do you even notice it when maybe they may not have picked up on it yet?
It's actually really common.
Up to about 40% of adults can have rough and bumpy skin.
40%?
And 80% of adolescents.
And sometimes we see it running in families.
Right.
So Dr. Tenney is going to join us.
You certainly conducted this wonderful survey about their newest innovation for rough and bumpy skin.
And we put the data up here, but I want you, if you can, to walk through it for the audience.
That number you just gave me, 40%, blows me away.
These things are pretty important as well.
Yeah, we see it a lot in the office.
And Yusrin did a survey of 1,000 people with rough and bumpy skin.
And what they found was some very interesting findings.
So first off, 41% of those people that were surveyed with rough and bumpy skin steer clear of sleeveless clothing when they're having their rough and bumpy skin.
So it is changing what they're doing on a day-to-day basis.
Also, we'll see...
This floored me.
Nearly half of those patients surveyed with rough and bumpy skin would actually sacrifice junk food to eliminate their condition.
I mean, they hate it so much they would just stop junk food if they could.
How many of you in that group?
Powerful, isn't it?
I mean, I can't get you to stop eating junk food.
Rough and bumpy skin will do it.
It's pretty powerful.
Right.
Right.
You know, people will give up junk food, but the bottom line is that a third of those people that were surveyed with rough and bumpy skin feel...
Frustrated and lack self-confidence.
And again, that's going to affect their lives on a day-to-day basis.
So it's actually something that we see in the office and we talk about all the time.
So to bring it home, I wanted two of my viewers who have rough and bumpy skin to actually test the products out for a few weeks.
You're both here.
Thank you both for being here.
Yeah, for sure.
All right, so Pam was going to start us off.
She started using Eustrade Roughness Relief Lotion.
And before you use it, by the way, I have a picture of your skin.
If you don't mind, I'm going to show this to everybody.
Sure.
And you describe...
What you felt like.
For sure.
So there's the picture, which we've all noticed, many of us in the mirror.
Yeah.
And how did you feel when your skin looked like this?
I was always very insecure about my skin, even growing up as a kid.
And I went to go see doctors, and they could never...
Really pay any attention to it.
They just kind of dismissed it because it wasn't life-threatening or contagious.
So I would exfoliate, but the bumps would just come back.
We've tried other types of creams that would either leave like a dark film, like a chalky film, or it would sting so much.
My daughter would try the lotion, too, and she wouldn't use it because it would sting.
So she'd wash it off so we could never find something that worked for both of us.
So you've been using the Eucerin Roughness Relief Lotion.
How long did you use it for?
About two, two and a half weeks.
And can you show us a picture of it?
You got one, I think.
Yes, I think you guys have an after shot.
Here's before, and here's an after.
And how is using...
Use of roughness relief lotion seemed to help.
It did.
It did for myself.
Definitely gained more confidence with showing my arms.
My daughter, too.
People would stop her and say, what's wrong?
Are you cold?
It's hot outside.
So she would use it, too, and she was okay with it because it didn't sting.
She wasn't trying to wash it off, and it worked very well for both of us.
Are you happy with your arms?
Yes.
They're so much softer, and people don't stop me asking me if I'm cold or if something's wrong with me.
They don't think...
It's just much softer and nicer to touch.
Was it hard to admit that your mother was right?
It's hard to take advice from your mom, isn't it?
Especially when they have a point.
Yeah.
You'll get used to it.
It happens more and more.
If you get older, you'll realize the wisdom is there.
It sneaks up on you.
Yeah, it just takes a while.
So, and you used some roughness relief spot treatment.
Yes, that was really great for, like, my feet or my elbows or my forearms or my hands.
I would even use it.
And it was also really good for, like, when I went away for a weekend.
Instead of taking the big bottle, just take the spot relief as well, too.
And, Sophie, I have a picture of your skin as well before you started using the product.
And here, again, it's got the rough and bumpy appearance.
How did that affect your confidence?
Definitely affected in a negative way.
I would always compare myself to other kids, and, you know, even growing up, I've had it since I was a child, I'd compare myself to other kids, and I'd say, what's wrong with me?
You know?
And now you've been using the product for a couple weeks as well?
Right.
And your skin looks like this.
There's a before and an after for everybody at home to look at.
I mean, that...
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean, how do you feel about that change?
No, I feel good.
The more I use it, the more I see a difference, and I'm going to keep using it.
It helped.
It made a huge difference.
Well, Pamela and Sophia aren't the only ones with rough and bumpy skin.
We're also going to be hearing from Tiffany.
There's Tiffany.
Wave to us.
Tiffy's got a lot to say.
And we're going to talk about busting rough and bumpy skin myths.
It'll be on Facebook Live later, so please check it out.
And I want to thank our trusted sponsorship partner, Ucerin.
Because tomorrow, beginning at 12 p.m.
Eastern Time, you can be one of the first 5,000 people to go to DrRoz.com to receive a coupon for a free bottle of Ucerin Roughness Relief Lotion or the Ucerin Roughness Relief Spot Treatment.
We talked about both today.
And we can't stop there.
Get this audience.
And when they get engaged in something, we know 40% of them have this issue.
Maybe more if they're young, because many are.
What do you think about them?
I think they would like it.
Would you like some of this?
I think they'd like it a lot.
You all run home with Euston Roughness Relief Lotion and Euston Roughness Relief Spot Treatment.
Enjoy it.
We'll be right back.
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Brunch favorites, okay?
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And...
We're going to be trying the latest Bloody Mary that are blowing up Instagram, okay?
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Share them with us.
We've got some great ones today.
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Good stuff.
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How's it going?
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You excited about boozy brunch?
Yeah.
Is this the best part?
You have to ask.
That's the best part about brunch?
Oh yeah, obviously.
Yeah, absolutely.
Okay, so actually, we're going to dive into the hot dish.
This is where we break down the biggest food news from the sizzling food trends to the stories that are blowing up your news feed.
And first up is blue wine.
Okay, do you guys know about this?
What?
You know about red, you know about white, you know about rosé, you know about frosé, but you haven't seen this.
Like, Smurf-inspired concoction.
So you all have it in front of you.
We have it here.
Give it a taste.
Can we try it?
What kind of grape did this come from?
So I'm going to explain how we got this.
First of all, I must say, I mean, a drink that matches my outfit.
Like, is this not perfect?
I do love this.
I guess my biggest question, though, would be there's no, like, blue dye.
This is all natural.
No, I'm glad you asked.
So this blue color is coming from the skin of red grapes and also something called indigo carmine.
It's a pigment that they're getting from a flower, actually, so not any artificial blue dye.
What do you think of the taste?
It has a non-caloric sweetener in it also.
Do you taste that?
I don't like the sweetener.
That's exactly what I tasted.
Take the sweetener out.
Let me taste what the wine actually tastes like.
This is something, y'all, I would serve this at a brunch.
You could have it, I don't know, at baby showers.
Yeah, this is something.
Oh, that's a great idea.
That's a gender reveal.
Rosé or blue wine?
We are only having girls from here on out.
I only want the rosé.
I want to check in with my dad.
What is the health situation here?
Is it still heart-healthy to have this blue wine?
Perhaps for Smurf hearts.
Let me speak as a heart doc.
So resveratrol, which is what makes the dark grape skins...
Shine in red wines.
It's fantastic for you.
Great antioxidant.
And there has to be some in here.
I am positive.
The problem I have, team, is that I don't know all the ingredients that are in here.
I know I'm not hearing them all because there's no way it will be the sweet by itself.
So that makes me a little bit concerned.
So the jury's out.
But if you like a taste, toast to you.
Okay, I don't know if this wine makes me scream with delight or horror, but it brings us to our next viral sensation.
The Screaming Sausage.
Does everybody know about this?
I've never heard of this.
This video is making the rounds on the internet.
The Screaming Sausage viral video.
Take a look.
I mean, are they screaming?
Are they singing?
What's happening?
Oh, that's screaming.
That's totally screaming.
That's so funny because it sounds like a pig squealing.
So it's almost like it's pork and sausage.
It's a pig.
That's what it sounds like to me.
It's like when a lobster goes in a pot of boiling water.
But these sausages are already dead.
Yes.
But no, you could harmonize with that.
Do your little singing with the screaming.
You could do that.
We totally could.
Are you a good singer?
No.
No, she's a singer.
Should we try?
Should we try?
Okay.
All right.
Wait, wait, wait.
We're the screaming sausages.
I love it.
You always have to have a band name.
I like your band name, okay?
It could be a good band.
I like that.
See, you like it.
You're drinking it, girl.
It is just habit.
It's habit.
Any blue, I'm just going to keep sipping.
Anything that warms the voice of.
I'm going to keep drinking it.
Okay, so let me ask you this.
All of us have kids and husbands and all the rest in our lives.
Do you know about this word hangry?
Have you ever experienced hangry?
On a daily.
Yes.
The word hangry was just officially introduced to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Just now?
Oh, just now.
And the official definition is bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger.
Yep.
So I want to know, what is the craziest thing you've ever done as a result of being hangry?
Oh, my goodness.
Jameka, go ahead.
I'm hangry all the time.
And I text out my hangriness to my husband.
So I'm like, you didn't take out the trash, and you left the diapers in the pants.
And then he'll text back and say, it's almost 2 o'clock.
Did you eat yet?
He knows.
He knows.
When I start angry texting, I am definitely hangry.
So he brings me some food.
Yes, he knows.
So I have a solution for us when we are hangry, though.
You guys know about the cronut.
This blew everybody up.
It's the combination of a croissant and a donut, fried flaky dough.
This thing had people lining up around Manhattan for months, maybe years, actually.
But do you all want to know what the new cronut is?
What?
Get it before the line happens?
Bring it on out, guys.
This is the tacro.
Oh, yes.
Tacro.
This is a mash-up of a croissant and a taco.
I love a taco.
I mean, anything is good in a taco, right?
Everything.
Anything is good.
Anything could be a taco shell, I guess.
Apparently so, yes.
So, okay, so they took a croissant, they sliced it in half, they stuffed it.
Here we got some chicken and what looks like a little remoulade, some kind of mango salsa.
I love the radishes on top.
Do you want to grab one?
I mean, yes.
Thank you.
I mean, we have to have something to go with our blue wine.
You go first.
You would normally eat your croissant this way.
It's a no-brainer to do it like a taco.
Actually, I know.
I think you're right.
I mean, this is inspired by the taco.
I might do, like, a bacon, egg, and cheese situation here.
But you've got to eat it like a taco.
You've got to do the taco lean.
Ultimately, this is just a croissant cut funny.
Right?
Cut funny.
I don't think I've noticed a difference.
Y'all just cut a little differently.
It's different if you eat it from the side, then it's a taco.
You have to lean in.
Okay, what do we think about this mashup?
Yeah or no?
I like it.
Yuck or yum?
It's good.
I don't understand the hype, but it's pretty good.
It's a sandwich.
Up next, you guys, our Boothy Brunch is continuing.
Valerie is showing us how to make the easiest and cheesiest quiche ever with some frozen bellinis.
The Frolinis.
Oh, good.
We got a doctor in the house to try this chakro.
Thoughts?
That's good.
All right.
He's always hungry.
Good stuff.
Yeah, the radishes.
Did everyone like my photo?
Whose purse is this?
Oh my god, Jacqueline!
How could you post this photo?
I look like a potato!
Where's Emily?
I'm worried.
I can't lose another friend at French.
Have you seen my friend?
Oh, thank god.
She's alive.
She liked my photo.
Unlike you!
I love that.
So call all your girlfriends because we are throwing a boozy brunch today.
So, Jamea, take it away.
Everybody's heard of the frosé, right?
Yes.
Frozen rosé.
Well, that was sold yesterday because we want to do the frolini.
Have you ever heard of that?
No.
And we're doing a peach frolini.
I want you to take a look at this.
It is peach frolini.
You're going to start by putting frozen peaches in a blender.
And just going to puree them down until they get smooth.
And then you pop your bottle, because that's where the party gets started.
And it's just champagne, your favorite champagne.
Pour in the frozen peach mixture, your puree, in the bottom of a nice flute, fancy flute going on there.
And then you add your bubbly, because we all need a little bubbly in our life, right?
Yeah.
And we cheers it off.
I mean, that's how we get the party started, right?
That looks good.
Yes, yes, yes.
So, cheers, cheers.
Cheers, cheers.
Cheers.
This is easy.
Two steps.
Simple.
I like it.
Speaking of easing.
Oh, yeah.
To pair with our Fellini...
Valerie's going to give me a hand making my no-fail mushroom and cheese quiche.
And you can really use whatever vegetables you have at home in your fridge.
I'm using mushrooms here today and also leeks.
You want to let them get nice and golden brown like they are here.
Valerie is making the custard.
And actually, quiche for me takes me right back to my honeymoon.
John and I got married.
We were 24. We went to Paris.
And we just spent like three days walking around eating everything in sight.
And let me tell you, real men do eat quiche.
It was epically easy and delicious.
And everywhere you go has sort of like a, you know, their own version of it, their own take on it.
And it always brings me back there when I have it now because it is simple but sexy and delicious.
And the other reason it was amazing that time and still now, I'd been on the craziest wedding diet for the summer leading up.
We got married.
Everyone does that.
Why do we do that to ourselves?
So I hadn't had like my pasta, my pizza, the things that I love.
So let me tell you, I ate all the quiche, all the crepes, all the bagels, everything I could.
I love that your recipe has a little bit of nutmeg in it, too.
It's a really great flavor to add in.
Don't be using nutmeg only for sweet dishes, but they're great in savory dishes, too.
Such a good point.
And Valerie's over here like a pro, whisking together six eggs, we had a cup of milk, some of that nutmeg, and you're so right, nutmeg and eggs go so well together, plus that cheese.
Jamaica has a cup of cheddar cheese.
Dump that in here, girl.
Make sure your filling is not...
Still warm when you put it into your pie crust.
And you're going to want to pre-bake that pie crust.
Well, so you're going to want to let the filling cool and you're going to dump it in the eggs.
It's really good.
All right, so this is step one of our boozy brunch.
If you have leftover bread, though, stick around.
When we come back, Jameka is turning that leftover bread into dessert.
I cannot wait to try this.
Stick around.
Thank you.
I'm gonna stay along here, then we're turning it over to some leftover bread.
We're going to turn it into dessert.
Jamaica, what are you making over there?
Oh, wow.
Delicious.
And we are still cooking while tipsy.
Please do try that at home, yes.
But I am making my sweet potato bread pudding.
And it's bourbon in there, y'all.
With bourbon?
Yes.
It smells so good.
This sounds so good.
Oh, this is going to make the house smell so delicious.
Everybody's going to want to try this.
So we're starting with some day-old cube bread.
And it's got that good sound to it.
This is French bread.
And then I'm adding sweet potatoes.
So it's like a sweet potato pie meets French toast.
So it's healthy.
Of course.
Oh, please.
But you know what?
I've actually lightened it up just a little bit so you won't feel so bad about it.
Okay.
All right.
So we have our bread here.
And then you ladies, will you mash, mash, mash away?
And then Daphne, you and I will start on...
The custard part.
We have three eggs in there going away.
I will take this.
If you will, add in our milks.
And we're doing a low-fat evaporated milk and a low-fat milk as well in there.
I find that very interesting that we're making a loaded bad boy bread pudding and you're using low-fat milk.
And I like adding in for sweetness.
Instead of refined sugar, I do pure maple syrup.
If you'll pour that in.
So we have some vanilla going in there.
A little bit of salt.
And then we have some cinnamon that goes in as well.
Okay.
And now this, y'all, this is my...
It's not a secret.
Nutmeg, but it's fresh.
Fresh nutmeg.
Grated, right?
Yes, fresh grated.
And that's just gonna be that one little thing that's like...
What is that?
So will you keep whisking away?
This is one dish my family loves this.
So now let me ask you this.
Are you a make-it-the-night-before bread pudding maker or are you make-it-the-morning-of?
I like to let the custard soak into the bread.
Well, it can soak overnight.
If that's your thing, then go for it.
If you like mushy bread pudding, go ahead.
Well, it's a pudding.
It is a pudding, not a crunchy French bread.
Are we having a bread pudding beef?
Like, what is going on here?
Actually, it's funny because we are having this conflict over bread.
I feel like bread has become a...
And sometimes people, you know, and people are so scared of bread.
Bread has gotten a bad rap.
It's gotten a bad rap.
Are you the person that when that bread basket comes to the table, do you send it back?
Are you, like, into it?
What's the deal?
Absolutely.
Do I look like I send bread back?
Come in, come on.
I'm hiding a lot under here.
I've never sent that bread back.
Don't get the bread basket to go.
I'm like, I'll put this in my purse.
Thank you very much.
All right, so we're going to load this into our casserole dish that's been sprayed with cooking spray, or you can do a little bit of butter.
And I love doing this dish because it's, like, it really brings the party to the table.
Like, this is what's going to...
People are going to love this.
Get the party started.
Do you got one in the oven?
Yes, we have one in the oven.
Valerie's going to do a switcheroo for me.
Because, yeah, I think we may not make it there.
Okay, here she is.
Valerie, you got it?
Got it.
Yeah.
All right.
All right, so this is what it should look like, all bubbly and golden brown and easy.
Ooh, all right.
What do you top it with?
So now, get ready, y'all, because if you blink, you're going to miss this, okay?
I have the fastest creme anglaise, if you will.
You know that sauce that's vanilla and creamy that you have to cook over the sauce?
So scary to make.
Oh, yeah, we're not doing that.
This is a cup of melted vanilla frozen yogurt.
What?
Yes!
It has the same flavor of a creme anglaise, and you see how that you just...
Let me test that.
I know, me too.
Come on.
And, oh, wait, because I add a little shot of bourbon.
I didn't tell you that.
There you go.
Oh, and Jessie wants to powder me up.
Get a little sugar in there.
Now that's how you bring the boozy to the brunch, people.
All right.
Wow, that's so pretty.
Yes.
This is the best thing you guys have made.
This is spectacular.
Did I get Dr. Oz approval?
You guys covered it.
All right.
You can find a step-by-step recipe for how to make this insanely delicious bread pudding on droz.com slash the dish.
When we come back, our restaurant's just doing it for the grams, serving crazy unhealthy foods just for the shock value.
The outrageous food trend that you've got to see up next.
This is crazy.
I do.
I do.
They're real housewives.
Of murderers.
How women find and fall for convicted killers.
Regrets about the marriage?
None.
Plus, can everyday allergy medicine cause you to kill?
All new odds.
That's coming up tomorrow.
We're back with a dish on Oz.
Now a new trend as they dance the way.
Restaurants are creating over-the-top Bloody Marys and their customers are not only eating them, they're posting up a storm.
So you post some of the most outrageous, at least I think they're outrageous, Bloody Marys from Instagram.
We're going to go through these.
First we have the Surf and Turf Bloody Mary.
Valerie, tell us about this concoction.
Oh my lord, it has a whole bacon wrapped lobster tail, a filet mignon, baby corn, six onion rings, a skewer of shrimp, and even...
No, no, no, no, no.
An ice cream sundae?
Stop it.
Oh, no.
Please.
No, no.
Oh, my gosh.
No, no.
Stop.
Before you judge, there's also...
Oh, I'm judging.
But this is one.
This is a...
From Dallas, Texas.
Only Dallas, Texas.
It's called a Dallas, Texas Bloody Mary.
Take a listen.
The garnish carnage features an entire crawfish, a bacon cheeseburger, a shrimp, beef jerky, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, green beans, okra, onions, tomatoes, olives, cheese, and a pickle.
Oh, yes, because it had to have a pickle.
I'm going to say no on that, too.
I love you, Dallas, Texas, but I'm just not going there with you.
Well, Daphne wanted to outdo them all, so she made something her own bad boy.
Come on out, Daphne.
What have you made us?
Oh, look at all.
Are you serious?
Oh, my God.
Stop it, Daphne.
Bottoms up, y'all.
This is the fried chicken Bloody Mary.
Oh, my God.
Let me just show you what's in here.
This is a chicken.
It's an entire little itty bitty chicken on a stick.
A little cornish came in.
A little cornish came in.
Of course.
Now individually, I'm so all over this.
But when you put it all in liquid, I'm saying no.
Why can't, why can't we just make a kale Bloody Mary drink?
I mean, that's all I'm asking.
Make this go viral.
Valerie, of course, correct us.
Pull us up, Valerie.
Pull us up.
What would you do differently?
Here's what you do.
Here's what you do.
I love you.
Work the kale.
I love you.
But here, make yourself a nice little Bloody Mary bar.
Put little things out there that people love.
A couple different flavored vodkas.
There's one of my Bloody Mary bars for a football game.
You got different flavor vodkas, you got spicy okra, and some lime, all that stuff.
And kale.
And kale.
Sure, for you, Dr. Oz, when you come over.
Guys, there's only one wrong way to have a Bloody Mary, and it's this right here.
You guys can find all of these recipes at home.
If you make this, I want to see your Instagram.
You get bragging rights.
All the recipes on DrOz.com slash The Dish.
And all of our shareable pics and step-by-steps are on Instagram at The Dish on Oz.
We'll be dishing again.
Cheers to you next Wednesday.
I'll see you all with the dish.
Change is happening, folks.
Our journey is just beginning.
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