A reported attempt made by an unnamed Idaho native to fry a chicken in a Yellowstone hot springs got Twitter users a moment to relax from the US post-election turmoil.
The incident roots back to August, according to a report by the New York Post, when park rangers were alerted to the hydrothermal hot-pot sesh after reports that there were people hiking to Shoshone Geyser Basin with cookware. An investigation led them to discover two whole chickens in a burlap sack right in a hot spring.
After learning that the Idaho resident had been banned from Yellowstone National Park following the incident, netizens raised several questions. First of all...
Question is did it cook?
— cchan (@cchan77365177) November 5, 2020
Did it work though?
— Obligatory Christmas name here (@Hermitoclock) November 5, 2020
I mean is that wrong? IF someone had told me..... pic.twitter.com/lG046vhtjC
— Vic Dawson (@TheVicDawson) November 5, 2020
While no answer was given to those, twitterati went on to wonder whether attempting to cook a chicken in a hot spring would mean to fry or boil it.
*boil
— Relax, I didn't vote for the guy you hate (@jtLOL) November 5, 2020
Technically, wouldn’t they be boiled....ew, yuck.
— Attila the Honeybadger (@williet131313) November 5, 2020
Some suggested that this is the future of environmentally-friendly cooking.
Alternative headline: Man banned from Yellowstone after trying to boil chicken with clean, natural, renewable energy
— Dave Wyndelheimerschmidt (@AtlasCarriesOn) November 5, 2020
The year is 2047, due to environmental laws restaurants can only legally serve three protein items: bugs shaped vaguely like edible food, soylent green, and "Yellowstone style" chicken
— Vincent StClair (@VincentStClair) November 5, 2020
Other users offered some cursed gifs to fit the situation.
— Stugotmilk (@stugotmilk) November 5, 2020
While the rest apparently feared the possible aftermath of the Idaho man's venture.
America is no longer free. 🐔
— Arthur Fortune (@CBove1) November 5, 2020
First they came for our hot spring fried chicken . . .
— Scott (@RecalledtoLife_) November 5, 2020
In Yellowstone, one is not allowed to place objects of any kind or enter any part of the hot springs themselves, as geyser water reaches 143 degrees F (61 degrees C) on average, and poses a risk of instant death, or, at the very least, scalding. And even though the rule does not appear to directly prohibit the cooking of whole chickens, the hapless Idaho wanna-be-chef received a $1,200 fine and a ban from the Yellowstone authorities.
