Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful, to enjoy delicious food and… a little fun of their parents.
«Turkey challenge» on the eve of thanksgiving has become another viral prank on the Internet. Its essence is that people ask their parents and grandparents how to cook 11-pound Turkey in the microwave.
After that, the answers shocked relatives spread to Twitter with the hashtag #turkeychallenge, where users post screenshots of conversations.
While most parents were shocked by the stupidity of their children, others began to offer surprisingly useful tips.
For example, the father of the user under the name Julia replied simply enough to her question about the cooking time of a Turkey: «12 days».
#TurkeyChallenge FAIL pic.twitter.com/BYqtWTERGG
— Julia (@juliaaschwartz) November 17, 2018
Another wearer Carter Koontz posted a conversation with his mom who wrote that her daughter is frightening.
«You’ll never cook a Turkey in the microwave. What did I do wrong? — said daughter’s shocked mother. I’ll be looking to you to save you from yourself.»
Made my mom question her entire parenthood during the #TurkeyChallenge pic.twitter.com/v1UXttgRNm
— Carter Koontz (@Go_Cartt) November 16, 2018
Another mother responded to her daughter that she will call the police if she’s going to cook a Turkey in the microwave.
«I will call the police” #TurkeyChallenge pic.twitter.com/jIuvZ7xVSh
— Jackie (@_jlu__) November 17, 2018
«Wrap it good in foil and ignore the fire alarm when it goes off,» wrote the father of one of shatnez.
Ask my dad how to microwave a Turkey. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/QGQZJYsSHQ
— C. P. (@CPblazin) November 17, 2018
I asked my mom how to cook a turkey in the microwave.. pic.twitter.com/s0XRuzbgmL
— Dorothy Scales (@DorothyScales2) November 15, 2018
However, not all are addicted to this prank, because one of the biggest potential dangers of eating turkeys is a risk of Contracting Salmonella.
According to the Centers for control and prevention (CDC), each year about 1.2 million people in the USA pick up the bacteria and about 23 thousand of them have to be hospitalized.
This year there is an outbreak of salmonellosis, which has killed 1 person. Affected a total of 164 people in 35 States.
