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The story
On 5ch’s Newsspeed VIP board, a thread went up to decide dinner ingredients using the “anka” format — a game where a specific reply number is called out in advance, and whatever gets posted there becomes the pick. After crowdsourcing seven ingredients and three seasonings one anka at a time, the final menu turned into a chaotic mix: acorns, tofu, salmon, pork, basil, and zaza-mushi (a traditional aquatic-insect delicacy), plus a curry roux — topped off with fiery extras like habanero and wasabi. Partway through, someone even threw in a curry roux joke-named “Poop,” prompting the classic thought experiment from onlookers waiting on the sidelines: “which would you rather eat — poop-flavored curry, or curry-flavored poop?” The OP announced they’d step away and report back once the dish was finished, but the thread text alone doesn’t confirm whether it was ever actually completed.
What people said
Anka on post #15
You'd want at least one decent ingredient, right?
Let's pick pork here — it's versatile
We can build the rest around it
It's for OP's sake too — if this doesn't turn into an actual dish, it's boring for us watching as well
Leave #25 to me
Next
Ingredient #3
Anka on #35
Tofu's fine, but tofu alone isn't enough
Let's pick pork here — it's versatile
Just having pork on hand opens up all kinds of dishes
I'll take #35
Gonna post "pork"
It's about time for a normal ingredient anyway
Next is anka #40
Redo — anka #48
Next, ingredient #5
Anka #55
That's off-topic, so redo — anka #63
Enoki mushroom
eh, whatever
Next, #6
Anka #75
Tofu
Cod
Goat meat
Saffron
Zaza-mushi
That's actually not bad
Tofu
Cod
Goat meat
Saffron
Zaza-mushi
Poop
Anka #93
Tofu
Cod
Goat meat
Saffron
Zaza-mushi
Poop
Habanero
Wasabi
Chili powder
What a letdown
Tofu
Cod → Salmon
Goat meat → Diced pork
Saffron → Basil
Zaza-mushi → Sand lance (small fish)
Poop → Curry roux
Habanero
Wasabi
Chili powder → "Magic powder"
Hey, at least leave the chili powder alone
Stepping away for a bit
Ah—
The remaining 5 as backups for anything unavailable
Don't backseat-drive something that's already over
Don't want a valid point from the guy who won't shut up about poop lol
Hurry up and make some poop-flavored poop already
Give me 30 more minutes
I'll be back at 5:30
I'll report back whether it's done or not
m(_ _)m (bowing apology)
Poop-flavored curry, or curry-flavored poop — which do you eat?
"Neither" isn't an option
Which one are you picking?
Background and Talking Points
“Anka” is a VIP-board tradition where a specific reply number is designated ahead of time, and whatever gets posted at that number is adopted as the answer — a staple format used for everything from deciding meals to major life choices. This thread runs on the same format, picking ingredients one at a time via anka. Notably, “zaza-mushi” is a preserved dish of aquatic insects genuinely eaten in places like Nagano Prefecture — alongside hachinoko (bee larvae), it’s a real regional delicacy, making it the only actually traditional food among the joke ingredients. “Poop,” on the other hand, is just a joke name slapped onto a curry roux — it doesn’t refer to real excrement. The thread contains no photos of a finished dish and no follow-up report, so there’s no way to confirm what was ultimately made, or whether the cooking ever happened at all. Readers should keep in mind this thread is “half joke, follow-through unconfirmed.”
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Newsspeed VIP) thread “Deciding Tonight’s Dinner.”
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