闇やみ鍋なべ

noun

dark hot pot; mystery stew

A party game where each person brings a hidden ingredient to add to a communal pot, then the stew is eaten in the dark so no one knows what they are eating. Often associated with fun and surprise.

See also: 闇汁

• 忘ぼう年ねん会かいで闇やみ鍋なべをやったら、誰だれかがチョコレートを入いれて大たい変へんな味あじになった。

  At the year-end party we did a dark hot pot, and someone put in chocolate, making it taste awful.

• 闇やみ鍋なべは、暗くら闇やみの中なかで食たべるからこそ面おも白しろい。

  Dark hot pot is fun precisely because you eat it in the dark.