He made curry, forgot the roux — and the whole timeline had one word for the pot

A tweet of curry ingredients simmering with no roux added kept getting the same odd reply, over and over.

Translated by Klore · Published Sep 16, 2026

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Anonymous · 2026년 09월 14일

I posted this state before and everyone kept saying 'Eevee' 'Eevee,' and that's when I understood and accepted it.전에 이 상태 올렸더니 다들 "이브이" "이브이" 하면서 말해줘서 의미를 알고 납득했어.

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English translation

The pot: meat, potato, carrot, onion boiled — but no curry roux added yet.

(사진: 카레 루를 넣기 전의 재료만 끓여진 냄비)

💡 Why 'Eevee' for a pot of stew?

Eevee is the Pokémon that can evolve into totally different forms (fire, water, electric...) depending on what stone you use on it. This pre-roux pot is the same base — add curry roux and it's curry, skip it and season differently and it's Japanese meat-and-potato stew (nikujaga) instead.vs. Western cooking: like nicknaming a mirepoix base 'the Swiss Army knife' before it becomes soup, stew, or sauce.Klore note

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11 top comments on the original thread, translated

63 upvotes on the original thread
Anon· on the original thread
Evolution stones: jjajang, curry, chicken stock, gochujang, doenjang, soy sauce lol
진화의 돌 : 짜장 카레 치킨스톡 고추장 된장 간장
80 upvotes on the original thread
Anon· on the original thread
You can still evolve into meat-and-potato stew at this point
넌 지금이라도 고기감자조림이 될 수 있어
42 upvotes on the original thread
Anon· on the original thread
Nah, add jjajang powder it becomes jjajang, add curry powder it becomes curry, hayashi rice, jjamppong, stew—it can become literally anything
아님 짜장가루를 넣으면 짜장이 됨 카레가루를 넣으면 카레가 됨 하이라이스, 짬뽕, 스튜 걍 다 됨

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16 upvotes on the original thread
Anon· on the original thread
Lore-wise it has unstable genes so it mutates super easily and evolves differently depending on outside stimuli
불규칙적인 유전자를 지녀서 굉장히 쉽게 변이를 일으키기 때문에 외부 반응에 따라 다양하게 진화 가능하다는 설정
25 upvotes on the original thread
Anon· on the original thread
It's a dish that changes depending on what seasoning you throw in
어떤 조미료를 넣나에 따라 달라지는 요리
19 upvotes on the original thread
Anon· on the original thread
Whoa... they just invented a whole new soup
와.... 국을 ㅁ 발명함
4 upvotes on the original thread
Anon· on the original thread
In the current meta, meat-and-potato stew is a bad pick
현 메타상 고기감자조림은 불리해
4 upvotes on the original thread
Anon· on the original thread
Just add chicken stock to that and it's basically pot-au-feu
저기에 치킨스톡만 넣어줘도 포토푀지 뭐
8 upvotes on the original thread
Anon· on the original thread
The carrots and onions are way too huge!!
당근이랑 양파가 너무 크다!!!
3 upvotes on the original thread
Anon· on the original thread
It can become literally anything!!
뭐든지 될 수 있어!!
3 upvotes on the original thread
Anon· on the original thread
Wish my resume/career could evolve like Eevee too.. ^_^
내 이력서 커리어도 이브이처럼 변화무쌍하면 좋겠다.. ^_^

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