In extreme cases, children are sometimes taught to understand sukiyaki to be 'a boiled dish of meat (after being grilled with grease from beef fat) in hot water and soy sauce (without vegetables and shirataki,)' or 'a dish of nikujaga (a sweet boiled dish of meat and potato) without the potato.'
極端な場合は、「牛脂で焼いた肉を水と醤油で煮たもの（野菜やしらたきの類は入っていない）」や「肉じゃがのジャガイモ抜き」がすき焼きだ、と子供が思い込まされるケースも多々有る。