Poke is a Hawaiian dish of diced raw fish, its name coming from the Hawaiian word for to slice or to cut crosswise into pieces. It is tossed in sauce and served as either an appetizer or a main course.
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Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountHawaiian Islands (Native Hawaiian cuisine) 1 Origin Period, To (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountMarks the 1970s, when food historian Rachel Laudan documents the present form of poke becoming popular, before the Hawaii Regional Cuisine movement and Sam Choy's 1992 poke festival further popularized it. origin-start-year is left as an open question (see below): the source places poke's raw-fish practice in the pre-contact period with no earlier bound. Classification
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Associated With
Luau, Food Traditions Poke is one of the Native Hawaiian dishes traditionally served at a luau.
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poke being Hawaiian for 'to slice' or 'cut crosswise into pieces'
Hawaii regional cuisine section
According to the food historian Rachel Laudan, the present form of poke became popular around the 1970s.
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It is tossed in sauce and served as either an appetizer or a main course.
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How far back does poke's practice of seasoning cut raw reef fish extend within the pre-contact Native Hawaiian period?
The source places poke's origin in the pre-contact period, before Captain Cook's 1778 arrival, as a longstanding Native Hawaiian fishing practice, but gives no earlier bound or approximate century within that pre-contact era.
What would resolve this An archaeological or ethnohistorical source on ancient Hawaiian food practices naming an approximate century within the pre-contact period for the origin of raw-fish poke preparation.
food historyPoke (dish) (Wikipedia)
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