# Poke **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841 "2017-10-25T21:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841/1 "2017-10-25T21:02:27Z")
I finally got my [poke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poke_(fish_salad)). Now I want to make my own. I found [this recipe](http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-the-best-ahi-poke-230389), which looks about right – though I’d leave out the macadamia nuts. I’d like to see your personal recipes for ahi poke. I’d also like to see recipes for poke made with things other than tuna. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841/2 "2017-10-26T17:04:21Z")
I _know_ there are Dopers who make poke! ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841/3 "2017-10-26T19:00:57Z")
I don’t eat poke myself, but I know it has become the latest fad food. Southern California seems to pop one up every 15 minutes. I also know that a lot of new places get it terribly wrong – it should not look like an Asian seafood Chef salad. Here’s the Yelp pages for some well-known poke places in Honolulu. I’m posting them so you can look at the photos of what authentic Hawaii poke looks like. ![Heheh ricky was here](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/1kuCvuhjcw4p1QmMoID4RA/o.jpg) ![Ahi with creamy crab sauce (1/2 pound)](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/hIic0czUqyLxLepJhRhnog/o.jpg) ![Diggin](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/7g6sVQx9BEEeoJ64Xn7PFw/o.jpg) I’d try these recipes: > **[Poke: Poke Recipes - the Joy of the Hawaiian Appetizer - ALOHA HAWAII](http://www.aloha-hawaii.com/hawaii/poke/)** > > Poke Recipes - the Joy of the Hawaiian Appetizer > **[Poke](https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/recipes/find-a-recipe/poke)** > > In 1926, The Electric Kitchen began when Hawaiian Electric started its Home Services Department, and began demonstrating the benefits and uses of electrical appliances to residents its Historic King Street building. Today, you can now enjoy these... The second link of recipes is from the utility company in Hawaii that’s known for publishing recipe books. The recipes are submitted by employees, local chefs, or were published in the newspaper – about as homegrown as you can get. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841/4 "2017-10-26T19:15:15Z")
> [@Geek\_Mecha](#): > > I don’t eat poke myself, but I know it has become the latest fad food. Southern California seems to pop one up every 15 minutes. Huh. I guess I’ve been away from SoCal too long. Poke hasn’t popped up on my radar as a trending food. Thanks for the links. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841/5 "2017-10-26T19:16:25Z")
I make it at home. I like it to be flavored with a little salt or shoyu and some sesame oil. Then I chop and add some [limu seaweed](http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/6d17671e50bb4b86aa6f5268ad87ab22/limu-algae-traditional-hawaiian-food-f294k9.jpg) (available at a little Japanese market in San Jose), and some diced mild, sweet Walla Walla or Maui onion. A few chili flakes, if you like. It’s yummy stuff, but it’s never as good as when you eat it on the beach in Hawaii, with a couple of rice balls and chilled pineapple on the side. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841/6 "2017-10-26T19:28:00Z")
When I lived in the Bay Area I’d get limu seaweed and real kukui nut paste (inamona) from a little market in San Carlos. Soy sauce, red pepper flakes, julienned sweet Maui onion, red Hawaiian sea salt, chopped garlic, maybe a splash of rice vinegar. Damn. Now I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841/7 "2017-10-26T19:33:12Z")
Huh. I’d try it. Heck, I’ll try anything. But I’d never heard of poke 'round these parts. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841/8 "2017-10-26T19:44:11Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Huh. I guess I’ve been away from SoCal too long. Poke hasn’t popped up on my radar as a trending food. > > Thanks for the links. Definitely trending here in Chicago over the last few years. ---
**Author:** ![PlumBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@PlumBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlumBob)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841/9 "2017-10-27T04:30:06Z")
Here’s a thread from earlier this year. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=822693](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=822693) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841/10 "2017-10-27T05:28:44Z")
Been back here for more than a year now and have yet to try it. Not sure if I did the last time I lived here 25 years ago. Just doesn’t sound very appetizing to me. But maybe I’ll have to give it a whirl. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841/11 "2017-10-27T08:34:46Z")
Thought you meant [pokeweed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytolacca_americana#Food_uses). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke/799841/12 "2017-11-01T17:17:29Z")
I happened to notice the local supermarket had poke, so I bought some. Not as good as the stuff we got in Hawaii. I think they used soy sauce and sesame oil, and sprinkled the top with sesame seeds (as opposed to mixing them in). No onions or scallions. The ahi is good quality, though. I’ll have to find out where they get it (or if they carry it – the didn’t have any in the case) so I can make my own. In the meantime, poke and seaweed salad for breakfast! (Oh, the seaweed salad. Not as good as what I’ve had in restaurants.)