poke salad

See also: poké salad

English

poke salad/bowl (1)

Alternative forms

• (Hawaiian poke): poké salad
• (pokeweed salad): poke salet, poke salat, polk salad

Etymology

poke (“cubed raw fish”) or poke (“pokeweed”) + salad

Noun

poke salad (plural poke salads)

2. A food made from diced raw fish, seasoning, diced fruit and vegetables, and sometimes rice.

   Synonym: poke bowl

   • 2017, Fodor's Southern California: with Los Angeles, San Diego, the Central Coast & the Best Road Trips‎^[1], Fodor's Travel, →ISBN:

     […] a wide range of creative seafood dishes (the Hawaiian-style poke salad with ahi tuna is a local favorite).

3. A food made from boiled pokeweed leaves, which are poisonous unless cooked properly.
   • 1921, T. S. Stribling, Birthright‎^[2]:

     The Harvard man went back into the kitchen and sat down at a rickety table covered with a red-checked oil-cloth. On it were spread the spoiled ham, a dish of poke salad, a corn pone, and a pot of weak coffee.

   • 2013, Carole J. Skelly, Dictionary of Herbs, Spices, Seasonings, and Natural Flavorings‎^[3], Routledge, →ISBN:

     Whereas to most people, “salad” is made with raw greens, “poke salad” shoots and greens must be cooked, the cooking water changed and discarded several times. […] There are many documented deaths from eating improperly prepared “poke salad.”

Hypernyms

• salad

Further reading

• poke (Hawaiian dish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia