Aku — Skipjack Tuna (The Everyday Fish)
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Origin
Hawaiian Fish
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Description
Multiple preparations: poke (the traditional everyday poke before ʻahi became the standard — aku poke is darker, richer, more oceanic), dried/salted (salt-cured and sun-dried, a critical preservation technique), tataki (Japanese-influenced: seared exterior, raw interior), baked in ti leaves (imu-style). The Japanese bonito tradition (katsuobushi — dried, fermented, shaved bonito flakes) uses the same species and connects to the Japanese-Hawaiian culinary thread.
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Flavour Context
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