Post #607705 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Thu, Sep 22, 2011 12:41 PM

Agree that poi is not tiki, since it didn't appear on the menus at Poly-pop restaurants and bars. I believe it did appear at Hawaiian tourist luaus, but only in a small, token amount, so that the tourists could dip in with their fingers, grimace at the taste, pass the bowl to the person sitting next to them, and tell the neighbors back home that they had tried "authentic Hawaiian poi". This theory is based my extensive knowledge of vintage sitcoms (and Flintstones cartoons).