ポイは、ポリネシアの食べ物でタロイモの根を蒸し焼きにしてペースト状につぶして発酵させたもので指ですくって食べます。味は、一言で言うと “素朴な味”。粘り気があり、酸味があるため、たいてい初めて食べた人はびっくりします。（日本では食べられるお店がない。）お砂糖をかけると食べやすく、ハワイの住民はご飯のように主食として食べていました。タロイモから作られるポイは栄養素がたっぷりの自然食で、今でもハワイでは家庭料理の一つです。
POI Quiz
Choose the correct answer.
1. Poi is as much a symbol of Hawaii as the ______________.
a) surfboard
b) football
c) baseball
2. Poi is often the first prepared food given to infants of all Hawaii's many __________.
a) men
b) races
c) women
3. Visitors are put off even before trying poi because the light brown, viscous mass looks something like＿＿＿＿＿paper paste.
a) news
b) wall
c) tissue
4. The sourness of poi depends on how long you _______it.
a) ferment
b) burn
c) boil
5. Poi is definitely an ＿＿＿＿＿taste.
a) innate
b) acquired
c) bitter
6. Manufacturers of the product ship it in bags ＿＿ air to the mainland for Hawaiians living there.
a) at
b) in
c) by
7. The principal value of poi as baby food is its ''hypo＿＿＿'' quality.
a) allergen
b) allergenic
c) allergy
8. Poi causes no _______ at all.
a) allergic
b) allergies
c) allergenic
9. Poi is originated in ___________ .
a)Indonesia
b)Polynesia
c)Hawaii
10.Poi is made of ___________.
a)taro
b)sweet potatoes
c)potatoes
Masaki Shimazaki