By Mark D. Zimmerman
MELVILLE, New York — Jews around the world just celebrated the holiday of Purim by eating hamantashen, pastries traditionally filled with poppy seed or prune filling. Many other fillings are also baked in hamantashen, including apricot, chocolate, nutella, and even peanut butter and jelly. The triangular shaped treats are said to represent Haman’s three-cornered hat. In Hebrew, the pastry is called Oznei-Haman, or Haman’s ears. There is another traditional Jewish food that is also served on Purim, but which is not as commonly known. What is that food?
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Mark Zimmerman is the author of a series of Jewish trivia books, under the title RASHI, RAMBAM and RAMALAMADINGDONG: A Quizbook of Jewish Trivia Facts & Fun.
I thought it was blintzes for the Megillah. So interesting!