A triangular pastry filled with poppy seed paste, prune jam, or chocolate, traditionally eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim.
From Yiddish haman-tashn, referring to Haman (the villain in the Book of Esther) and tashn (pocket or pouch), possibly alluding to Haman's pockets or the pockets of his garments.
These pastries are a delicious example of how holidays create unique foods—the three-cornered shape supposedly represents Haman's three-cornered hat, turning a biblical villain into an edible symbol!
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