The Jewish holiday of Purim is not as well-known as Hanukah or Passover, but the late-winter celebration is just as much fun. This year it falls on March 10.Hag Sameach!
Children wear costumes and listen to stories. Adults sip wine and everyone eats hamantaschen, buttery shortbread cookies usually filled with fruit preserves, nuts and spices or poppy seeds
Haman's pockets, as they are sometimes called, were brought to America by Jews from the eastern part of Germany and Eastern Europe, cookbook author Joan Nathan notes in Jewish Cooking in America .
"Hamantaschen are so popular that many academic institutions hold an annual hamantaschen vs. latke debate," she notes.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
You Can Believe This Article In Today's Salt Lake Tribune:
Headline: Jews celebrate Purim with hamantaschen:
