The story behind Purim has the same basic narrative as many other Jewish holidays: they tried to kill us, they failed, let’s eat! At Purim, you eat triangular cookies called hamantaschen, meant to represent the hat worn by the villainous Haman. (Just go with this story, OK?) These are stuffed with some sort of filling, traditionally poppy seeds or jam, though I personally prefer chocolate or salted caramel. Traditionally, you also wash them down with vast quantities of alcohol, which helps out a lot while performing the two other great Purim traditions: making a lot of noise to drown out the name of the villainous Haman and wearing a silly costume. It’s a great holiday.
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— Eliezer Zalmanov (@ezalmanov) February 26, 2018
(And why didn’t anyone ever come up with the idea of combining lox and hamantaschen before? This is genius! Savory also goes way better with the drunkenness mandate than sweet.)
