# Another Round of Hamantaschen Baking For The Steinhardts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119 "2006-03-13T02:02:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/1 "2006-03-13T02:02:11Z")
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Purim is upon us and the Steinhardts have once again baked Hamantaschen. And, once again, I’m going to bore you all with the pictures. 🙂 [Hamantaschen Baking](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/waynes1068/album?.dir=2620&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/waynes1068/my_photos) For historical perspective, here is what it looked like in previous years: [2005](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/waynes1068/album?.dir=6eb4&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/waynes1068/my_photos) [2004](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/waynes1068/album?.dir=6da3&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/waynes1068/my_photos) [2003](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/waynes1068/album?.dir=95cc&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/waynes1068/my_photos) [2002](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/waynes1068/album?.dir=c91f&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/waynes1068/my_photos) Enjoy! Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/2 "2006-03-13T02:08:47Z")
Cute kids! 😃 Can you explain for the uneducated gentiles among us (me) what Hamantaschen is…and Purim…and the meaning behind Hamantaschen making day? My mom and Aunt make potica (nut bread) for Christmas and now Easter, but there’s nothing behind it other than family tradition. And gluttony for sweets 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/3 "2006-03-13T02:14:55Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Cute kids! 😃 Thank you! > [@](#): > > Can you explain for the uneducated gentiles among us (me) what Hamantaschen is…and Purim…and the meaning behind Hamantaschen making day? Ultra short version: About 2500 years ago, in the Persian Empire, the Jewish people were almost wiped out due to the plans of an evil advisor to the king named Haman. However, his plans were thwarted and the Jewish people were killed. The story of Purim is told in the Book of Esther. Hamantaschen (literally “Haman’s pockets”) are triangular shaped pastries with fruit fillings in the middle. According to tradition, Haman wore a triangular hat - and so the triangular shaped pastry has become a tradition on Purim. Purim is a holiday that falls out in February or March each year. It is easily the happiest day of the year on the Jewish calendar. The day is usually marked by kids (and some adults) dressing up in costumes, delivering food packages to one another, listening to the story of Esther read in the synagogue and a festive meal with drinking. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/4 "2006-03-13T02:18:28Z")
I haven’t had hamentaschen in years. Can I come over? ;j ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/5 "2006-03-13T02:22:25Z")
I had a hamentaschen from the kosher bakery today. It was deeeelicious. I wish I’d got more than one now. Except then I’d be eating them all. And I already ate a bunch of the rugelach I bought, I probably don’t need any more sweets today. ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/6 "2006-03-13T02:31:31Z")
Oy, what zisse kinder you’ve got! Let them know they’ve inspired this lapsed Catholic to hightail it over to Kosher Cajun deli (the ONLY kosher deli in the greater N’Awlins area) tomorrow and pick up some of that yummy hamentaschen goodness, if thre’s any left when I get there! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/7 "2006-03-13T02:35:50Z")
> [@zev\_steinhardt](#): > > About 2500 years ago, in the Persian Empire, the Jewish people were almost wiped out due to the plans of an evil advisor to the king named Haman. However, his plans were thwarted and the Jewish people were killed. The Jewish people were killed…or weren’t? What day is Purim this year? I’ll have to go read up on [bible.com](http://bible.com) thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/8 "2006-03-13T02:42:32Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > The Jewish people were killed…or weren’t? > > What day is Purim this year? I’ll have to go read up on [bible.com](http://bible.com) > > thanks! Purim starts tomorrow night. And we weren’t killed, yay! Just read the Book of Esther, it has the whole story, and it’s not very long. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/9 "2006-03-13T02:46:44Z")
There’s also noisemakers and lots of making fun of Haman. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/10 "2006-03-13T02:51:24Z")
And drinking. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/11 "2006-03-13T02:58:17Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > The Jewish people were killed…or weren’t? > > What day is Purim this year? I’ll have to go read up on [bible.com](http://bible.com) > > thanks! Apparently, I’m already a bit drunk… and I haven’t drank anything stronger than Diet Sunkist! Yes, it should be that the Jews were _not_ killed! Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/12 "2006-03-13T06:13:18Z")
You know, it’s also an old tradition to send the cookies to me. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/13 "2006-03-13T12:50:19Z")
Wow! The kids are getting so big. They look so cute. Off to hunt for Hamantashen. ---
**Author:** ![Humble\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/14 "2006-03-13T15:34:53Z")
Ah, but which is better? [Latkes or hamantasch?](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226100235/sr=8-1/qid=1142263907/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-1833233-8543004?%5Fencoding=UTF8) Scroll down to the Editorial Reviews to get a taste of what the debates are about. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/15 "2006-03-13T16:03:48Z")
Who was it who said that every Jewish holiday has the same theme? “They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s eat.”? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/16 "2006-03-13T16:51:48Z")
> [@Publishers Weekly](#): > > The schmaltz gets poured on thick, and, like both latkes and hamantashes, the book is best appreciated in moderate servings. > [@Sander Gilman](#): > > the debates here chronicled will cause almost as much of a belly ache (from laughter) as eating latkes or hamantashen. > [@Father Greeley](#): > > laugh yourself sick! What’s up with all the references to latke and hamantaschen making you sick? Are us Jews impervious to some poison inherent in latke and hamantaschen that slays goyim like dragons? ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/17 "2006-03-13T17:46:04Z")
> [@Captain Amazing](#): > > Who was it who said that every Jewish holiday has the same theme? “They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s eat.”? Ah, yes. I’ve heard that one too. Doesn’t quite explain Yom Kippur, however. 🙂 Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/18 "2006-03-13T17:50:00Z")
Now there’s the wrong smiley choice if I’ve ever seen it! ;j ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/19 "2006-03-13T17:50:14Z")
> [@zev\_steinhardt](#): > > Ah, yes. I’ve heard that one too. Doesn’t quite explain Yom Kippur, however. 🙂 Well, does motzei Yom Kippur count? I’m usually ready to eat a _lot_ round then. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119/20 "2006-03-13T17:54:20Z")
Any holiday that involves food, drinking, and not getting killed is all right by me! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-hamantaschen-baking-for-the-steinhardts/348119.md?page=2)