[Sca-cooks] Hamantaschen

[Lonnie D. Harvel]

kingstaste at mindspring.com wrote:

>(Somewhere I recall reading that the traditional filling of poppyseeds are
>supposed to represent something - each seed stands for all the Jews that
>were saved maybe?  I know someone can fill this part in...)
>  
>
Though there may be several interpretations (as happens with old 
traditions)...

The poppyseeds are in honor of Queen Esther. In order to eat kosher in 
the kings palace, she became a vegetarian, eating mostly seeds, fruits, 
and legumes. By tradition, her favorite was poppyseeds. The traditional 
fillings for hamantashen are poppyseed or fruit.

BTW:
The Talmud instructs that one should consume enough alcohol to render 
one unable to distinguish between "Bless Mordecai" and "Curse Haman."

Aoghann