I just learned what was done with Haman's body after he was executed`

[xiphias]

They ate him.

It's right in the Bible: Exodus 16:35

וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, אָכְלוּ אֶת-הַמָּן

U-vinei Yisrael ochlu et Haman.

U-Vinei (And the children) Yisrael (of Israel) Ochlu (they ate) et (a not-really-a-word that says that the next word is the direct object of the sentence) Haman.

Comments

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Yes, and, to be serious for a moment, or, at least as serious as I get right before Purim, that's where the name of the pastry comes from.

"Hamentashen" are the same thing as a medieval German cookie called the "mohntash", or "poppyseed pocket". Apparently, someone speaking Yiddish one day said, "Hey, look at the mohntash," or something like that, which would be "ha-montash", and someone else said, "Hee! That sounds like the name of the bad guy in the Purim story," so they made a bunch of mohntashes for Purim and told everyone they were "ha-montashen", and everyone thought that a) that was funny and b) they actually tasted pretty darned good, and you had to give shalach manot anyway, so they stuck around.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I adore you.