2008 File photo - Menorah - Filed Under The traditional foods
consumed during the Hanukkah holiday are symbolic of the events
being celebrated. Most are fried in oil, symbolic of the oil
that lasted eight days. Loukoumades are deep-fried puffs of
dough dipped in honey or sugar to represent the cakes the
Maccabees ate, along with sufganiyot, or jelly doughnuts. ...
Latkes, or potato pancakes, are eaten as a reminder of the food
hurriedly prepared for the Maccabees as they went into battle.