The future of hamantaschen, a type of sweet, triangular pastry popular among Jewish people, is under threat in the UK due to Brexit, some kosher producers have warned.

Hamantaschen have for centuries been enjoyed during the festival of Purim, a holiday that commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people from the villainous viceroy Haman.

The filled pastry is distinctive for its triangular shape, which is said by some to represent Haman’s hat, his pocket or his ear.

From triangle to taco?

However, price rises faced by food manufacturers following the UK’s departure from the EU could force kosher producers to reduce the number hamantaschen sides from three to two, according to The Jewish Chronicle.

This would leave the snack looking more like a taco than a triangle.

A rabbi who spoke to the newspaper explained that kosher bakers may be forced to literally “cut corners” when making the snacks, a scenario he said his community had “mixed feelings” about.

“Some of them [members of the community] feel this country was correct not to bow down to Brussels and we have to accept the consequences while others believe that instead of dressing up [which children are encouraged to do at Purim], we should be giving the people who voted to leave a dressing down,” Rabbi Mordechai Shushan told the paper.

Turning a corner?

Some bakers have insisted that they will find a way to maintain the pastry’s three-sided shape, despite being forced to eliminate a corner.

Pointing to the Conservative and Labour leaders Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn, Zoldie Hamant said: “If there’s anything they’ve shown us over the last two-and-a-half years it’s that seemingly impossible situations can be overcome by a complete inability to understand basic reality.”