By Ethan V
I really love fortune cookies. A couple of days ago, my mom and I went to Mitsuwa and I saw a box of fortune cookies. Well, I bought those fortune cookies and I do not regret it. Fortune cookies were first created in 1918 at a Bay Area Bakery named Benkyodo by David Jung, a Chinese immigrant. Even though they were created by a Chinese immigrant, fortune cookies are not popular in China and are mostly popular in Western countries and especially Chinese restaurants in the US.
Before the fortune cookies that we know and love were invented, the Japanese had a very similar type of cookie called tsujiura. Tsujiura are larger, darker and have different ingredients in them, but they also have a fortune inside like fortune cookies do.
Over 4 billion fortune cookies are made each year, and over 4.5 million are made each day! The biggest producer of the cookies is Wonton Food Inc., which is based is Brooklyn, NY. What I really like about fortune cookies is that you always get a good tasting crunchy cookie along with a surprise message that could be good or bad. It's like a two for one meal deal!
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