" ¢Â Fortune cookies wereintroducedby aJapanese(not Chinese ! ) immigrant named Makoto Hagiwara , who ran a tea room in San Francisco . He would function expression and thoughtful phrases with his tea . Since the idea was n’t trademark , Chinese restaurants later start using the idea as a makeweight for their small dessert menus , and the phenomenon spread from there .
" ¢Â So just how lucky are thoseLucky Numbers ? depend how you look at it - on the one deal , 110 people gain ground the Powerball in March 2005 that all had the same numbers … from a destiny cooky . researcher hunt the fortunes to a Long Island City manufactory , which is have by Wonton Food . The same number combination go out in thousands of cooky a day . On the other hand , that probably did dilute the prize money quite a spot …
" ¢ On occasion , maybe those prosperous numbersdowork , but what about the fortunes?Danica Patrickgot a portion that said " A four - wheeled dangerous undertaking will soon land you joy . " before her third place victory at the Indy , and runner Kerry O’Brien decidednot to racebecause of a destiny . A biscuit also " predicted " theMotor Voterbill .

" ¢Â Not all fortunes are good - my friend Melody actually just report to that she once got a cookie that read , " you should reconsider your fitness regime . " Have any of you Flossers ever begin adownbeat fortuneor advice in your cookie ?
" ¢Â Do n’t wish your fortune ? Change it bycreating your own ! Or just makeyour own cookieentirely .
" ¢Â " Minority Report " is not the only place " futures"solve crime- cookie can help oneself , too .
" ¢Â The secret of where the chance come from isfinally unwrap ! ( In this instance , " sources range from the I Ching to the Post " ) .
" ¢Â There are plenty of different kinds of fortune biscuit , including ones ofvarious flavors , as well as , er , anX - rat variety(which were accidentally sent to a fundraiser raising money to transport miserable kids to summer cantonment ) .
" ¢ So what are some of the skillful / worst / most pertinent fortunes you guy wire have ever get ? I once have " your acute personality make quite an impression on people . " Ehhh … I ’m going to take that as a compliment .
" ˜Dietribes ' appear every other Wednesday . Food photos aim byJohanna Beyenbach . You might commemorate that name from our post about hercolorful diet .