Like so many things like fireworks and chop-sticks, fortune Cookies were invented by the Chinese in 1909 but not Peking or Shanghai but in San Francisco.
Fortune Cookies are made from a thin, light, delicious, batter which are folded in half to make the familiar crescent shape, which is about 2 inches long.
They are then baked until they are a beautiful light, golden brown
colour. Each cookie is then individually sealed in its own little bag.
The real secret is the message on a slip of paper carefully hidden inside the cookie.
Traditionally, the message is in the form of a proverb or prediction. They are all secret until the cookie is opened.
