A Short History On The Fortune Cookie

Slide 1: f or t une A short history on the fortune cookie

Slide 2: Over 3 billion fortune cookies are made each year

Slide 3: mostly in the United States

Slide 4: However…

Slide 5: There are competing stories of their origin

Slide 6: One story was based in San Francisco California It was said the Makoto Hagiwara introduced it in the early 1900s

Slide 7: He also designed the majority of the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park

Slide 8: Claims for the fortune cookie origin also came from Los Angeles in the early 1900s

Slide 9: Los Angeles Candidate #1 David Jung, owner of the Hong Kong Noodle company was said to have handed out fortune cookies with words of Bible scriptures to the unemployed

Slide 10: Los Angeles Candidate #2 Seichi Kito, a Japanese-American baker put haiku verses inside cookies He founded the Fugetsudo bakery in 1903, which still stands in Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo section

Slide 11: It was a classic North versus South showdown

Slide 12: That ended up in one of these…

Slide 14: Presided by a real Federal Judge*

Slide 15: Presided by a real Federal Judge* *Daniel M. Hanlon in case you were interested…

Slide 16: He ruled in favor of

Slide 18: The decision did not go well with Los Angeles

Slide 19: It wasn’t a real court though*

Slide 20: It wasn’t a real court though* *It was the Court of Historical Review—a self-appointed, quasi-judicial organization based in San Francisco

Slide 21: So…San Francisco was now the real “birthplace” of the fortune cookie

Slide 22: NOT!

Slide 23: The fortune cookie wasn’t invented in

Slide 24: The fortune cookie wasn’t invented in It wasn’t even invented in

Slide 25: The fortune cookie wasn’t invented in It wasn’t even invented in It actually came from

Slide 26: For all the juicy details you’ll need to read it in “Solving a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside a Cookie” January 16 ,2008

Slide 27: No matter how you view it someone once said…

Slide 28: The Japanese invented it

Slide 29: The Chinese marketed it

Slide 30: &

Slide 31: The Americans ate it

Slide 32: Here’s some actual quotes from fortune cookies

Slide 33: “The FBI & CIA are watching you. Eat this note.”

Slide 34: “The FBI & CIA are watching you. Eat this note.” “That was not really chicken...”

Slide 35: “The FBI & CIA are watching you. Eat this note.” “That was not really chicken...” “Never take advice from a fortune cookie.”

Slide 36: Share your “fortunes” at the comments section for this Slideshare Visuals credits in notes section