| e of all ages in America celebrate Memorial Day. | | | | Chinese restaurant owners saw this, and they had |
| Aside from remembering our loved ones, and | | | | fortunes inserted into them in place of 'Thank |
| others who have died in battle for our country, | | | | You' notes. |
| the day, as with many holidays, can symbolize the | | | | Nowadays, fortune cookies typically contain lucky |
| start of fun and the end of all kinds of | | | | numbers like a lottery, and some hackneyed |
| responsibilities, as a day off for many. In fact, | | | | fortunes. It is, however, entirely possible for you |
| aside from the old traditions that we have been | | | | to insert your own thoughts and personalize the |
| following for this special weekend, Memorial Day is | | | | cookies for any occasion you want to, including |
| the first time in the year when almost all of us | | | | your Memorial Day party. You can, if you have a |
| break out of our cooking habits. And you can, too. | | | | creative turn of mind, think of some fortunes |
| You can make amazing party favors by opting | | | | yourself and add them to the cookies, which will |
| for personalized fortune cookies. They are the | | | | make for an interesting read. Fortune cookies |
| lightest of all the desserts one can serve. Apart | | | | have become very popular as party favors, of |
| from just the taste, fortune cookies have, as the | | | | late. For a Memorial Day celebration, you can now |
| name implies, written fortunes inside them, and | | | | order customized fortune cookies that are red, |
| even though the fortunes are just meant for fun | | | | white, and blue in color. |
| and they seldom come true, they can certainly | | | | Some facts about fortune cookies: |
| result in a good party. | | | | * They are very tasty and would fit well into any |
| About Fortune Cookies | | | | kind of event that you might be having, such as a |
| Although many things in today's world are made | | | | Memorial Day event. |
| in China, one thing that does not find a place on | | | | * They can be served to the guests as desserts, |
| that list is the fortune cookie. History says that | | | | or even while they are departing. They would love |
| these cookies were America's invention, by a | | | | it. |
| Japanese man (Makoto Hagiwara - the man | | | | * They can be coated with any kind of chocolate, |
| behind the landscaping of San Francisco's Japanese | | | | be it dark chocolate, white chocolate, white |
| Tea Garden), in California. Chinese restaurant | | | | chocolate with orange flavor, and so on. |
| owners latched onto fortune cookies, and it's now | | | | * They can be decorated with all types of |
| a norm to serve them after meals. | | | | goodies. |
| Fortune cookies have a delicious taste, and the | | | | * They are generally packed in their own |
| fortune inside makes them fun as well. As a | | | | cellophane packaging, or if you desire, you can |
| matter of fact, they are said to be an adaptation | | | | pack them in transparent Chinese food containers |
| of a Japanese sweet treat called 'Tsujiura Sembei'. | | | | as well. |
| Being sweet in taste, they were adapted by | | | | So go ahead and make your Memorial Day |
| Makoto for people in the USA. When he offered | | | | celebration even more special with personalized |
| them to the frequent visitors of the tea garden, | | | | red, white and blue fortune Cookies. Enjoy! |
| he inserted 'Thank You' notes in them. The | | | | |