Happy Chinese New Year !
But these are perfect for Valentine gift giving ....
- Supplies Needed:
4″ circles of colored felt
3″ strips of twill tape or ribbon
3.5″ of pipecleaner
Hot Glue/Gun
Use a big mug or plate that is 4 inches across and trace the circle onto the felt with a pencil. Cut the pipecleaner to fit inside each felt circle. Just like this picture below. Cut the twill tape or ribbon to 3 inches. Squeeze a line of hot glue across the felt circle. Then place the pipecleaner in the glue. use a felt market to write your fortune on twill tape. then place in middle and fold. Push and pinch the center in. The pipecleaner will hold the shape and make the fortune cookie reusable.
| Fortune Cookie History Fortune cookies have a very unique and mysterious origin. Fortune Cookie HistoryThe Mysterious Origin of the Fortune CookieMuch to most Americans' surprise, the fortune cookie is not a Chinese invention.  Fortune Cookies Actually Originated in California! It is actually an American invention originating in California. There are many theories, and much speculation surrounding the mysterious origin of the fortune cookie, regarding in which city the fortune cookie originated and who invented it--Chinese-American, Japanese-American or 14th century revolutionists--there has been much debate. In 1983, there was even a mock trial held in San Francisco's pseudo-legal Court of Historical Review to determine the origins of the fortune cookie.Legendary History of the Fortune Cookie #1The Chinese immigrant, David Jung, who founded the Hong Kong Noodle Company while living in Los Angeles, invented the cookie in 1918. Concerned about the poor people he saw wandering near his shop, he created the cookie and passed them out free on the streets. Each cookie contained a strip of paper with an inspirational Bible scripture on it, written for Jung by a Presbyterian minister. Legendary History of the Fortune Cookie #2Others claim a Japanese immigrant, Makoto Hagiwara, invented the fortune cookie in San Francisco. Hagiwara, a designer of the famous Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, was an avid gardener until an anti-Japanese mayor fired him from his job around the turn of the last century. Later a new mayor did reinstate him. In 1914, to show his deep appreciation to friends who had stood by him during his time of hardship, Hagiwara made a cookie and placed a thank you note inside. After passing them out to those who had helped him, he began serving them regularly at the Japanese Tea Garden. In 1915, they were displayed at the Panama-Pacific Exhibition, San Francisco's world fair. Legendary History of the Fortune CookieIn the early 1900s a plan was hatched to transform San Francisco's Chinatown from a ghetto into a cute tourist attraction. San Francisco's Chinatown promised tourists a real Oriental experience. The city promoted their Chinese decorations, pageantry and architecture. Supposedly, increased tourism led to the invention of the fortune cookie to fill the void of a dessert item. To fill the tourists' demands for a dessert, a worker in San Francisco's Kay Heong Noodle Factory invented a plain flat cookie in the 1930s. This plain flat cookie, while still warm, was folded around a little piece of paper on which a hand-written prediction or piece of Chinese wisdom would be found. |
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