Are fortune cookies true? Are the fortunes really real?
2007-09-14 13:53:32 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Depends on what you think. Half the fortunes are good advice, so those definitely are real. The others might be, might not
2007-09-14 14:00:12 · answer #1 · answered by sargeantb2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fortune Cookie is a delicate, crisp cookie from flour, sugar, butter, vanilla, and milk which is baked around a fortune, a piece of paper with words of faux wisdom or vague prophecy. It is usually served with Chinese food as a dessert in the United States. The message inside may also include a list of lucky numbers (used by some as lottery numbers) and a Chinese phrase with translation. Despite conventional wisdom, they were actually invented in California.
The non-Chinese origin of the fortune cookie is humorously illustrated in Amy Tan's 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club, in which a pair of Chinese immigrant women find jobs at a fortune cookie factory in America. They are amused by the unfamiliar concept of a fortune cookie but, after several hilarious attempts at translating the fortunes into Chinese, come to the conclusion that the cookies contain not wisdom, but "bad instruction."
There is a common joke involving fortune cookies that involves appending "in bed" or "between the sheets" to the end of the fortune, usually creating a sexual innuendo or other bizarre messages (e.g., "Every exit is an entrance to new experiences [in bed]"). [5] A similar joke appends "with a battle axe" (e.g. "You will solve your greatest problem [with a battle axe]").
Although many people "DO NOT" take the message in a fortune cookie as a serious oracular device, many of them consider it part of the game that the entire cookie must be consumed in order for the fortune to come true. Variations on this idea include not eating the cookie if a fortune seems unlucky, or the idea that the entire cookie must be eaten before the fortune is read. Or conversely, the fortune must be read before any of the cookie is eaten. Some people believe the fortune will not come true if it is read aloud. Additionally, the fortune is said to come true if one uses "your lucky numbers" on the back of the fortune to play, and win, a game of Krypto.
2007-09-14 14:36:51 · answer #2 · answered by tan f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fortunes in the fortune cookies are written by someone who works at the Fortune cookie company. The larger fortune cookie companies actually hire someone full time to think of new fortunes for the fortune cookies and also maintain the repertoire of fortunes in their collection.
Here's a funny article from the New Yorker about who does the fortune writing at Wonton Food which is one of the largest makers of Fortune cookies:
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/06/06/050606...
2007-09-14 14:01:56 · answer #3 · answered by me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is someing that I i seen,............................... Sorry if i dose not help. Chinese legend Although fortune cookies are a modern invention, there's a circulated legend that attempts to link a possible origin from Chinese history. According to this legend, in the 14th century, when the Mongols ruled China, a revolutionary named Chu Yuan Chang planned an uprising against them. He used mooncakes to pass along the date of the uprising to the Chinese by replacing the yolk in the center of the mooncake with the message written on rice paper. The Mongols did not care for the yolks, so the plan went on successfully and the Ming Dynasty began. It is claimed that the Moon Festival celebrates this with the tradition of giving mooncakes with messages inside. Immigrant Chinese railroad workers, without the ingredients to make regular mooncakes, made biscuits instead. It is these biscuits that may have later inspired fortune cookies. The non-Chinese origin of the fortune cookie is humorously illustrated in Amy Tan's 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club, in which a pair of Chinese immigrant women find jobs at a fortune cookie factory in America. They are amused by the unfamiliar concept of a fortune cookie but, after several hilarious attempts at translating the fortunes into Chinese, come to the conclusion that the cookies contain not wisdom, but "bad instruction." Fortune cookies have become an iconic symbol in American culture, inspiring many products. There is fortune cookie-shaped jewelry, a fortune cookie-shaped Magic 8 Ball, silver-plated fortune cookies. There is a common joke involving fortune cookies that involves appending "between the sheets" or "in bed" to the end of the fortune, usually creating a sexual innuendo or other bizarre messages (e.g., "Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall [in bed]").[9] Although many people do not take the message in a fortune cookie as a serious oracular device, many of them consider it part of the game that the entire cookie must be consumed in order for the fortune to come true.[10] Variations on this idea include not eating the cookie if a fortune seems unlucky, or eating the entire cookie as well as the fortune, or the idea that the entire cookie must be eaten before the fortune is read. Conversely, the fortune must be read before any of the cookie is eaten. While some people believe the fortune will not come true if it is read aloud, or read at all, other people follow rules involving how the cookie is selected—including selecting a cookie with closed eyes, passing a cookie to another person at the table, or choosing the cookie that seems to be pointing directly at you.[
2016-05-19 22:35:16 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get a real fortune. It seems like I always get fortunes that tell me to do things or act a certain way or be happy; but a fortune is supposed to be a glimpse into the future. I never see real fortunes in fortune cookies anymore. Maybe because they were wrong and people started complaining. lol.
2007-09-14 14:01:07 · answer #5 · answered by Eisbär 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, they're just little fortunes typed up and stuffed into cookies during the fortune cookie making process.
2007-09-14 14:01:22 · answer #6 · answered by spoof ♫♪ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fortune cookies are NOT chinese. they were invented by americans in the 20's or 30's and are just fun.
2007-09-14 14:01:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe them, but I have a story.
At the rehearsal dinner just before my wedding, my wife to be was sitting right next to me when I got a fortune cookie that said, "Eternal happiness is sitting right next to you." How romantic!
2007-09-14 14:00:49 · answer #8 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
is fortune cookie an animal i've never heard of? if no, then why is this a zoology question?
2007-09-14 14:00:27 · answer #9 · answered by King John 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say no plus god does not like fortunes just to tell you so dont beleive the cookies!
2007-09-14 13:59:59 · answer #10 · answered by fReDs526 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋