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The History of the Fortune Cookie
It is unknown if the Fortune Cookie has orginiated in China, Japan, or inveted in California. Some informational sources debate that the Fortune Cookie was invented in San Francisco or in Los Angeles. The fortunes typically include recommended lottery numbers, smiley faces, jokes, or advice. Today, the largest manufacturer, Wonton Food Inc located on Long Island, New York produces over 60 million cookies a month.
The cookies are generally called by the English term fortune cookies, even by Chinese Americans. In the Chinese language, fortune cookie has been translated as "good luck label cookie", "good luck cookie", or "lucky label-words cookie".
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