Monday, August 31, 2009

Custom Fortune Cookies Are Super Treats For Celebrations

By Rufus Sprague

One of the lightest and most fun desserts to eat has got to be the fortune cookie, but did you know that you can obtain personalized fortune cookies? Well you can, they make superb party favors, and when people read their fortunes they have a real laugh about them. While it is true that the fortune you get in your cookie hardly ever come true, they certainly give you something to talk about and this in itself can get a party going.

Although the Chinese invented many things, giant fortune cookies do not feature on this long list. According to the history of this interesting cookie it was invented in America, California to be precise and by a Japanese man. Chinese restaurant owners soon cottoned onto the idea of the custom fortune cookie and it is now an accepted cultural norm for them to be served after a meal.

Custom fortune cookies are good to eat and great fun, so the conflict surrounding the history of their invention is not that big a deal. However they were said to have been adapted from a Japanese dish called Tsujiura Sembei. They were originally made by the landscape designer of the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, and he added a little more sugar to cater for American tastes, then inserted thank you notes inside them to serve to the guests at the tea garden. Chinese restaurateurs took to the idea like ducks to water and soon began copying them, but instead of the thank you notes they inserted fortunes.

In keeping with more modern times custom fortune cookies now contain lottery-like lucky numbers and more trite fortunes. However it is possible for you to insert your own little bits of wisdom if you decide you want to serve personalized fortune cookies at a celebration.

Thinking up your own fortunes will add a more personal touch to them and make them great fun to read. These cookies have become great favorites as party favors. If your party or celebration has a particular them, they may also be decorated to fit in with the theme.

These are very original little treats and they will serve you well regardless of the celebration you are planning. You can use personalized fortune cookies at weddings, corporate functions, birthdays and in fact any special occasion on your events calendar. They can be given to guests as they depart or served with their coffee or dessert, they are delicious.

The makers of jumbo fortune cookies are able to frost them or dip them in different colored chocolate. It just depends what you want. They can be decorated with vermicelli or sprinkles, even nuts if no one has a nut allergy. The jumbo fortune cookies are packaged separately and can be ordered up to two months in advance

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