国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「"You will be doomed to be happy in your marriage,” read the fortune tucked away in one of the cookies in this can from the 1930s. Pessimistic wording aside, the cookies in this can are tied to one of the entrepreneurs credited with popularizing the cookie in the United States: David Jung, owner of the Hong Kong Noodle Company. Jung began manufacturing the cookie to be passed out on the streets to the homeless, with Bible passages inside. He began manufacture fortune cookies in tin cans as the demand for canned foods skyrocketed during World War I and canned foods were widely consumed in American homes. “Made especially for that particular hostess who is desirous of serving something different for her bridge luncheons and afternoon teas” reads the label. While some claim Jung introduced the fortune cookies in the United States, others credit Japanese immigrants. Fortune cookies much larger than the ones we know are a regional delicacy in Japan. One widely held theory dates back to 1906, San Francisco. Benkyodo, a Japanese confectionery store in San Francisco, began supplying fortune cookies to a nearby business, the Japanese Tea Garden. Swipe to see the hand skillet mold, called a sembei iron kata, which were used to mold the fortune cookies. (Notice the engraving of Japan’s Mount Fuji.) Some credit the tea garden’s caretaker, Makoto Hagiwara, with introducing the confection. He was said to place thank you notes inside the cookies. Benkyodo continued to be the Japanese Tea Garden’s sole supplier of fortune cookies until the outbreak of World War II, when Japanese Americans in California were sent to internment camps. #SmithsonianFood #APAHM #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #AsianAmericanPacificIslanderHeritageMonth #ChineseFood #ChineseAmericanHistory #JapaneseFood #JapaneseAmericanHistory #FortuneCookie」5月22日 6時22分