Fortune Cookies Not Found in China? (From The Fortune Cookie Chronicles)

[HAINE817]

フォーチュンクッキーは日本人が作ったものだよ

欧米の中華料理店が売るようになってから中国のクッキーだと誤解­されちゃってるけど・・・

[rotcataergeht]

WHAT the hell is fortune cookie?? im azn.

[wherestheskyx]

:O but how are they not in china?! its asian food!!!! where do they come from?! im confusedd!!! DDD:

[Tihmily2007]

@wherestheskyx The fortune cookie did not originate from China. Fortune cookies are actually a dish made by the Japanese. The Japanese brought the practice over to America, Canada etc. However because the Japanese were interned during WWII, the Chinese immigrants began to produce the cookies themselves since there was a large market for it from the American public. So yes, it IS Asian food, but I sincerely hope you know that "Asia" is not just China...

[wherestheskyx]

@Tihmily2007 of course i know asia is not just china ;D thanks for taking the time to explain that to me :3

[Tihmily2007]

@wherestheskyx No problem!

[amatrrosivi]

Fortune Cookies even dont have an unified name in Chinese language.

But I have eaten it in Taiwan, just because as a gift from a classmate come back from America. and she pointed to it and said that it is snack in America.

[AutumnPolitics]

stupid gooks arent even advanced enough for fortune cookies

[SatanUberAlles]

The gook scum that live in china will kill and eat anything - especially endagered animals, babies, and their own urine. There is a good reason they are so ugly and their skin is the color of piss ... asia is the world's biggest toilet and china is the biggest turd floating in it ...

[amatrrosivi]

@SatanUberAlles = =

[s9729126c]

believe me, the subtitles are real

[jiapau]

You be surprised theres alot more of these.

[chicoglam]

@seanrodrigo We eat Nachos in Mexico, but we call them Totopos, it's just fried tortilla like Doritos the yellow cheese is the one not Mexican but now it's very popular

[xHuzza]

Before i watch this video i know why they arent in china. Fortune cookies were invented in little china town in California

[QuickProfits]

@xHuzza The exact provenance of fortune cookies is unclear, though various immigrant groups in California claim to have popularized them in the early 20th century,

[flylikeacow]

MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN A LIE.

[Busha69]

There are no fortune cookies in chinese restaurants in Europe as well...(at least around here)

[Zdudeisme]

I thought Fortune Cookies were made in China Town?

[vus1000]

fortune cookie was invented by some chinese guy to fool u white folks while making money off of it :D

[senarodrigo]

Like nachos to Mexicans

[Palangkaraya2008]

Fortune cookie was invented in San Fransisco.

[CodeXero]

.. my whole life is a lie

[Axtech65]

lol i'm chinese n i've always wonder y american chinese restaurants serve fortune cookies...i've onli had it 1 time when my cousin took it back from america a few years back...

[DrBjamin]

TEAM AMERICA.... FUCK YEAH!

[jnaggs]

@Smashingflies yeah, but what they called pizza was little more than sliced tomato on flatbread. maybe even parmesan. it took america to make pizza awesome.

[cloud6060]

@jnaggs American pizza is disgusting and fattening.

[DrBjamin]

AMERICA!~!@!@@1

[MKAG212]

Chinese look happy......... why all the noise about nuking china?

[wkunzelman1]

@MKAG212 I don't know about anyone saying anything about "nuking China" but I know Chinese life isn't nearly as good as most other countries due to it's massive population and pollution issues. Some of the rivers are absolutely horrible-looking and are no longer able to be a water supply. Also they have very tiny living spaces in the cities.

[DrBjamin]

Cmon people... they're called fortune cookies.. not CHINESE cookies. Things were invented in San Francisco's Chinatown to boost sales... and I think they even started in a tea shop, not a restaurant. From chow mein to pizza to burritos... they look like "authentic foods" but 100% American made baby! :)

[LuminousFireflies]

@DrBjamin

The modern pizza originated from Italy, and dates back as far as the Roman Empire, though slightly different. Burritos originated from Mexico. Chow mein is an American-Chinese cuisine, so not 100% American there either.

I will now go and eat my "100% authentic Swedish" meatballs with lingonberries.

Seriously though who cares where a dish was invented? As long as it's tasty I'm happy!

[DrBjamin]

@LuminousFireflies Wrong sir... wrrooonnnng. The burrito as we all know and love it, was invented here in America. Burritos from Mexico were only meat, with machaca occasionally mixed in, and small. Closer to your taquitos. The addition of beans, rice, guacamole, pico de gallo, etc... are 100% American. As I stated... AMERICA ALWAYS MAKES IT BETTER!!!

[LuminousFireflies]

@DrBjamin

That's not inventing, that's building upon an idea. The burrito was invented in Mexico, but like you said, Americans filled them with other foods.

Can you prove your statement about America always making better things? Have you eaten food from every other country? I don't think so. America, like the rest of the world, makes delicious food. And that's that.

[DrBjamin]

@LuminousFireflies I'm sorry, but if taking an old idea and building on it isn't a new thing... then there hasn't been anything new invented in several millennia.

[LuminousFireflies]

@DrBjamin

Really, so you mean the cavemen had television? Cars, airplanes, computers, phones? Taking an old idea and making it fresh and new is fine, but completely disregarding the idea's history is just insulting.

[DrBjamin]

What are you blathering about? We see birds fly, and say to ourselves, I want to fly too. So we study how they do it, and learn, and build artificially what already existed for millions of years. You think pizza was invented by the Italians?? Christ man, they didnt even have TOMATOES until America was discovered. Same with corn, potatoes, chocolate, vanilla, even chilis! Trust me.. all we've done is taken old foods, and made them BETTER... so wtf is "new" by your definition. GO AMERICA!!

[LuminousFireflies]

@DrBjamin

You're completely missing my point, and your patriotism is just making me facepalm.

[MichaelHowrie]

@LuminousFireflies If I could thumbs up this comment more, I would (:

[DrBjamin]

@LuminousFireflies AMERICA!!!!

[Style386]

@DrBjamin Yerr America is number one YERR! America is greatest country ever. Yerr. I wish i was American since Americans are so cool! Yerr all i eat is McDonalds everyday now I want to be just like Americans. You are my hero. America is so cool. I love you American. I want to have babies with an American. I want to be American. So cool. Number one. America is Amazing. Go America!

[ArashixArashi]

@Style386 What exactly is... yerr?

[Style386]

@ArashixArashi It's how patriotic Americans from the south say Yeah. Their mouths are full of shit so they can't speak like normal descent human beings. They spend their spare time buying confederate flags that match their shotguns while bitching about immigrants. YERRR AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE!

[cloud6060]

@Style386 Haha nice one but what is yerr supposed to be?

[TechnologyInvalid]

@DrBjamin I live in the US, and I have to live with the stereotype people like you create. Blind patriotism doesn't do anything in favor of America's reputation; if anything, it makes it worse.

[DrBjamin]

@TechnologyInvalid OMG.. do you dipshits have your heads so far up your own asses that you can't tell sarcasm when you see it?  You also just assume that I'm American. Christ, the average IQ in America must be 80.

[DrBjamin]

@TechnologyInvalid  And on that note... ... AMERICA!!!!

[TechnologyInvalid]

@DrBjamin Calm down. And I didn't "assume," you plainly referred to yourself as "we" when speaking about America, which would imply that you, yourself, are American. But, to be fair, you did a pretty good job of sounding like any number of ignorant, American teenagers who are blindly patriotic because their parents tell them it's "right." If you're mocking that, then I'm on your side.

[cloud6060]

@DrBjamin Pizza was invented by the chinese.

[DrBjamin]

@cloud6060 Hey dipshit.. try using the internet for what it was intended... research and information.. instead of running your uneducated mouth. As per the internets .. "Pizza - Originating in Italy, from the Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world."

[cloud6060]

@DrBjamin Hm thanks for being so kind you piece of shit. I was just saying what I heard once. And I suggest you get some practice in trolling before you fuck with me.

[DrBjamin]

@cloud6060 Sigh.. its too bad you didnt check first before opening your big mouth. Maybe you'll learn for next time lil boy. Maybe... ..

[cloud6060]

@DrBjamin Why would I bother with checking something completely useless? And you need to learn where your place on here is and it sure isn't fucking with people probably 4 years older than you, little boy.

[Tihmily2007]

@LuminousFireflies DrBjamin does have a point - there hasn't been anything 'new' invented in several years...maybe even millenniums. Humans may have acquired new technology but that doesn't mean the technology doesn't reflect on something that came from a distant past, even the 'cavemen' past. Marshall McLuhan has demonstrated that 'new' technology just obsolesces past technology, reflects something found in nature, retrieves the past, and enhances and accelerates something already existing.

[LuminousFireflies]

@Tihmily2007

There is a fine line between idea and reality. Although I agree partly with you, I need to commend you on a job well done in answering something that was written half a year ago.

[Tihmily2007]

@LuminousFireflies Though McLuhan's Laws are pretty well realized nowadays even though he wasn't taken too seriously in his time - I'm not sure how much it is an idea by this point.

Thank you, I personally take pride in inputing my opinion. After all, beyond the videos, Youtube could have a community in the comments.

[kokofisher]

Just like pizza is invented in New York's Little Italy, fortune cookies are invented in San Francisco's Chinatown! Who says Americans dont have good food!!!

[gregariousimp]

Huh. That is wicked interesting.

[happybea]

i've been living a lie all this time D:

[efedude77]

fortune cookie my ass

[xxli0nd4ncexx]

fortune cookies were invented in los angeles

[hoasenhong]

LOL this is so true. Asian people growing up over there have never known of fortune cookies. It's only in the US and a few other western countries.

[sage4000]

@hoasenhong that is interesting.

[starlmo]

in america not africa or europe or anartica that is awweweewiryhfhsduijalkf;opdwea­srdfome

[wilsxf314]

Fortune cookies were invented here in America by Japanese immigrants who first crafted them in San Francisco Golden Gate Park.

[starlmo]

really omfg i sooooooooooo needed to know that so i could live my life i was about to kill myself until i saw this comment

[Bidmartinlo]

Maybe it's japanese?

[Yumimimi100]

@Bidmartinlo  It's not Japanese or Korean it's american.

[Bioloser]

I am Chinese and I have never heard of fortune cookies until I was like 15 when someone on MTV mentioned it being a Chinese cuisine? o-o

[BobMarley211]

i invented the chinese cookie.

[KPop021]

you also invented retarded niggers.

[BobMarley211]

ur a fucking wierdo dude, please leave me alone

[51674]

lol fortune cookies were designed for westerners by chinese in north america

[boikimvideos]

communists, they'll ban just about anything.

[maomao667]

@boikimvideos

you fucking motherfucker

[varietyshowsingapore]

i think that is really mean !! MAN IM CHINESE!! THAT'S JUST MEAN

[Douken]

dude, Fortune Cookies were invented in California by chinese imigrants lol

[bussbass]

Funny. Did you know that what us "americans" know as "Chinese" food is not actually Chinese? When the Chinese were helping build the railroads they would cook traditional dishes which the Americans didnt care for. So they changed the recipes to suit our tastebuds.Its True !!

[HeilTurner]

That's such a minor detail. Who gives a shit? They changed an ingredient or two, so now it isn't Chinese?

[alliebear2009]

how fucking ironic.

[AkatsukiCookies]

lol, xD You can watch meh vid of how to make them <3

[eunicep79]

I'm from Asia and I've never seen a fortune cookie before. How exactly does it taste?

[musicmakr123]

like vanilla wafers.

[sammythewalrus]

Like a manila folder.

[Hiredguns23]

like an icecream cone

[TeaWithGeorge]

@eunicep79 Well, it tastes kind of like a vanilla cracker or wafer. It's sweet, but not too sweet. Very crunchy! I go to Chinatown and buy them in bulk to eat. So good~

[vermonofdeceit]

whenever u read a fortune cookie fortune say "in the bedroom" at the end, 9 times outta 10 it will sound really funny!lol

[scumfuc616]

i ate those cookies now i have super ninja powers

[carkus80]

mmmmmm... i want cookie! GIEF COOKIE NOW ! =)

[panteraboosh]

i just bought a pack of 12 fuck the fortune i want the cookie

!!!

[trenchnurse]

You may be right about LA, but you do realize that Puerto Rico is US territory...right? It doesnt matter either way because the cookies are probably made by machines now.

The point I was making is that the fortune cookie was invented right here in America, not in China.

[trenchnurse]

Youre talking about White Rabbit Creamy candy. All of the fortune cookies Ive eaten in my life came from one of two places...Brooklyn and Los Angeles.

[dodgerdodgerbubodger]

The girl in 00:13 is pretty sexy.

If I was where she lived, there would be one billion and ONE Chinese about nine months later.

[bdot21]

hehe! Where did u find fortune cookies in China?

[whitman1989]

very interesting, nos engañan

[12ac1st]

fortune cookies and sweet and sour or orange chicken are an chinese american invention.

[animally1]

OMG...ill traslate it to spanish, people need know this.

[kanee97]

U know when you have 2 fortune cookies of your own both of them will say the same thing....that lets you know that they are real

[tsttm]

Funny video.

But why are people surprised? Have you ever been to a north american chinese restaurant that has chinese patrons? Have you ever seen those chinese people get served fortune cookies?

A funny follow up vid would be to get north american chinese people's reaction to getting served fortune cookies at chinese restaurants. I think they'll be slightly insulted (like being given a fork at a chinese restaurant)...

[pincheeddie2000]

In china, those cookies R a doggie treat... you know!! to cach them. LMOF

[lVlaplejuice]

heheheh lol:D

[hsingyihkai]

If you fixed the audio issues with this vid, you might have a winner.

[TheRundownHeadsUp]

Wow. Very interesting.

[ibitoshi]

I've always considered Fortune Cookies one of the most American food out there, kinda like Egg Fuyoon. Yeah good luck finding that dish in China.

[mrzack888]

stupid chinese people, don't even know what a fortune cookie is, they forgot their own culture and heritigage.

[naturalspringaquifer]

you're kidding, right?

[naturalspringaquifer]

you're kidding, right, mrzack888?

[InitialFS]

and you're either a stupid troll trying to start sh*t or an idiot who can't even read a post just 3 below yours. Either way, you're an attention whore. Hope that was enough to feed you troll.

[InitialFS]

or answer 3, you're a Chinese person trying to be funny (still a troll). My mistake.

[cosplaygirl100]

tell ya the truth it's not really a chinese thing... it was made in the US and only used in the US to only fool stupid white people... so no they don't know what it is because it's not from china!

[theeponym]

You're wrong on both counts.

1) It's not used in just the U.S.A

2) Fool stupid white people? Fool them how? The cookie is based off another one that comes from Japan. I guess the Japanese were fooling themselves? And it was Japanese people who came up with the American fortune cookie and introduced it into California.

[cosplaygirl100]

dude whatever >_> but no one should go and say the chinese are stupid for not knowing what a fortune cookie is .... but anyway it doesn't matter ! at least the chinese said said it was good XD

[Yumimimi100]

@theeponym Well since it was introduced into California, and the americans mass-produced it, I guess it's american now?

[toriewolf]

Not true. And its a rude and racist thing to say stupid white people.

[toriewolf]

I agree with everyone else.. your comment was rasist, rude and uneducated.

[andrew3656]

LOOOOOL nice one

[pincheeddie2000]

The fortune cookie was "invented" (as a concept) in San Francisco california, by chinese inmigrants. That makes the fortune cookie an american treat, just like the Burrito, souht of the border, mexicans do not know what a Burrito is.which is ironic because is consider mexican food.

[scullyy]

it makes it a chinese immigrant treat

[MadTVonTV]

Holy crap that is ironic.

[u2b408]

rofl - not surprised...

[RhythmHappy]

Lol wow.

[wolfmanjim]

I loved the double take by the girl in the gray blouse at 0:16.

[X4nd3rSB]

4st comment

[KellyClarksonRocks]

lol forutne cookies were created to trick silly white people, im being honest xD

[youtubasoarus]

Weren't fortune cookies first invented in San Francisco, California?

[DeadTaco]

Yeah, I believe that's correct.

[bumblefreak]

Uh, actually they were invented in Kyoto, Japan. It's not clear how it jumped the pond, but it is believed that an enterprising Chinese/Japanese restaurateur tried it in Japan and brought it over to use in opening his new restaurant. It spread from there.