Although the fortunes in the cookies are just meant for fun, it s really exciting when they come true, even if it s a sheer co incidence. They seem delighted by this concept of fortune cookies, and after innumerable attempts at translating the written fortunes into their native Chinese language, they conclude that the fortunes are not words of wisdom, but some bad instructions. Fortune cookies have really come a long way. It was apparently due to the internment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War. The fortune cookies batter is made of flour, sugar, eggs and oil, among other things. Primarily a confectionery item made by Japanese Americans, it soon spread to the Chinese American community during World War II.Prior to the 20th century, fortune cookies were produced by hand. Some other enthusiasts select fortune cookies with closed eyes and there are many who select the cookies which seem to be pointing at them. This machine could produce fortune cookies in bulk, which caused a reduction in the prices of fortune cookies, and then most of the Chinese restaurants started offering fortune cookies as desserts. Also, the fortune should never be read aloud. This changed after Shuck Yee, a Californian, invented a machine to make fortune cookies.Even though fortune cookies were not known a long time ago, a legend can explain how they originated.Fortune cookies are among those things in life to which you can never say no.It might have come to your attention that most of the fortune cookies (including the chocolate fortune cookies), are quite soft when they are taken out of the oven, but they harden as they start cooling. In the novel, a couple of Chinese immigrant women wind up with jobs at an American fortune cookie producing factory. Also, people don t eat the cookie if the fortune is unlucky (which is never the case these days!). Other believers have it that prior to reading the fortune, the cookie must be consumed.