fortune cookies
Dessert with predictions
Fortune cookies are crisp, folded wafers served at Chinese restaurants in the United States, each containing a slip of paper with a short message—typically a vague prediction, proverb, or piece of advice.
Despite their association with Chinese food, they're an American invention.
The messages have become a cultural joke for their generic optimism: Your fortune cookie was right!
- messageTransmitted communication
- in bedReclining for sleep
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- luckChance affecting outcomes
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