Reading leitura (Past)

A fortune cookie is a cookie made from flour, sugar, butter, vanilla and milk. It is baked in the oven and when the cookie is still hot, it is folded around a strip of paper with a prophecy (or fortune). The message inside the cookies sometimes includes a list of lucky numbers.
Fortune cookis in their current version were first served in California by Asian immigrants who based the cookie on a traditional japanese cracker. Believe it of not, these cookies are not popular in China.

In the USA, fortune cookies are usually served after dessert. But in Japan the original cookie (with no fortune inside) is part of a meal. Some Chinese restaurantes in Brazil offer a free portion of fortune cookies together with the check. It is a polite way to thank the clients.

Even people who don't believe in the message can't resit the predictions of wealth and romance that the cookies bring. Who doesn't like to read something like, "You will find the person of your dreams in the future", or "Money will come your way soon?"

"Will I succeed in life?" and "Will I get married?"are questions that a lot of people ask. People love to guess what the future will bring, and fortune cookies are just one- delicious - ways of predictiog the future.