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Coming Attractions:
- essays that I have written including:
-Proactive vs. Reactive
- poetry and songs that I have written
- Bubble gum

Fortune Cookies

While the Chinese have no tradition of dessert, one theory of the origin of the fortune cookie is that it was introduced inthe Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco and the idea was pirated by a local Chinese restraunt owner. Most claima Japanese American heritage. The Chinese believe the fortune cookie to be a modern Chinese American interpretation of the moon cake. The most plausible story is from 1918- David Jung, founder of Hong Kong Noodle, invented the fortune cookie as a sweet treat. The process of making them was origianlly done with chopsticks, but Edward Louie made a folding machine for his Lotus Fortune Cookie Company, which is still in existence. Now the fortune cookie is mass prodcuced and widely distributed and exported to China and Hong Kong with fortunes that are written in English. They are however, most popular in the US, with promises of sucess, love, and good fortune.

See pic at bottom of page.

Tootsie Rolls

The Tootsie Roll company began in 1896 when Leo Hirshfield opened a tiny candy shop in NYC. Armed with a confectioner's background, he made a variety of products, including individually wrapped, oblong, chewy, chocolate candy that quickly became a favorite. They were sold for a penny a piece and named after Leo's five year old daughter, Clara, nicknamed, "tootsie". Tootsie Rolls changed Leo's modest corner store a burgeoning, multinational candy corporation. Now, The Tootsie Roll Industries still strictly adhere to Leo's original recipe and they produce more than 62 million Tootsie Rolls a day. Building on the Tootsie Roll's success, the company has expanded to include 22 of the world's favorite candy brands. Their annual sales are nearly a half billion. They are recongnized as one of the world's largest candy producers. Now they have a whole bunch of brands including:

Andes, Candy Carnival, Carmel Apple Pops, Cella Cherries, Charleston Chews, Charms, Cry Baby, Dots, Dubble Bubble, Fluffy Stuff, Junior Mints, Nik-l-nip, Razzles, Sugar Daddy, and of course, TOOTSIE ROLLS!!!!