Not really, but I did stumble upon this hilarious vintage Fortune Factory cookie press for making fortune cookies by hand right in your own humble, honorable home. I've never really been a big fan of fortune cookies, tbh, so if I did have the initiative to actually do this, I would heavily modify the recipe to make the damn things taste better. And of course that's barely the point, as a fortune cookie is all about the fortune. Made by Phoenix Cooky Co., Chicago IL (note the two different, though possibly intentional spellings of "cookie" and "cooky" here), my favorite thing about this contraption is the toothy art on the outer lid of the metal press, as well as the illustrations inside the booklet. I had to look around online to find an image of the cut-able fortunes page, as this box didn't even have the sheet included. So thanks to the person out there who took the photo I'm borrowing to complete today's most excellent post, --may oil be discovered on your land. *bows
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Once, years back, I saw a recipe for spiced fortune cookies for an Asian-fusion Thanksgiving. Calling them pumpkin spice might be overdoing it, but it basically did call for the same seasonsings in pumpkin pie (cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice). If I had the ambition they'd go well with my "traditional" Thanksgiving stir-fry...
"Romance will enter your life. Get Ready!!!" That sounds more like a threat then a fortune!
I also liked these gifts that, on the box, act like it's the easy way to make fortune cookies. Really? You've got to shop for the ingredients, mix them all up correctly, heat it, touch the burning hot cookie with your hand, and learn the ancient art of folding them.
Easy bake oven this isn't, and easy bake ovens were actually never that easy!
Second try-
Sometimes you have to think outside the box, or in this case, the cookie.
This could be used to make mini pancakes or mini tortillas for mini tacos.
I do agree with you concerning the taste of fortune cookies, they always taste slightly stale, slightly off whenever I eat them.
The kit should have included a mini spatula to remove the finished product, an oversight on the manufacturers part.
May oil be discovered on your land,
and not because you hit a pipeline while planting a Bodhi Tree.
Reminds me of the all fortune cookie jokes: "Man says that one who flies upside down has crack up!"
Many years ago I had a bunch of fortune cookies made up for a friend's wedding. They were into the party game Mafia, and usually used a deck of cards to help them randomly assign which players were going to be on which side during game play. I thought it would be neat for them to make that determination with hidden messages in fortune cookies instead. I am so damn glad it never occurred to me to try making those cookies myself. Oh man, it would have taken forever. It was cheap enough to get professionals to do it instead.
I think it's cool that the instructions are on the outside of the box. As for the cookies themselves, I've always liked them. They're basically waffle cones, only thinner. And staler.
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