爱看美剧的人可能都发现了,里面的美国人特别爱吃中餐外卖,美国的“中餐馆”也是遍地开花,虽然里面卖的大部分东西都是中国没有的假中餐。

而其中最臭名昭著的应该就是幸运饼干 fortune cookie

一个U型枕一样的空心饼干,里面会有一张小纸条,通常是吉祥话或者什么吉凶预测。

这玩意儿已经成了美国中餐馆的标配,搞得很多美国年轻人都以为它是中国特色,说这是“中式签饼” Chinese fortune cookie

但我们显然没有在中国见到过这个东西,更别说它是特色了。事实上它也确实和中国没关系,它是旧金山的一个日本厨师发明的,原型也是日本的签饼:

日式签饼。图片来源:

只是它后来不知道为什么在中餐馆开花了,而不是日餐馆。

The Chinese fortune cookie was invented by a Japanese resident of San Francisco. As far back as the 19th century, a cookie very similar in appearance to the modern fortune cookie was made in Kyoto, Japan; and there is a Japanese temple tradition of random fortunes, called omikuji. The Japanese version of the cookie differs in several ways: they are a little bit larger; are made of darker dough; and their batter contains sesame and miso rather than vanilla and butter. They contain a fortune; however, the small slip of paper was wedged into the bend of the cookie rather than placed inside the hollow portion. This kind of cookie is called tsujiura senbei (辻占煎餅) and is still sold in some regions of Japan, especially in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. It is also sold in the neighborhood of Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine in Kyoto.
中式签饼是由一位居住在旧金山的日本人发明的。早在19世纪,日本京都就有一种与现代签饼非常相似的饼干;而且在日本的寺庙里有抽签卜运的传统,这种传统又被称为“omikuji”(御神签)。日式签饼有一些不同点:日式签饼要大一些,而且是用深色的面团做成的,另外,面糊里会加入芝麻和日本豆腐,而不是香草和黄油。签饼里有一张签纸,不过这张小纸条被塞进了饼干弯曲的部分,而不是空心的部分。这种饼干被称为“辻占煎餅”,目前在日本部分地区仍有出售,特别是在石川县金泽市。另外,在京都伏见稻荷神社附近也有出售。

 

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