Talk:Makoto Hagiwara

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[edit] Makato or Makoto

I have seen this person's name spelled as "Makato" and "Makoto." I created a redirect from "Makato Hagiwara" to this page for now. It would be helpful if someone who knows the preferred spelling could clarify this issue and move this page to "Makato Hagiwara" if necessary.--FreeKresge 04:42, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Fortune Cookie

The fortune cookie appears to be a Japanese invention that was imported. While Hagiwara might have introduced the cookie to American shores, there is almost no evidence to backup such a claim. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/dining/16fort.html Konky2000 (talk) 18:45, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

The article cited above does not dispute the claim that Hagiwara introduced the cookie to America. However, the fortune cookie that was served at the Japanese Tea Garden was very different (mostly its sweet taste) from the Japanese version. The question is whether it was Hagiwara's idea to make these sweet cakes or the bakers who supplied them to him. Even the bakers have produced evidence that the early irons used to produce the cookies had the letters "MH" on them. If the bakers were trying to create a new product on their own, it seems very unlikely that they would have added these letters to the molds. It seems much more likely that they were manufactured at the request of Makoto Hagiwara. The letters on the molds and the change in taste do appear to support the claim that they were "Americanized" by Hagiwara, and that the cookie he created is what we now know as the Chinese fortune cookie. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 05:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)