A well-known American dish, fortune cookies

We aren't scared to defend our beloved North American dishes like General Tso's chicken, Mongolian beef, broccoli beef, lemon chicken, deep-fried spring rolls

that nuclear orange sauce that goes on everything sweet and sour, even when it's served by snobby chefs who think it's less than authentic.

Nonetheless, we give props to the big fortune cookie as the archetypal emblem of all delicious Chinese cuisine that originated in the United States.

Buttery sweet crescents, with origin claims ranging from San Francisco to Los Angeles and even Japan

are today a staple at Chinese restaurants all around the globe—with the obvious exception of China—and were very definitely developed in California in the early 1900s.

We are not afraid to stand up for the honor of North American favorites such as General Tso's chicken, Mongolian beef, broccoli beef, lemon chicken, deep-fried spring rolls, and that nuclear orange sauce that covers anything sweet and sour.

Culinary snobs like to look down their holier-than-thou chopsticks at ABC (American-born Chinese) food, but we are not afraid to stand up for the honor of these dishes.

We, on the other hand, pay tribute to the big fortune cookie since it is the epitome of all the amazing Chinese food that was born in the United States. It is very clear that the buttery sweet crescents were created in California in the early 1900s;

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