Posted on 11/17/2012 10:20:49 AM PST by DogByte6RER
Honestly, I’ve always craved Twinkies, but once I eat one, they have always tasted like they were loaded with chemicals and I’d just feel very disappointed after eating one.
Some enterprising capitalist really should bring the back an even BETTER tasting, less chemically enhanced Twinkie, ala capitalist production style (sans union), and possibly make a million bucks ....or more. Re-hire all the union people who never GOT a chance to vote, or make THEIR voices heard ...and go to town.
I agree with you! Bring them back only better. I think it is a nostalgia thing with many of us. I hate to see them disappear because of that. I have craved them occasionally too. Sad the state we have come to.
Twinkies are not so unique as all that.
http://www.littledebbie.com/products/CloudCakes.asp
Made in America in a non-union factory.
Your tombstone is cute but I gotta disagree with the epitaph. It should say, “Loved by ALL, died after a long battle with self-centered, greedy union bastards.”
The Daddy Longlegs is a nice touch. Bet it liked Twinkies too :)
I cemented my status as a redneck by going to the nearby Hostess Outlet store and waiting in line to get some goodies. The gal in front of me had the last box of Ding Dongs and if I had realized in time she was buying her entire cart load with a food stamp card, I would have grabbed them!
James Alexander Dewar (February 5, 1897 June 30, 1985) was the inventor of the Twinkie, killer of millions.
I think the ingredients have changed significantly sine the 50’s. Cane sugar —> HFCS, etc.
I think the ingredients have changed significantly since the 50’s. Cane sugar —> HFCS, etc.
Kinda like those semi-soft orange marshmallow peanuts that show up around Easter time (What orange peanuts have to do with Easter is a mystery to me). Every year I see them, and perhaps prompted by some childhood remembrance, I buy them... I eat three or four out of the bag, and then mid-way to the mouth with the next one, the gag reflex kicks in, and I need no more at all till next year...
McDonald's 'food' has much the same effect... but over a longer time frame... LOVE IT... Can't get enough... for about three months... then again, mid-way through a Big Mac... !GAG!... no more for a year or two...
Go figger.
I am not a Twinkie fan... Hostess's demise will do little to me, except for pink Snowballs (which since my teens have been referred to by a rather bawdy nickname), and their crappy glazed doughnuts which I personally like better than almost any other doughnut with morning coffee. But even those are a small loss - I really should be supporting my local baker anyhoo... And an apple fritter or bear-claw will do nicely.
They had a great shelf life. Best if eaten within 12 years (25 if wrapper still intact).
Not gonna miss Hostess and their inappropriately named snack cakes - Twinkies, Ho Ho’s and Ding Dongs.
There is a tremendous opportunity in making our favorites the right way ,,, Oreo cookies stink compared to the discontinued Hydrox ... Chips Ahoy cookies are always undercooked and lacking in brown sugar no matter the bakery ,, twinkies can be made and made better also ...
I would love to open a bakery in NYC ,, where the money is ,, using Ebbingers recipes .. they closed because of stupidity ,, opened too many outlets and got caught up in debt ,, but they had the absolute best product.
I'm going to add some fruit to the cake and juice to the creme.
My kids love Zingers and Twinkies...
I haven’t had a twinkie in at least 40 or 50 years, if then. I think I had ONE. And I haven’t had any Wonderbread since my mother fed it to me when I was a kid.
Still, this is a real shame.
We all have our unique taste preferences.
I never could stand Little Debbie. I think I tried one of their cakes once. I feel the same about Tastykake. They’re truly horrendous.
I think I’m about to test many different ersatz Twinkie recipes...
And when the factory cooks brownies everyone in NW Arkansas gains five pounds just from the smell! Heavenly!
Yep, the Gentry area is one of the nicest spots on the planet.
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