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.
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.