What about the Twinkie?
“What about the Twinkie?”
40-Year-Old Twinkie Just WILL NOT Decompose
BY JAMES ST. JAMES ON JUNE 21, 2016 2:05 PM
In 1976, a chemistry teacher at the George Stevens Academy, in Maine, wanted to see how long it would take for a fresh Twinkie to decompose. He unwrapped it, put it on the chalkboard, and 40 years later, that question is still unanswered, as mould simply refuses to grow on the world’s oldest Twinkie.
Libby Rosemeier, George Stevens Academy’s dean of students, was a student in Professor Roger Bennatti’s class on the day the experiment began.
“We were studying the chemistry of food. We went next door to the store, bought Twinkies and we gave them to Professor Bennatti and [asked him], ‘How many chemicals do you think are in something like this?’” Rosemeier recalls. “He said, ‘Let’s find out and see how long it lasts.’ He opened the Twinkie package, ate one, and put the other one on top of the [chalkboard].” The popular treat remained in his classroom for the next 28 years, until the chemistry teacher retired. From then on, the world’s oldest Twinkie became Rosemeier’s responsibility, and she had her father make a glass case to store it in.
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