this, and whether any area can “claim” it as their own invention. Out here, ghastly commercial preservative-laden “cakes” (sort of like twinkie cake) are used at the festivals, but at home, most people...

, who loved it. Made Twinkies from yellow cake mix+water with a can of frosting. I’m still tempted to make a Frito-Pie on the engine manifold if I’m ever severely dehydrated, although my '88 VW would probably impart a...

Twinkies and swilling Mountain Dew is healthier than this. Run for your life!!!

me in. Let me waddle through the Wendy’s and the Burger Kings I love, Don’t fence me in. Let me be by myself with a sack of Twinkies And listen to the murmur of my overstressed arteries Send me off to dinner but I ask you...

Exactly JCap! If I see one more episode of Marc Summers showing us how they make Hostess Twinkies or Wrigley’s bubble gum I’ll foam at the mouth. The best cooking shows I think are on PBS (Lydia, Fast Food My Way with...

was going. Here in St. Louis I think it was Gus’s pretzels and gooey butter cake. I did once get my panties in something of a bunch over a last-minute invitation to a potluck-style reunion, and took six boxes of snack cakes...

. A twinkie would have been better. When we said something about it they just comped us a cup of tea (not the dessert). I’ll visit one more time before I make my mind up totally.

. This year: deep-fried Twinkies, Oreos, and apparently deep-fried Coke. http://cs.calgarystampede.com/food-fun/food-and-dining.html

If a long shelf life is an indicator of quality, Twinkies must be the ultimate food. As noted repeatedly elsewhere in this thread, organic milk has a longer shelf life than conventional milk because it’s pasteurized at a...

to make those things from scratch. I like tomato soup — but only from Campbells I like Twinkies — the more flourescent yellow, the better. I like HFCS — I would buy it in bulk if I could. I like MSG —...

in to details here of what consequences that has (for more info google Slow Food). Pepsi, Twinkies, and Foster Farms chickens don’t exactly fit in to that philosophy, hence why soft drinks are sort of limited. Secondly, if...

on twinkies and meat for as long as i’ve known him. i really, really perversely enjoy sneaking veggies into his food when he comes over for dinner.

to Kraft, Campbells, and hot dogs) and I probably didn’t drink pop until I was 9 or 10 years old, and mostly ate a lot of healthy veggies, fruits, and meats. So...these days, I enjoy my processed crap: -SPAM -Cheese Whiz -Fake...

that will never change. Live YOUR life not other people’s. Does it matter to you if someone else eats a Twinkie? It’s easy to bash chains but also easy to forget the crummy local restaurants that used to dot the...

would never let up. Nothing lessened it and anything liquid seemed to intensify it. I will add: Baker’s chocolate – come on, you know you did this ONCE Cow Tales – caramel stick with Twinkie filling, there is a...