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Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:31 pm
by gigabite
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/201 ... on-july-15They are back, well almost, July 15. There is no doubt now that the Mayans were wrong about the end of the world.
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:02 pm
by WeatherGuesser
Anybody ever figure out what kind of space-age polymer they're made of?
Re: Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:03 pm
by WxAmber
i wish they were gluten free...maybe i just have to eat the middle.
Re: Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:49 am
by Kalrany
They contain gluten? Funny -- that sounds too food-like for a Twinkie....
Re: Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:05 pm
by vbhoutex
I may have had a total of 5 twinkies in my entire life. Never did develop a taste for them. Maybe it was my body reacting to those "space age polymers".
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:50 am
by gigabite
Mom was always big on desert, even for lunch. On Saturday we would have a sit down lunch of grilled Spam sandwiches, a Twinkie, and a glass of milk. I am from a big family, and half the neighborhood would be over. It was fun
> back in the day we didn't have dry whole wheat toast, and green tea with X-Box on the side. There was only 3 broadcast channels and green fields that were mowed sometimes where we played soccer and baseball.
Re: Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:33 pm
by angelwing
Never could acquire a taste for them...I would rather have Peanut Butter Tandycakes:)
Re: Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:52 pm
by WeatherGuesser
angelwing wrote:Never could acquire a taste for them...I would rather have Peanut Butter Tandycakes:)
I got into those chocolate covered peanut butter wafer crunchy things for a while. Loved 'em. But so did my waistline until half my pants wouldn't fit any more.
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Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 7:36 pm
by vbhoutex
gigabite wrote:Mom was always big on desert, even for lunch. On Saturday we would have a sit down lunch of grilled Spam sandwiches, a Twinkie, and a glass of milk. I am from a big family, and half the neighborhood would be over. It was fun
> back in the day we didn't have dry whole wheat toast, and green tea with X-Box on the side. There was only 3 broadcast channels and green fields that were mowed sometimes where we played soccer and baseball.
Dang!! You are old!! Sounds like something I could have written and do remember minus the twinkies.
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:48 pm
by Cyclenall
They never left here in Canada, I saw them on the shelves during the whole process of Hostess going boom. I have never had a single Twinkie in my life.
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:22 am
by Kalrany
vbhoutex wrote:gigabite wrote:Mom was always big on desert, even for lunch. On Saturday we would have a sit down lunch of grilled Spam sandwiches, a Twinkie, and a glass of milk. I am from a big family, and half the neighborhood would be over. It was fun
> back in the day we didn't have dry whole wheat toast, and green tea with X-Box on the side. There was only 3 broadcast channels and green fields that were mowed sometimes where we played soccer and baseball.
Dang!! You are old!! Sounds like something I could have written and do remember minus the twinkies.
Not that old! I recall summers like that myself, and I am technically still a student, so I have to young, right?
Maybe you just have to come from a smaller town... We did baloney instead of Spam, and cookies (Oreos, usually) instead of Twinkies. But not too far off the mark -- we rode bikes and played cops and robbers and explored the old ravines. (There were only boys around -- I was in third grade before there was another girl in the neighborhood.
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Re: Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:13 pm
by Hurricaneman
I missed the twinkie, Im glad its back
Re: Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:24 pm
by CajunMama
I read that Twinkies will now have a longer shelf life. 45 days compared to the previous 26 days.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/07/08/twinkies-longer-shelf-life/2498953/
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:20 am
by southerngale
I haven't eaten a Twinkie since I was a kid, but I know that a lot of people have missed them. lol
I'm so glad I don't have much of a sweet tooth.
Re: Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:45 am
by Cyclenall
I thought its shelf life was infinite? All the jokes about Twinkies are based on that so I'm stumped.
Re: Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:36 am
by Kalrany
Cyclenall wrote: I thought its shelf life was infinite? All the jokes about Twinkies are based on that so I'm stumped.
I was in the same camp. Probably becuase I have witnessed the multi-year storage of the old version... So then these should last multiple decades?
What *are* they made of???
Re: Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:20 am
by Ptarmigan
I have had Twinkies. They tasted rather strange.
Re: Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:15 pm
by gigabite
Ptarmigan wrote:I have had Twinkies. They tasted rather strange.
Twinkies are the quintessential vehicle to wash down with milk.
Re: Twinkies Are Back
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 4:46 pm
by vbhoutex
Ptarmigan wrote:I have had Twinkies. They tasted rather strange.
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 4:53 pm
by CajunMama
Meh. Give me a DingDong any day!