I remember with pride the day I started a job at Ralston-Purina and saw that Twinkies were made by Continental Baking Company, a division of R-P. Twinkies AND Wonder Bread. This was in the ’90s.
That’s why I was surprised when Gary said a Kansas City company had bought the Saint Louis Twinkie company and
(Thats where Twinkies come from, children. God had leftover sponge cake and formed it into a Twinkie. And it had dominion over the snack cakes, and the Ding Dongs, and the SnoBalls.)
I was appalled the first time I saw someone make strawberry shortcake with a biscuit and butter. It was as if someone took a pancake and wrapped it around a sparerib. It was if someone, say, my mother-in-law, made pork chops flayed of their Shake and Bake skin.
We face a future without Twinkies. I don’t want to eat them, but I still want them to stay.
11 responses to “In Defense of Twinkies”
Twinkie-free zone here. Imagine that. Yet life continues.
I was a chocolate Hostess cupcake girl myself. As long as the chocolate snack survives…
Orange cupcakes. Oh, yessss.
Several times in grade school we took a field trip to the Hostess factory in north St. Louis. We’d ride a little tram around the factory, then watch a corny cartoon about the food pyramid, then eat chocolate Twinkies. Yes, chocolate Twinkies. I’ve never seen one in a store.I think you should serve Twinkies at tea. Support America’s heritage.
Big Dot – That is almost weirder than Easter in the fall. (Oh, and I heard a rumor the Australians didn’t like “Austrailia.”).75 – Yeah, That waxy coating always ruined those for me.Becs – Never tried it.Caroline – Perhaps sliced up in cunning little canapes.
Queen – As long as it’s a CHOCOLATE waxy coat, I still love it.
Twinkies are going away? Is Hostess going under? What’s going on and how did I miss this? (I myself am partial to Suzie Q’s…YUM)
Tragedy!! 🙁
.75 – No, it’s sad when good chocolate goes waxy.Autumn – Evdiently the bakers are folding. This mioght be out of date already, though.velocibadgergirl – I know! It’s the end of the world as we know it. What metaphor will Japanese Americans use for their assimilated relatives?
Bananas. Or so I’ve heard.
Tasterspoon – at first I thought you were reffering to the fact that Twinkies were originally filled with banana filling, but then I read you in context.