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 evidently run it into the ground. Of course, they blame the Atkins diet and the economy.
Can you imagine a world without Twinkies? I mean, I've had one bite of a Twinkie in my life, but I'll still miss them. The big question is: will they still make the base for strawberry shortcakes? The Mother of All Twinkies?
(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.
Twinkie-free zone here. Imagine that. Yet life continues.
Posted by: Big Dot | January 12, 2009 at 02:45 AM
I was a chocolate Hostess cupcake girl myself. As long as the chocolate snack survives...
Posted by: #0.75 | January 12, 2009 at 08:56 AM
Orange cupcakes. Oh, yessss.
Posted by: Becs | January 12, 2009 at 10:35 AM
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.
Posted by: Caroline | January 12, 2009 at 07:21 PM
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.
Posted by: TheQueen | January 13, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Queen - As long as it's a CHOCOLATE waxy coat, I still love it.
Posted by: #0.75 | January 13, 2009 at 08:26 AM
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)
Posted by: Autumn | January 13, 2009 at 02:00 PM
Tragedy!! :(
Posted by: velocibadgergirl | January 13, 2009 at 10:53 PM
.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?
Posted by: TheQueen | January 14, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Bananas. Or so I've heard.
Posted by: TasterSpoon | January 14, 2009 at 05:37 PM
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.
Posted by: TheQueen | January 14, 2009 at 10:49 PM