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Some folks seem to be a bit obsessive about their snack cakes today. Just some thoughts for you on our delightful friend the Twinkie.
Rather than piping in frosting-like vanilla cream, Dewar's original Twinkies boasted a banana filling. The vanilla cream filling wouldn't become a standard feature in Twinkies until World War II, when rationing and supply shortages made bananas too expensive to use as a base for consumer pastry filling.
Of course, the twin connection is far from the only urban myth attached to Twinkies. Foremost among these crackpot theories is the notion that Twinkies have a viable shelf life numbered in years, thanks in part to their bizarre chemical makeup. While Twinkies do have a relatively long shelf life for baked goods, they last far less than a year, and the secret to their longevity is hardly mad science.
The secret to Twinkies' longevity, other than the obvious chemical preservatives, is that the Twinkie recipe doesn't include any dairy products. (Twinkies are also roughly two-thirds air by volume, so there's only so much food there that can go bad.)
But don't let the ever-freshness fool you: Twinkies contain a whopping 160 calories per cake, along with 5 grams of fat, (including 2 grams of saturated fat), 20 milligrams of cholesterol, 2000 milligrams of salt, 25 grams of carbohydrates-but zero grams of fiber. In other words, there's a reason many consider Twinkies to be the quintessential junk food.
The fact that some folks go the extra step of deep-frying their Twinkies in funnel-cake batter-an increasingly common confection at fairs and carnivals in the United States-is so unhealthy it staggers the imagination.
So? Is anyone deep frying their Twinkies to get that additional 100+calories? Wonder if the next curse will involve treadmills.
[ooc: Twinkie information yoinked shamelessly from here!]
Some folks seem to be a bit obsessive about their snack cakes today. Just some thoughts for you on our delightful friend the Twinkie.
Rather than piping in frosting-like vanilla cream, Dewar's original Twinkies boasted a banana filling. The vanilla cream filling wouldn't become a standard feature in Twinkies until World War II, when rationing and supply shortages made bananas too expensive to use as a base for consumer pastry filling.
Of course, the twin connection is far from the only urban myth attached to Twinkies. Foremost among these crackpot theories is the notion that Twinkies have a viable shelf life numbered in years, thanks in part to their bizarre chemical makeup. While Twinkies do have a relatively long shelf life for baked goods, they last far less than a year, and the secret to their longevity is hardly mad science.
The secret to Twinkies' longevity, other than the obvious chemical preservatives, is that the Twinkie recipe doesn't include any dairy products. (Twinkies are also roughly two-thirds air by volume, so there's only so much food there that can go bad.)
But don't let the ever-freshness fool you: Twinkies contain a whopping 160 calories per cake, along with 5 grams of fat, (including 2 grams of saturated fat), 20 milligrams of cholesterol, 2000 milligrams of salt, 25 grams of carbohydrates-but zero grams of fiber. In other words, there's a reason many consider Twinkies to be the quintessential junk food.
The fact that some folks go the extra step of deep-frying their Twinkies in funnel-cake batter-an increasingly common confection at fairs and carnivals in the United States-is so unhealthy it staggers the imagination.
So? Is anyone deep frying their Twinkies to get that additional 100+calories? Wonder if the next curse will involve treadmills.
[ooc: Twinkie information yoinked shamelessly from here!]