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  • Twinkies are 95 years old

    From Ed P@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 10:02:43 2025
    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why? How did those horrid things survive for so long?

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  • From Cindy Hamilton@21:1/5 to Ed P on Sun Apr 6 14:15:05 2025
    On 2025-04-06, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why? How did those horrid things survive for so long?

    Originally, they weren't so bad. They were filled with (IIRC)
    banana cream instead of sweetened Crisco.

    I imagine kids and people with degraded tastebuds still like them.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton

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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 10:52:59 2025
    Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2025-04-06, Ed P <esp> wrote:

    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why? How did those horrid things survive for so long?



    Originally, they weren't so bad. They were filled with (IIRC)
    banana cream instead of sweetened Crisco.

    I imagine kids and people with degraded tastebuds still like them.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton




    my mom used crisco. we had a big jar of it in the pantry.


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=686930382#686930382

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  • From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to cheesetray on Sun Apr 6 11:01:05 2025
    On 4/6/2025 10:52 AM, cheesetray wrote:
    Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2025-04-06, Ed P <esp> wrote:

    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why?  How did those horrid things survive for so long?



    Originally, they weren't so bad.  They were filled with (IIRC)
    banana cream instead of sweetened Crisco.

    I imagine kids and people with degraded tastebuds still like them.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton




    my mom used crisco. we had a big jar of it in the pantry.

    This is a response to the post seen at:
    I think it's safe to say no one on here really gives a rip about reposts
    or responses on jlaforums.

    Jill

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to Ed P on Sun Apr 6 10:30:58 2025
    On 2025-04-06 10:02 a.m., Ed P wrote:
    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why?  How did those horrid things survive for so long?


    I guess I am not the only one who really does not like those things. I
    had one back in the late 1950s and I have not got over the extreme disappointment enough to venture to try another.

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  • From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to Ed P on Sun Apr 6 11:01:56 2025
    On 4/6/2025 10:02 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why?  How did those horrid things survive for so long?

    I seem to remember hearing Twinkies have the half-life of plutonium. ;)

    Jill

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  • From ItsJoanNotJoAnn@21:1/5 to Ed P on Sun Apr 6 15:22:48 2025
    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 14:02:43 +0000, Ed P wrote:

    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why? How did those horrid things survive for so long?


    If they had one on the set, I bet it was from the first
    batch they ever baked. You can even get them fried now.
    😫

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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 12:38:10 2025
    Ed P wrote:
    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why? How did those horrid things survive for so long?



    ps sorry for all my typos. my hands are getting old and tired....but not so old that i haven't heard of fried twinkies!!!

    pps you guys ARE talking about real honest-to-goodness twinkies, aren't you? this isn't a code for drugs or something, is it?


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=686930382#686930382

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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 12:36:51 2025
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 14:02:43 +0000, Ed P wrote:


    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why? How did those horrid things survive for so long?




    If they had one on the set, I bet it was from the first
    batch they ever baked. You can even get them fried now.
    😫

    --



    wow, how old are you guys??!?!? i've known about fried twinkies since forever!

    faithfully yours,
    -cheese


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=686930382#686930382

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to j_mcquown@comcast.net on Mon Apr 7 04:34:15 2025
    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 11:01:05 -0400, Jill McQuown
    <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    On 4/6/2025 10:52 AM, cheesetray wrote:
    Cindy Hamilton wrote:

    Originally, they weren't so bad.  They were filled with (IIRC)
    banana cream instead of sweetened Crisco.

    I imagine kids and people with degraded tastebuds still like them.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton

    my mom used crisco. we had a big jar of it in the pantry.

    This is a response to the post seen at:

    I think it's safe to say no one on here really gives a rip about reposts
    or responses on jlaforums.

    <https://treenawynes.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/angry-nun-300x200.jpg>

    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.postimg.cc/5NvHwfF0/trumpputin.jpg>

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to cheesetray on Mon Apr 7 04:42:40 2025
    On Sun, 06 Apr 2025 12:38:10 -0400,
    roach4994@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (cheesetray) wrote:

    Ed P wrote:
    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why? How did those horrid things survive for so long?



    ps sorry for all my typos. my hands are getting old and tired....but not so old that i haven't heard of fried twinkies!!!

    pps you guys ARE talking about real honest-to-goodness twinkies, aren't you? this isn't a code for drugs or something, is it?

    With Jill you never know.

    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.postimg.cc/5NvHwfF0/trumpputin.jpg>

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  • From Ed P@21:1/5 to cheesetray on Sun Apr 6 14:52:25 2025
    On 4/6/2025 12:36 PM, cheesetray wrote:
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 14:02:43 +0000, Ed P wrote:


    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why?  How did those horrid things survive for so long?




    If they had one on the set, I bet it was from the first
    batch they ever baked.  You can even get them fried now.
    😫

    --



    wow, how old are you guys??!?!? i've known about fried twinkies since forever!

    faithfully yours,
    -cheese

    Fried Twinkies gained popularity as a state fair staple in the early
    2000s, with the idea spreading from a Brooklyn restaurant to fairs
    across the country, and later even becoming a frozen, packaged food item
    sold at Walmart

    So I was mid-50s when they were introduced. We have a different
    "forever" staring point

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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 15:58:24 2025
    Ed P wrote:
    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why? How did those horrid things survive for so long?



    well, i could have SWORN i've know about them WAYYYYYYYY longer than THAT!!!!!!!!

    faithfully yours,
    -cheese


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=686930382#686930382

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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to Cindy Hamilton on Sun Apr 6 19:54:46 2025
    Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2025-04-06, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why? How did those horrid things survive for so long?

    Originally, they weren't so bad. They were filled with (IIRC)
    banana cream instead of sweetened Crisco.

    I imagine kids and people with degraded tastebuds still like them.

    i used to like them. now, like many things that come
    from corporate factories for producing overprocessed
    sweet stuff it has little taste other than sweet.

    there was one Little Debbie product i liked but i've
    not had any of those in years either (Oatmeal Creme Pies
    i think they're called). those might still sort of have
    some oatmeal taste - but i'm not too likely to care now
    as i can make things that do have good flavor.


    songbird

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to songbird on Sun Apr 6 20:14:16 2025
    On 2025-04-06 7:54 p.m., songbird wrote:
    Cindy Hamilton wrote:

    I imagine kids and people with degraded tastebuds still like them.

    i used to like them. now, like many things that come
    from corporate factories for producing overprocessed
    sweet stuff it has little taste other than sweet.


    I guess maybe I was spoiled. My mother was a great cook and baker. There
    were a few commercially made cookies and such that we liked, like those
    cookies with an icing topping. They were a rate treat for us, but most
    of the time we were happy to settle for my mother's home made cookies,
    tarts, pies and cakes.

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to Jill McQuown on Sun Apr 6 20:43:21 2025
    Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/6/2025 10:52 AM, cheesetray wrote:
    Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2025-04-06, Ed P <esp> wrote:

    Watching CBS Sunday Morning, they noted the Hostess Twinkies were
    invented this day in 1930.

    Why?  How did those horrid things survive for so long?



    Originally, they weren't so bad.  They were filled with (IIRC)
    banana cream instead of sweetened Crisco.

    I imagine kids and people with degraded tastebuds still like them.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton




    my mom used crisco. we had a big jar of it in the pantry.

    This is a response to the post seen at:
    I think it's safe to say no one on here really gives a rip about reposts
    or responses on jlaforums.

    Jill

    Damn, I thought your Majesty banned those bastards a long time ago. Why
    the hell are they back?

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