13 Things You Didn't Know About Twinkies

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Debbie @ Right Truth blog give us this bit of much needed humor:


Via Bernie at Plancks Constant: 13 Things You Didn't Know About Twinkies from Planck's Constant

Now that Hostess is going out of business, it might be time to learn 13 things you didn't know about Twinkies:

How the Twinkie Got its Name The year was 1930, one year into the depression, and the Continental Baking Company in Indianapolis, the maker of "Wonder Bread," had a snack line where one of the products was a strawberry-filled shortcake. Plant manager James A. Dewar was driving through St. Louis when he came across a billboard ad for shoes from the "Twinkle Toe Shoe Company." A friend suggested the name “Twinkle Fingers” for the snack, but Dewar shortened it to "Twinkies."

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