some kind of food i hear mentioned all the time in american films!
2006-08-05 23:41:43 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It's like a doughnut with cream in it.
2006-08-05 23:43:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is a Twinkie?
What exactly is a twinkie? Is it a delicious cream filled snack cake? The nickname of the Minnesota Twins, or an Asian American who acts like a whiteman? Well, a Twinkie may be many of those things but when real live indians talk about Twinkies, they're not talking about any of these things. A Twinkie is a person, almost always a white, privileged person who peddles spiritual junk food. Just as the Hostess version is all sugar and chemicals containing very little nutritional value, the New Age Twinkie is artificial and valueless in a spiritual sense.
2006-08-06 06:46:25 · answer #2 · answered by catherinemeganwhite 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The History of The Twinkie
1933 - Twinkies were introduced by The Continental Baking Company in Indianapolis, which also made "Wonder Bread" and had a snack line your probably familiar with called Hostess. One of their bakers named James A. Dewar got the idea for the "Twinkie" while he delivered one of their products, a cream filled strawberry shortcake. The machines to make these sat idle when the strawberry season was over so he came up with an idea to use them to make a snack cake filled with a banana filling, and only charge a nickel for a package of 2. It was good idea as money was tight for people during the great depression
Dewar came up with this name when driving by a billboard that had an ad for shoes from the "Twinkle Toe Shoe Company". He shortened the name to ....Twinkies....
1940's
Just like the song went "Yes We Have No Banana's " popular during the WW11 because banans were rationed, Hostess had to come up with a different filling.
They switched to vanilla creme and it was popular so they never changed back
1950
The Twinkie rose to popularity in the '50's in great part due to Hostess sponsoring the Howdy Doody show, featuring the twinkie.
During the 60's when there were huge fears of a nuclear attack, Many bomb shelters were built. Twinkees were one of the most popular items to have because it was said that they "stay fresh forever".
It has become an American Icon, even president Clinton put one in a time capsule.
They remain as Hostess best selling snack cake producing half a billion a year!
With excerpts from The History of Food, by Chef Stephen Holloway
Almost Twinkie Cake
Here is a cake that is very similar to a twinkie
1 pk White cake mix
1 sm Vanilla instant pudding
1/2 c Oil
3 Eggs
1 c Milk
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Margarine; softened
2 ts Vanilla
4 tb Flour
1 c Sugar
1/2 c Crisco
1 c Water
Combine cake mix, oil, eggs, pudding and water and 1
tsp vanilla. Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour
into a greased and floured 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 350~
for 40-45 minutes or until cake tests done. In a
saucepan mix the flour with the milk. Cook until
thick, stirring constantly; cool. Add sugar, salt,
crisco, margarine and 1 tsp vanilla. Beat until
fluffy. Spread on the cooled cake. Store in
refrigerator.
YUMM!!! Enjoy!
2006-08-06 06:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by Heather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an American treat made of yellow sponge cake in a cylindrical shape. It is injected with a white sweet filling through the bottom of the cake. They gained much notoriety in the 1980's when Dan White, a San Francisco police official claimed that he ate Twinkies and they caused him to murder Harvey Milk and Mayor Will Musconie. Hence the expression "Twinkie defense" was born.
2006-08-06 07:07:32 · answer #4 · answered by gamerunner2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dessert by Hostess, found in grocery stores and cary outs. A popular sweet yellow color sponge cake filled w/ white cream, it has a cylinder shape about 3 inches long and 1.5 inches fat. I could give you the recipe and long history of it but I do not want to wast your time or mine.
2006-08-06 06:45:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a subtle wink given when flirting in the prescence of the persons partner its a twinkle winkle twinkie
2006-08-06 06:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by sharky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the American equivalent of a Yum-Yum. (twisty pastry type cake covered with icing sugar coating).
2006-08-06 06:47:25 · answer #7 · answered by fizzycrystal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a twinkie is also another name for a young gay man
2006-08-06 12:48:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a lovely cake bar with cream in, yummy yum yum.
2006-08-10 06:08:26 · answer #9 · answered by megajen2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is an sponge cake with an cream fillling. It is made by hostness company.
2006-08-06 06:53:16 · answer #10 · answered by simpson3303 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋