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== Headline text == |
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A '''Twinkie''' is a "Golden Sponge Cake with a Creamy Filling" created by [[Hostess]], and baked by [[Continental Baking Company|Continental Baking Co.]], which is owned by [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]-based [[Interstate Bakeries Corporation]]. |
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Twinkies measure [[inch|4" x 1"]] ([[centimetre|10 cm x 2.5 cm]]) and are usually sold in packages of two. |
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TWINKIES MAKE ME CREME IN MY MOMS SOUP |
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In the United States, the Twinkie is commonly regarded as the quintessential [[junk food]]. Each Twinkie contains about 145 [[calories|kilocalories]] (607 [[kilojoule]]s). Five hundred million are produced each year. |
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==How Twinkies are made== |
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'''Ingredients''' |
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* Enriched Wheat Flour - enriched with [[ferrous sulphate]] (iron) |
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* [[B vitamin]]s: |
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** [[Niacin]] |
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** [[Thiamine mononitrate]] [B1] |
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** [[Riboflavin]] [B12] and |
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** [[Folic acid]] |
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* [[Sugar]] |
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* [[Corn syrup]] |
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* [[Water]] |
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* [[High fructose corn syrup]] |
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* Vegetable and/or animal [[shortening]] containing one or more of |
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** Partially hydrogenated [[Soybean oil|soybean]] |
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** [[Cottonseed oil|cottonseed]] or [[Canola oil]] |
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**[[lard]] and |
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** beef [[fat]] |
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* [[Dextrose]] |
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* Whole eggs |
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* Contains 2% or less of: |
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** Modified corn starch |
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** [[Cellulose]] gum |
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** [[Whey]] |
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** Leavenings: |
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*** Sodium acid pyrophosphate |
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*** [[Baking soda]] |
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*** Monocalcium phosphate |
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** [[Salt]] |
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** [[Cornstarch]] |
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** [[Corn flour]] |
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** Corn syrup solids |
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** Mono and diglycerides |
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** [[Lecithin|Soy lecithin]] |
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** [[Polysorbate|Polysorbate 60]] |
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** [[Dextrin]] |
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** [[Calcium caseinate]] |
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** Sodium stearol lactylate |
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** [[Wheat gluten]] |
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** [[calcium sulfate]] |
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** Natural and artificial flavors: |
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*** [[Caramel]] color |
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*** [[Sorbic acid]] (to retain freshness) |
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*** Color added ([[yellow 5]], [[red 40]]) |
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The Twinkie was invented on [[April 6]], [[1930]] by bakery manager [[James Dewar]], making thrifty use of [[shortcake]] pans that were usually only used during the [[strawberry]] season. Twinkies originally contained a [[banana]] [[cream]] filling, but this was replaced with a [[vanilla]] cream filling during a banana shortage caused by the outbreak of [[World War II]]. [http://www.twinkies.com/aboutus.asp] |
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Though Continental Foods has never revealed how Twinkies are made, |
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most people believe that they are baked, because the bottoms look brown. The [[Washington Post]] reported on [[April 15]], [[2005]] that "the cakes are baked for 10 minutes, then the cream filling is injected through three holes in the top, which is browned from baking. The cake is flipped before packaging, so the rounded yellow bottom becomes the top." Hostess was the implied source of this information. |
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==Urban Legend== |
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[[Image:1998Twinkie.jpg|left|px300|thumb|2006 picture of 1998 Twinkie kept in a science classroom]] |
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According to [[urban legend]], Twinkies have a shelf life of many years. While some urban myth websites have concluded this is false<ref> [http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/twinkies.htm Urban legends]</ref>, some Twinkies have been kept since 1988 which show no signs of deterioration. There's an American saying that says, "You could leave a Twinkie on a wooden bench and a hundred years later the bench would be gone but the Twinkie would still be there." |
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==Fried twinkies== |
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{{main|Deep fried Twinkie}} |
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According to the Hostess website, Christopher Sell invented the "fried twinkie" at the ChipShop, his restaurant in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. It was described by the [[New York Times]] in this way: "Something magical occurs when the pastry hits the hot oil. The creamy white vegetable shortening filling liquefies, impregnating the sponge cake with its luscious vanilla flavor. . . The cake itself softens and warms, nearly melting, contrasting with the crisp, deep-fried crust in a buttery and suave way. The shop adds its own ruby-hued berry sauce, which provides a bit of tart sophistication." |
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By [[2002]], the [[Arkansas State Fair]] had introduced the [[deep frying|fried]] Twinkie to great popular acclaim, and the notion spread to other [[state fair]]s across the U.S., as well as some establishments that specialize in fried delicacies. |
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==Twinkies in popular culture== |
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{{main|Twinkies in popular culture}} |
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*The [[Minnesota Twins]] are [[nickname]]d the "Twinkies" by fans, a joking reference to the team's tradition of ineptitude dating back to their days as the [[Minnesota Twins|Washington Senators]]. During the [[seventh-inning stretch]] rendition of [[Take Me Out to the Ball Game]], it is traditional in the [[Metrodome]], the Twins' home park, to replace "the home team" with "the Twinkies". |
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*The [[twinkie defense]] is a derogatory term for a criminal [[defendant]]'s claim that some unusual factor (such as [[allergies]], [[coffee]], [[nicotine]], or [[sugar]]) diminished the defendant's responsibility for the alleged crime. The term arose from the trial of [[Dan White]], who was convicted in the fatal shootings of [[San Francisco]] mayor [[George Moscone]] and city supervisor [[Harvey Milk]], but the "Twinkie defense" was in reality only a minor and insignificant element of the defense case. (Compare [[Chewbacca Defense]].) |
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===Slang use=== |
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'''Twinkie''' has acquired several slang meanings. |
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In [[gay slang]], "[[Twinkie (gay slang)|Twinkie]]" is commonly used to describe an attractive young or young-looking male, slender and slightly muscled, with little or no body hair. It is the opposite of a "[[Bear community|bear]]". |
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The term "twinkie" might be used disparagingly as a [[food metaphors for race|metaphor]] for an [[Asian-American]] who emulates [[Whites|Caucasian]]s (yellow on the outside and white on the inside), similar to the term "[[Oreo Cookie (slang)|oreo]]" for [[African American]]s. In the movie ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]'', the main character, Harold, is labelled a Twinkie by his Asian-American peers due to his lack of connection with his Korean origins, his [[Protestant]] faith (though Protestant Christianity is widespread in Korea), and his political support for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. An alternate synonym for the use is "Banana". It is also pejoratively applied to those [[biracial]] people who are half-Asian and half-White. |
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In some [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] circles a "[[twinkie (slur)|twinkie]]" is a person who believes in sickeningly sweet and artificial version of American Indian religion(s) or claiming to be Native American for [[fraud]]ulent purposes [http://www.bluecorncomics.com/naslang.htm]. |
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TV journalist [[Linda Ellerbee]], in the opening paragraphs of her autobiography ''[[And So It Goes]]'', defines a "twinkie" as the kind of blow-dried TV news reporter who doesn't fully understand the news he or she is reporting--citing herself as an example. |
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A "twinkie" or simply "twink" in [[gamer]] slang is a somewhat derogatory term for a young gamer who doesn't fully understand the hobby, or a more experienced gamer whose apparent lack of understanding is presumed to be willful. "Twinking" is a term used in many role-playing games referring to the player's use of the rules to create the most effective character possible through in-game rules, (similar to [[min-maxing]]), especially when skills or abilities selected contradict the character's personality, if it is such a game where depth of character is an issue. When applied to inexperienced gamers it is less pejorative than [[munchkin (role-playing games)]], but can be very insulting when directed at experienced gamers, who ought to know how to avoid newbie pitfalls. Another, equal known use of the term describes a high-level character in an RPG (typically an [[MMORPG]]) who has a low-level, alternate character equipped exclusively from the high-level character's cash and/or equipment reserves. |
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A "twinkie" is also used in Western Canadian street youth communities to describe a member of an affluent or otherwise stable home environment yet chooses to live the street kid lifestyle without necessity. The term "mark" is often used in the same way. |
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== Notes == |
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[[Category:Brand name snack foods]] |
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