R.I.P. Ding Dongs

[Guy]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hostess-Twin...item484bb2703f

[The_Lady_Snow]

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

That is the funniest thing ever!!!

[SleepyButch]

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

Hey.. if I rob that grave, I may be able to live on that twinkie for years.... just trying to be practical here lol.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by T-Rex

People don't bake anymore.

I think that's sadder than losing a bunch of crap that's chock full or corn syrup, preservatives and dyes.

Just invalidate our feelings of loss why don't ya.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

Just invalidate our feelings of loss why don't ya.

Really though, I haven't had any of these baked goods in years since they are so horrible for you. I just am sad about the end of an era. Plus, my childhood dog was named Twinkie (actually she wasn't named AFTER the Twinkie, but it still was her name).

I have had one or two Kandy Kakes in the last 5 years or so, and fortunately they are made by TastyKakes.

[The_Lady_Snow]

[Miss Scarlett]

Originally Posted by PaPa

I said the same thing......
Moonpies?? Really??? The world will NEVER be the same......

MoonPies are made by Chattanooga Bakery and as far I can tell from my Google search Hostess is not their owner just a competitor...

[Rockinonahigh]

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

Even tho it's been a while since I had a twinke,and longer still it looks like,a twinkie I will shurley miss.

[Daywalker]

Originally Posted by Miss Scarlett

MoonPies are made by Chattanooga Bakery and as far I can tell from my Google search Hostess is not their owner just a competitor...

Tis true, although their Distributorship was entangled along with many
other smaller brand names in order to beef the deliveries and in
turn...the Outlets were then delivered those products by the
drivers once those products rendered the end of their
'grocery store' shelf life and will get their last chance
to be eaten thru the Outlets.

Some of those smaller brands will suffer without
the distribution center powers of the late Hostess brand.


I wanted to add that I do not condone the practices of Big Company
mentality, not at all. If you're gonna run an American icon
Company like a buncha cream filled Asshats, eventually
you're going to be exposed for it and your shelf life
will...expire. There are still many good people
with the monetary means to pick up where
they expired and renew the Brands
and run the Company all proper.

I'm a Dreamer like that.


I was reading something yesterday that pointed towards conversation
the Ladies of the Outlet were having over the inner company
animosity toward 'some' of the employees who they said
would not '...just back off a bit'. That made sense to
me when I read this part from CNN Money pages:

At least 5,000 of the laid-off workers worked in food production and were represented by the Bakers Union.
Related: The end of Hostess
Nationwide, the entire food manufacturing industry has yet to gain back all the jobs lost in the recession, but the industry has been adding about 1,400 jobs a month over the last year.
Another 6,700 Hostess workers were represented by the Teamsters, a union that was sharply critical of the Bakers' decision to strike. Those jobs largely include truckers, many who both transported and sold Hostess products.

It's just sad, but I do believe this Brand may be strong enough to
garner the sympathies of some Philanthropic genius who grew
up on Zingers and still secretly bought and stashed
Twinkies for the Zombiepocalypse.


u huh.





"Sometimes it doesn’t matter who started the fire, what matters
is…that we all take part in putting it out."

~ DW ~

[Daywalker]

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

Oh, and this cracked me the fuck up
in a sad sick twisted kinda way.

[The_Lady_Snow]

[Martina]

[Daywalker]

Originally Posted by Martina

[Daywalker]

Originally Posted by Martina

I shared this on Facebbok and mah Mommy
was the first one to click like.

[Kobi]

They started out back in 1930, an era when people actually paid attention to seasonality in foods.

James A. Dewar, who worked at Hostess predecessor Continental Baking Company in Schiller, Ill., wanted to find a way to use the bakery's shortbread pans year round. The shortbread was filled with strawberries, but strawberries were only available for a few weeks a year.

So he used the oblong pans to bake spongecakes, which he then filled with banana cream. Bananas were a more regular crop.

Twinkies once contained real fruit. Twinkies were created because of seasonality.

Then, World War II hit and rationing meant — say it with me — Yes! We have no bananas. And so was born the vanilla cream Twinkie, which was vastly more popular anyway.

Even then, there was a crafted element to these treats. The filling was added by hand using a foot pedal-powered pump. Pump too hard and the Twinkies exploded.

It was around this time that American food culture did an about face. It was an era when the industrialization and processing of cheap food wasn't just desired, it was glorified. Cans and chemicals could set you free.

Twinkies are the prototypical indestructible junk food. It was the sort of height to which American technological ingenuity could go to create a product that was almost entirely artificial, but gave the appearance of eclairs."

When Twinkies signed on as a sponsor of the "Howdy Doody" show during the 1950s, their cultural legacy was sealed. Taglines such as "The snacks with a snack in the middle" began etching themselves into generations of young minds and it was considered perfectly fine that Twinkie the Kid would lasso and drag children before stuffing his sugar bombs in their faces.

Sure, not all the attention was positive. Somewhere along the line, Twinkies became the butt of jokes, mostly about their perceived longevity (though Hostess staunchly maintains 25 days is the max). And not all associations were great. The so-called "Twinkie defense" came out of the 1979 murder trial of Dan White, whose lawyers included his junk food obsession among the evidence of his supposed altered state of mind.

Then something happened. Suddenly, Americans who for decades had been tone deaf to how food was produced suddenly started paying attention. Suddenly, products, that had so prospered by their artificiality, lost their allure. Even Hostess, has acknowledged that consumer concern about health and food quality changed the game.

http://news.yahoo.com/happens-twinki...--finance.html

[ruthie14]

Originally Posted by Kobi

Ok I just realized this means my hostess lemon pie is in jeopardy.
This is not acceptable. Lemon pies are not that easy to find.

Anyone know how to make a lemon pie?

Koby..try copycat.com.. I know they have a recipe for twinkies... maybe they have one for the lemon pies... worth a try.

[Daywalker]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...he-twinkie.cnn


Savor the Twinkie

[ruthie14]

Well, yanno, eventually, the truth comes out. Always blaming the little guy when it's the ones making the most money that are sending it into the pit. Very interesting article... sad and disturbing trend!

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/201...esss-downfall/

sigh..

[Daywalker]

Originally Posted by ruthie14

Well, yanno, eventually, the truth comes out. Always blaming the little guy when it's the ones making the most money that are sending it into the pit. Very interesting article... sad and disturbing trend!

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/201...esss-downfall/

sigh..

But I think this is an old trend.

No big surprise

The last minute scramble to stock the nest eggs of
those at the top before shutting the lights down.




But again, I personally just wanna see a Ho-Ho Hero
put the light back on properly now.


And give those folks their jobs back.