| Did you know that Twinkies were introduced | | | | my grocers shelves. |
| during the Depression in Chicago. This little | | | | |
| yellow snack cake filled with a mere 160 | | | | If you are looking for a new way to serve and |
| calories and delicious vanilla cream is | | | | old time favorite I do have a couple of |
| enjoyed around the world. Chicago is still | | | | suggestions. I must warn you, that if your |
| the number one Twinkie eating city in the | | | | family is like mine you may suffer some |
| United States, but you can enjoy them | | | | gentle teasing about re-inventing the |
| anywhere. When they first were introduced | | | | Twinkie. My personal favorite has been to |
| Twinkies were filled with Banana Cream. This | | | | deep fry my Twinkies in a pancake batter. |
| changed during World War II when the United | | | | They do better when left whole, if cut in |
| States suffered a banana shortage. Hostess | | | | half the vanilla cream tends to ooze out. I |
| did start to offer banana cream filled | | | | have never tried it with the banana cream |
| Twinkies as a special promotion a few years | | | | filled version. I find that I am always a bit |
| ago. My personal experience was they are hard | | | | to excited to tinker with the original. A |
| to find. When I wrote to Hostess they sent me | | | | second more decadent treat is to pull out |
| a few coupons and their apologies. I did get | | | | your favorite Tiramisu recipe and substitute |
| the pleasure a year latter when the illusive | | | | the Twinkies for lady fingers. |
| banana cream filled Twinkie showed back up on | | | | |