Snacks of Our Youth

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The Twinkie Invented

From the InstaPundit, by Blogger Gail Heriot, 6 April 2021, 0600.

Here is the Blog Post:

IT’S HISTORIC:  On this day in 1930, the Twinkie was invented by bakery manager James Dewar in Schiller Park, Illinois.  As is so often the case, capacity was the mother of invention.  The machinery for making cream-filled strawberry shortcake was unused when strawberries were out of season.  Twinkies (which were originally banana cream filled) were the off-season solution.

And an excellent solution it was.

And where is Schiller Park?  It is just off the Southeast edge of O'Hare Airport, in Chicago.

As a trivia sidelight, in the Air Force General Officers, not to their face, are sometimes referred to by their number of stars, followed by "Twinkie", as in a Lieutenant General being referred to as a Three Twinkie.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff