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Opening Arguments

Twinkie Nation

Do you know what's in your Twinkie?

Dr. Phillips says there are 39 ingredients packed into the dessert, and all but one are processed.

The ingredients cellulose gum, calcium sulfate, and polysorbate 60 are also used in sheetrock, shampoo, laundry detergent, and even rocket fuel. Author Steve Ettlinger spent five years tracking down the source of every ingredient found in a Twinkie.

And the problem with that is? It's a food, will make you tough, clean you out, give you an unbelievable energy boost. And the preservatives will keep you looking good 100 years after you die. How much closer to perfection can we get?

Posted in: Food and Drink

Comments

A J Bogle
Wed, 09/26/2007 - 6:30pm

You can't get any better than the twinkie - I like mine frozen.

I remeber putting one up in the rafters at work years ago and forgot about it for almost 9 years, it was still there - dusty but none the worse for wear!

Steve T.
Wed, 09/26/2007 - 9:42pm

My first glance at Leo's paragraph above seemed to hint at a jolly joke, to wit:

"The ingredients...{of Twinkies include}...cellulose gum, calcium sulfate, polysorbate 60, sheetrock, shampoo, laundry detergent, and even rocket fuel."

I wouldn't be surprised, even though I too immensely enjoy the odd Twinkie. Twinkies, if you think about it, are odd by nature....

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