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Default Twinkie, Deconstructed

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:48:01 -0800 (PST), "Bobo Bonobo®"
> wrote:

>On Feb 27, 10:55 am, blake murphy > wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:54:34 -0800 (PST), stark
>>
>> > wrote:
>> >On Feb 27, 6:31 am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>> >>http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_8345120

>>
>> >> Someone please tell me, are Twinkies really supposed to taste like almonds?
>> >> I don't remember that but then I haven't eaten one in nearly 40 years

>>
>> >> Jill

>>
>> >Hmmmmm. 20 maybe 25 years for me, but I seem to remember a sweet
>> >taste with a faint chemical undertone that might suggest almonds. I
>> >do remember the experts' comments at the last Twinkie Tasting, how the
>> >preservatives were well-balanced and did not hinder the mouth-feel for
>> >those who liked sweet mush.

>>
>> it's the subtle flavor-note of cyanide.
>>

>Then there's the real poison, loads of partially hydrogenated veg oil.
>


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blake