From the Nov. 18, 2012, Chicago Tribune "Expiration date for Twinkie?" by Joseph Ruzich and Ted Gregory.
Of course, this article came out when the country was facing the loss of Twinkies, but, they're back now.
The Twinkie was born on April 6, 1930, in Illinois, at the Continental Baking Company in River Forest. Plant manager James Dewar came up with the recipe in his quest to create a two-for-a-nickle snack, reportedly coming up with the name after passing a billboard for Twinkle Toe Shoes.
Dewar was looking for a way to use shortcake pans that had been used seasonably for a strawberry shortcake knock-off called Little Shortbread Fingers.
Dewar said it was "the best darn-tootin' idea I ever had."
He related that he ate at least three Twinkies with a glass of milk every night before he went to bed.
Good Calories? --Cooter
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