<p>There are just too many threads about college related topics. We need more threads about food. I’ll start with this one: I missed the original Twinkies. Who else is with me?</p>
<p>I’m in. I miss the days when carbs were good food. </p>
<p>lol @Magnetron. It’s still good to me. </p>
<p>An occasional twinkie never hurt anybody. </p>
<p>My favorite used to be devil dogs and snowballs (?) covered in raspberry & coconut and sky bar candybars. Now I find them all to be way too sickenly sweet.</p>
<p>Frozen Ring Dings was my thing 35 years ago. I find that the change to vegetable shortening as the main ingredient for the filling and the chocolate icing has made them slippery and unpalatable. I think they used to be less synthetic tasting, though I may have been spoiled by Tom Douglas’s triple coconut cream pies.</p>
<p>We still occasionally buy the Little Debbie Nutty Bars for packing in lunches.</p>
<p><strong>Cheesecake</strong></p>
<p>'nuff said!</p>
<p>:x </p>
<p>“An occasional twinkie never hurt anybody.”</p>
<p>Amatuer! I am thinking a box or two. Anyways, I am going to give a “helpful” point to everyone who commented on this very important thread. You are my kind of people. :-* </p>
<p>And @Magnetron, you ought to be a food writer. lol</p>
<p>I was always a ho ho person myself. Alas, I don’t indulge anymore…sniff.</p>
<p>I would have to be really hungry to crave a Twinkie. Twinkies lack a key ingredient. <strong>CHOCOLATE</strong></p>
<p>Fine, call me a snob if you will.</p>
<p>Carbs are good.</p>
<p>For lunch today, I had leftover spaghetti with butter and grated parmesan cheese. Hardly a fruit or veggie in sight.</p>
<p>I know someone who used to work for Cravath. Tricia Nixon’s H was a partner there. She contributed a recipe to the Cravath, Swaine cookbook called Twinkie Delight. (Or maybe Delite 
) it was sort of a charlotte made from Twinkies and Kool-whip.</p>
<p>My other Twinkie story has to do with wanting to eat something that had no organic content. Twinkies were the closest we could come.</p>
<p>I love carbs. Donuts. Pasta. Bread. VeryHappy, your lunch sounds perfect to me. After a terrible day yesterday, went out for Italian. Chicken marsala with pasta. Yum. </p>
<p>I used to love all of that Hostess stuff - the snoballs, etc…has anyone seen where bakeries are making treats that look like the snack foods only made with high-end ingredients? </p>
<p>My personal favorite in the junk carbs realm was orange cupcakes. And those apple or cherry pies. </p>
<p>I LOVE potatoes, bread, and pasta. Can no longer eat any of the above, thanks to T2 diabetes. :(</p>
<p>I’m supposed to be low-carbing but all this ebola news has me reaching for the bad stuff.</p>
<p>Funny bones and sunny doodles were my favorites!</p>
<p>Um…I had a new Twinkie last week. It was fabulous! Loved it!!</p>
<p>I’ve actually never had a twinkie before…sheltered childhood :)</p>
<p>But the Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies anyone? The best ever!</p>
<p>How can we forget Tastykakes?</p>
<p>What’s the difference between a Ho Ho and a Ding Dong?</p>