Comments on: My first Twinkies http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/07/27/my-first-twinkies/ The blog of Sam Newman Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sam Newman http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/07/27/my-first-twinkies/comment-page-1/#comment-2268 Sam Newman Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:03:53 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/07/27/my-first-twinkies/#comment-2268 My idea behind frying them comes from a tradition we have here in the UK (well, the north anyway) of deepfrying things - several fish and chip shops pride themselves on their deep-fried mars bars for example. Think of it as "Tempura":http://www.japan-guide.com/r/e106.html, heart-attack style. Oh, and for more on the wonderful world of twinkies, see the "offical site":http://www.twinkies.com/index.asp (flash alert!). My idea behind frying them comes from a tradition we have here in the UK (well, the north anyway) of deepfrying things – several fish and chip shops pride themselves on their deep-fried mars bars for example. Think of it as “Tempura”:http://www.japan-guide.com/r/e106.html, heart-attack style. Oh, and for more on the wonderful world of twinkies, see the “offical site”:http://www.twinkies.com/index.asp (flash alert!).

]]> By: Russ http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/07/27/my-first-twinkies/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 Russ Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:01:34 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/07/27/my-first-twinkies/#comment-2267 I took this pic while on the boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California. ( _Sam's Note: Textile is playing up, so here is a "link":http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/images/twinkies.jpg to the image_ ) Astounding, no? I've never seen anything like it. And though I've eaten many a twinkie, I've never, ever, once thought of frying them. -Russ I took this pic while on the boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California.

( _Sam’s Note: Textile is playing up, so here is a “link”:http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/images/twinkies.jpg to the image_ )

Astounding, no? I’ve never seen anything like it. And though I’ve eaten many a twinkie, I’ve never, ever, once thought of frying them.

-Russ

]]> By: Maik http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/07/27/my-first-twinkies/comment-page-1/#comment-2266 Maik Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:10:59 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/07/27/my-first-twinkies/#comment-2266 What's a Twinkie? What’s a Twinkie?

]]> By: Nat Pryce http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/07/27/my-first-twinkies/comment-page-1/#comment-2265 Nat Pryce Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:18:52 +0000 http://www.magpiebrain.com/2004/07/27/my-first-twinkies/#comment-2265 Don't go "shooting anybody":http://www.snopes.com/legal/twinkie.htm. You won't actually get away with it. Don’t go “shooting anybody”:http://www.snopes.com/legal/twinkie.htm. You won’t actually get away with it.

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