Something called a "Twinkie?"

lynda

lynda

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Okay, my 9-year old daughter is reading "The Bridge to Terabithia," and apparently they mention Twinkies in the book. Well, she came to me and asked, "Mom, have you ever heard of something called a Twinkie?" Heard of them? I used to get some sort of Drakes or Hostess cake in my lunch bag every day along with a sandwich (and a piece of fruit, which I almost always threw away).

Feeling like a terrible mother (everyone should at least know what a Twinkie is), I looked for them at the supermarket the next time I went. I walked the aisles three times before asking an employee to direct me to them. I was a wierdly proud moment. I didn't even know where they were.
 
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I hope you just showed them to her, and didn't let her eat one! LOL!

A strange-but-true Twinkie story:
When I was a grad student, I had a roommate once who participated in all kind of medication-testing studies in order to make money. One time, he did a 2-week live-in study, testing the effects of some kind of new drug. In order to make sure the results were more accurate, everyone was required to eat the same food, and eat it all up! For dessert, they usually had Twinkies and Seven Up (note...this was not a nutrition study, it seems!), and by day 7, they were all so sick---almost literally---of it, that they tried all sorts of ways of 'getting rid of' the offending items without being caught.
 
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Hmmm...I'm very curious to know where a Twinkie fits into The Bridge to Terebithia! I haven't read the book, only have seen the ads for the upcoming movie, and the scenes don't look anything like they might involve a Twinkie! LOL

The fact that your daughter is nine and has yet to see, let alone taste, a Twinkie is a testament to the good eating habits you have instilled in her. Congratulations to you on a job well done. I wouldn't feel the least bit guilty about keeping her in the dark on that. I wish my mom had kept me ignorant when I was a kid. Instead, she was the Drakes cakes queen. Twinkies, Ring Dings, Yodels, Swiss Rolls...ugh, I'm gagging just thinking about them (of course, I didn't back then!). I swear she might have had stock in the company. It's no surprise that my weight reflected that well into high school, and it took me a long time to break those bad habits. One day your daughter will thank you for not introducing them to her. ;)
 
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Okay, 9-year old Claudia says:

"Jess, one of the kids in the book, doesn't get Twinkies that often because his family isn't that wealthy. His dad got Twinkies when he was in Washington for Jess's little sister. One day, a girl at school stole Jess's sister's Twinkies."

And that's where they fit into the book.
 
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It is a wonderful book. As for being a terrible mother---I don't think so. If it makes you feel any better, my 12 year old was amazed to see a "white" egg.

Cheryl
 
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Does a movie ever go a book justice? I always like my kids to read the book before they see the movie.
 
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Everytime I think of a "twinkie", I think of a husband-stealing ex-neighbor. I used to sell Longaberger & at one of my home shows, there was a scorned divorced woman in the crowd. When she found out where I lived, she could not stop talking about "twinkie", the blonde woman who lived a few doors down from me who had "stolen" her husband.

So, obviously, I do not know anything about "The Bridge to Terabithia", but, I do know lots about a girl referred to as "twinkie".:+

Hopefully, we will never have to encounter either kind of twinkie!

Denise
 
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My 7 year old DD got laughed at by the neighbors-the parents, mind you, because she didn't know what Pop Tarts were! I was bursting with pride when she told me. We're not the most clean eating family around, I'm sure, but I do try. And she doesn't know what Twinkies, Sno-balls, Crumb Cakes, Ding Dongs, Ho-hos, etc. are either. Oreos are a different story!


Klaudia
 
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Twinkies must be the unhealthiest food in the world (if you can even call them food). There are more preservatives/chemicals in them than anything else I can think of. I believe people in the 1950s used to stash them in their bomb shelters b/c they have no expiration date. :eek:
 
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Twinkies and cockroaches will outlive us all;)

Actually, I've never had a Twinkie either, now that I think about it.
 
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This is a little OT but when my DH and I were engaged, we registered at Target. Just to be funny, we put ding dongs on our list. We received ding dongs with every gift we were given! If I never see another one it will be to soon!
LD:)
 
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I have taught the Book, Bridge to Terabithia" and it's a great relationship story. I saw the previews for the movie and the book is NOTHING like what is in the previews. They make Terabithia a place full of creatures that are not in the book. I always think books are better than the movies. One exception I found was"Lord of the Rings"
Ellen
 
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Yes! "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Gone With the Wind" come to mind.

Movies that were soooo much better than the HORRIBLE book they were based on? "Last of the Mohicans" and "Bridges of Madison County."
 
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Thank you for mentioning that about the movie previews--I've been mystified trying to figure how I could have forgotten about what looked to be a main part of the movie. Now I know my memory's not as bad I thought!
 
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>Twinkies and cockroaches will outlive us all;)
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You'd think with all the preservatives in those things they'd never go stale but they do. DH is very thrifty so one year he stopped by the Hostess outlet store and picked up a couple boxes of Twinkies to bring to work as his birthday treat. He reported they were stale but get this - people ate them anyway! :eek: No passing up free stuff I guess.

Sue

Edited to add: I know bringing Twinkies to work in the first place sounds a little weird but that's my DH and I love him for his eccentric ways!
 
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