Food As Medicine - The Tasty Approach To Better HealthAnnemarie Colbin, in her book, Food and Healing, presents a chapter on altering diet to combat specific conditions. Her recommendations are based on her own experience as a student of macrobiotics and health food, and a teacher of natural healing...
How to cook for a healthier youWhen it comes to healthy eating, sometimes how you cook is justas important as what you eat. There are definitely healthy, andless healthy, ways to prepare the healthy foods you buy. When it comes to cooking vegetables, it is always best to...
PICKLESThe true history of the pickle is somewhat of a mystery. Although some believe it dates back to India 4030 years ago. The pickle has been mentioned in the Bible by Jesus and in the Old Testament books Numbers and Isaiah. Napoleon valued its health...
Thailands Vegetarian Festival First time visitors arriving in Thailand at the start of any October might be puzzled by the myriad of eye-catching bright yellow pennants displayed by street vendors or nowadays even strung out in front of restaurants. What it simply means is...
The Skinny on Legumes, Seeds and NutsBeans, peas and lentels are in the legume family and areexcellent food choices. Legumes are healthy complexcarbohydrates, full of vitamins and minerals as well as fiber.They are a good source of protein, although they do not have allthe...
Twinkie Trivia
Did you know that Twinkies were introduced during the Depression in Chicago. This little yellow snack cake filled with a mere 160 calories and delicious vanilla cream is enjoyed around the world. Chicago is still the number one Twinkie eating city in the United States, but you can enjoy them anywhere. When they first were introduced Twinkies were filled with Banana Cream. This changed during World War II when the United States suffered a banana shortage. Hostess did start to offer banana cream filled Twinkies as a special promotion a few years ago. My personal experience was they are hard to find. When I wrote to Hostess they sent me a few coupons and their apologies. I did get the pleasure a year latter when the illusive banana cream filled Twinkie showed back up on my grocers shelves.
If you are looking for a new way to serve and old time favorite I do have a
couple of suggestions. I must warn you, that if your family is like mine you may suffer some gentle teasing about re-inventing the Twinkie. My personal favorite has been to deep fry my Twinkies in a pancake batter. They do better when left whole, if cut in half the vanilla cream tends to ooze out. I have never tried it with the banana cream filled version. I find that I am always a bit to excited to tinker with the original. A second more decadent treat is to pull out your favorite Tiramisu recipe and substitute the Twinkies for lady fingers. http://www.gourmayeats.com
About the Author
Shauna Hanus is a gourmet cook who specializes in creating gourmet meal plans. She has extensive experience cooking with easy to find grocery items to create delightful gourmet meals. Her meal plans are easy to follow and pleasing to all who eat them.
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