Meet
Twinkie, a 1-year-old, mixed-breed dog, possibly border collie and Boston terrier.
The "
Twinkie diet" was more of an experiment than an actual program, but people took a liking to it for a while because of Haub's results.
"It depends on the time of the day, sometimes my blood sugar is low and I go for a
Twinkie."
The revival of the 86-year-old company behind the
Twinkie, which briefly disappeared four years ago, turned on one bold decision.
Other interesting numbers to digest - during one week of performances the Blue Man relies on 32 pounds of Jell-O, eight boxes of Cap'n Crunch cereal, 96 pieces of white chocolate Toblerone, 240 marshmallows and 40 boxes of
Twinkie Lights (don't worry - each
Twinkie has just 130 calories!).
"We started to explore the idea of developing a deep-fried
Twinkie when we saw, year after year, that this indulgent snack was the main attraction at local state fairs and summer carnivals taking place around the country.
Dean Metropoulos--the man responsible for saving the
Twinkie and owning the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer empire--previously popped up in all the property gossip columns in 2009 when he paid $18 million cash for the estate next door, the former Hefner family home that was sold by Hugh Hefner's second ex-wife, former Playboy Playmate Kimberly Conrad.
The not-so-apocryphal tale of a professor, Mark Haub, who lost 27 pounds on his notorious "
Twinkie diet," is instructive.
And like a
Twinkie, it turns out, the bulge contains a "cream filling": a thin plane of very young stars that cuts right through the bulge and lines up with the galaxy's disk.
AGS, a leading supplier of Class II and Class III slot machines, said its interactive division has signed a deal with Hostess and, in turn, is launching a slot game titled
Twinkie 7's on its successful play-for-fun Lucky Play Casino(TM) app for iOS.
What type of food is the popular American snack, the
Twinkie? 2.
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