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A Twinkie is a "Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling" created by Hostess, and baked by Continental Baking Co , which is owned by Kansas City-based Interstate Bakeries Corporation. The Twinkie was invented on April 6, 1930. Twinkies originally contained a banana filling, but this was replaced with a vanilla filling during the great banana shortage of World War II.

Twinkies are oblong in shape, approximately 4" x 1" ( 10 cm x 2.5 cm), and marketed in packages of two. They have a shelf life of 25 days - unusually long for baked goods - due to their lack of dairy based ingredients. Various urban legends have stated that Twinkies have shelf lives anywhere from several years up to one century in duration, but there is no evidence to support this. The Twinkie is often derided by unattributed critics as the quintessential junk food. 500 million are produced each year.

In 2002, the Arkansas State Fair introduced the fried Twinkie.

The Minnesota TwinsBaseball teams The Minnesota Twins are a Major League Baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are in the Central Division of the American League. The team is owned (as of 2004) by Minneapolis businessman Carl Pohlad, the third owner of the clu are nicknameA nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or thing's real name, (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas . As a concept, it is distinct from both pseudonym and stage name, although there may be overlap in td the "Twinkies" by fans, a joking reference to the team's tradition of ineptitude dating back to their days as the Washington SenatorsThe Washington Senators (officially named the Washington Nationals during the 1901 1956 seasons) were an American League baseball team from 1901 to 1960. The franchise then moved to Minneapolis and became, and still remains, the Minnesota Twins. The Senat.

The shortened form of the word twinkie, twink is commonly used as a descriptive for certain people. See, for examples, gay slang and griefingGriefing is the term used in online games, often of the massively multiplayer variety, that refers to the act players take for the sole purpose of discomforting other users. Such actions include kill stealing, player killing, team killing, stealing droppe.

The word "Twinkie" is a derogatory term used in the United States of America. It is used to refer to Asian-Americans who dress, act, and speak in accordance to Caucasian stereotypes. A "Twinkie" (the edible variety) is yellow on the outside, but white on the inside. The yellow of a "Twinkie" refers to the skin color of Asian-Americans, while the white (which alludes to Caucasians) refers to their mindset.

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