do twinkies really last forever?

[aleshanee]

it;s all over popular culture and in many tv shows and movies - the idea that
twinkies last forever.... .. but do they really?........ mre-steve... the guy i post
videos from sometimes - who does reviews of military rations and survival gear
put it to the test once..... it;s a little strange compared to his usual videos on
military rations.... and he seems to get a little dizzy on them.... but it;s an
interesting video... ..... have you ever gotten one you thought was past it;s
expiration date?.. .

 

[aleshanee]

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personally i don;t like twinkies... . unlike woody harrelson in zombieland ..
..... i am more of a snowball fan....

 

[Bob Jones VI]

They might last for 50 years, but forever? No.

 

[aleshanee]

They might last for 50 years, but forever? No.

that one he unwrapped from 1999 looked pretty bad.... .even the ones from a few months ago that he said he would eat looked beyond hope to me.... .... but then he eats almost everything he reviews... .. even old combat rations from many years back...... .i know he got sick once from one of the things he ate for review but i don;t know what that was.... .

 

[Ransom]

I have a 3-year-old orange on my desk. It looks fairly normal, but if you pick it up, you'd notice right away it was light as a feather. It has no moisture left. It's completely mummified.

It so happens conditions in my room were just right for that. If I'd left it in the fridge, it would have turned into mould within a few weeks.

The same is true of ancient Twinkies, Big Macs, and so forth. Someone's placed them where conditions were just right to preserve them with the appearance of being the same as when they were fresh. They're probably dry as a bone, like my orange, or completely inedible. The shelf life of a Twinkie is about 6 weeks, which is pretty impressive (and perhaps a bit unnatural for a pastry product), but they aren't going to last forever.

 

[aleshanee]

I have a 3-year-old orange on my desk. It looks fairly normal, but if you pick it up, you'd notice right away it was light as a feather. It has no moisture left. It's completely mummified.

It so happens conditions in my room were just right for that. If I'd left it in the fridge, it would have turned into mould within a few weeks.

The same is true of ancient Twinkies, Big Macs, and so forth. Someone's placed them where conditions were just right to preserve them with the appearance of being the same as when they were fresh. They're probably dry as a bone, like my orange, or completely inedible. The shelf life of a Twinkie is about 6 weeks, which is pretty impressive (and perhaps a bit unnatural for a pastry product), but they aren't going to last forever.

the environment in hawaii doesn;t help food last at all... .one of the first things i noticed regarding food when i first moved here was how fast bread molded... ...i was always making pbj sandwiches as a kid and it seemed in california the bread stayed fairly fresh all the way to the last piece - and then when it did get old it got stale rather than moldy..... i was the one using most of it and one loaf seemed to last over a week before that happened... ... .. but here bread would be molded within 2 days... even sealed up in the bag... . ..so as a kid i attempted to compensate for that by simply making and eating more sandwiches.... use it up fast while it lasted.... ..stores also sold half loaves along side full length ones.....

that one really old and dry twinkie mre-steve tested looked like he could have driven nails with it.... when he dropped it on the tray it made a clunk .... i saw that and was thinking that would never happen here... one that old would be liquified into pulp.... would make a splat when it hit the tray. ...

what i really love much more than twinkies or any hostess snack is little debbie zebra cakes... .... but i have no idea how long they last coz they always disappear before anyone can find out....

 

[Ransom]

the environment in hawaii doesn;t help food last at all... .one of the first things i noticed regarding food when i first moved here was how fast bread molded...

Ottawa is fairly humid, even in the winter, so the orange surprised me. I put it on the desk and it rolled behind my monitor and got forgotten for weeks. We're not in the tropics, like Hawaii, where I can only imagine mould and spoilage are inevitable.

 

[aleshanee]

Ottawa is fairly humid, even in the winter, so the orange surprised me. I put it on the desk and it rolled behind my monitor and got forgotten for weeks. We're not in the tropics, like Hawaii, where I can only imagine mould and spoilage are inevitable.

the humidity in town on oahu runs between 60% to 70% most of the time... even when the wind changes from tradewinds to the infamous kona winds it still stays humid - and then it;s also hot at the same time with volcanic vog in the air..... ..

our pantry in this apartment has a humidity and temperature control machine built into it.... and the air vents to the outside corridor which is open to the air on one side.. the tradewind side facing the mountains..... ..... most everything in there keeps very well.. . ...it;s as big as a small bedroom and we keep a lot of food in there.. mostly non-perishables... ..one of my jobs is to keep it all rotated so nothing sits there and expires...... delivery day when the big nonperishable order comes in is a workout... . .

but one of the things that;s still hardest to keep fresh is bread... so we just buy it more often and in smaller quantities... ...plus with so many different types of bread available now everybody has a favorite... ... it all goes on the regular grocery store shopping list - which i somehow ended up being responsible to take care of.... ..it can be a daily chore some weeks..... i just have to grab a volunteer that can drive..... ..