The Twinkie Myth

Ko Twinkies zvechokwadi inogara nokusingaperi here?

Kubvumirana kukuru kana zvinosvika pakudya ndezvokuti zviri nani zvaunofarira, zvakanyanya kuitika kwauri. Saka, zvinouya kusishamisi kuti imwe yeAmerica inofarira zvokudya zvekudya zvekudya zvakatambura kune dzimwe dzenhema dzinopisa. Twinkies, iduku, yechizha, yakakora yakazara yezvokudya zvingwa zvakagadzirwa neA Hostess, vakatambura makuhwa pamusoro pehupenyu hwavo hwemazuva uye zvigadzirwa kwemakumi emakore.

The Myth

Zvinyorwa zvenhema zvinogona kusiyana, asi nheyo yekutanga inofanirwa kuti Twinkies inogadzirwa nezvose zvinokonzera mishonga uye pasina mishonga chaiyo yezvokudya, saka vachagara vatsva kwemakumi emakore.

Vamwe vanotosvika kure kutaura kuti Twinkie inogona kupona hondo yenyukireya. Iyi nhoroondo yemuguta yakapfuurirwa apo mudzidzisi wesayenzi muMaine akachengetedza imwe yebhokisi rake kwemakore makumi matatu. Kunyange zvazvo Twinkie akatendeuka pane brittle, mudzidzisi akati Twinkie sill yakabuda yakachena uye ichidyiwa.

Zvokudya zvemashoko okuti Twinkies anogadzirwa nemakemikari ose, vamwe vanoti Twinkies haatombogadziki zvechokwadi. Iyi makuhwa anoti Twinkies inobudiswa nekemikisi inoita izvo zvinokonzera mishonga inokonzera kupisa kana ichibatanidzwa uye inogadzirirwa. Pashure pezvose, kana pasina chikafu chechokwadi muTwinkie, saka haifaniri kubikwa, chaiko?

The Reality

Twinkies iri chaizvoizvo ine zvikafu zvekudya, zvechokwadi yakabikwa, uye iyo yepamusoro rehepfenyuro upenyu inongova mazuva 25 chete. Mushure mekunge nguva ino, Twinkie icharamba iripo (sezvinopupurirwa nemudzidzisi wezesayenzi muMaine) asi ichaderera zvikuru mukuravira nekugadzirwa.

Ichokwadi kuti mazuva makumi maviri ndehupenyu hwakareba kwenguva refu kupfuura zvinhu zvakawanda zvakabikwa, asi izvi zvinoitwa kuburikidza nekudzivirira kushandiswa kwezvigadzirwa zvemishonga uye air-tight cellophane wrapper. Panzvimbo pekugadzirwa nemuchero chaiyo, vanilla cream inogutsa muTwinkies inogadzirwa nekuchepeta, shuga, mazai, kunhuvira, uye kugadzirisa, izvo zvinoparadza pane zvishoma nezvishoma.

Kunyange zvazvo Twinkies ine zvimwe zvigadzirwa zvekugadzira (zvakadai semakemikari anogadzirisa, mavhenekeri ekugadzira, mavara, uye vanochengetedza), haasi 100 muzana chemishonga inowanikwa, sezvakataurwa nevamwe. Twinkies inewo zvinhu chaizvo zvekudya zvinoshandiswa, zvakadai seupfu, shuga, mazai, uye mafuta echipano.

Kuwedzera kwechikwata cheTwinkie "chemakake cake" nhema, Twinkies yakabikwa sezvimwe chero chinhu chipi zvacho chakadya kana kubika zvakanaka. Iko pasi pebhuruko rekaka iri chaizvo pamusoro apo iyo inobikwa, ndicho chikonzero ichi chinoita kuti iite yeguruvara ruvara ruvara. Mushure mokubika, zvingwa zvinokonzerwa nevanilla cream uye inverted kuitira kuti iyo yakajeka, yegoridhe yellow dome ive yakakwirira.

Pasinei nenyaya dzakawanda dzomuguta dzakapoteredza Twinkies, mukurumbira wavo mukurumbira wavo unoita sokuti hauna kukuvara. Twinkies imwe yezvakanakisa zvingwa zvekudya muAmerica uye zvinopfuura mamirioni 500 zvinokonzerwa gore negore. Purogiramu iyoyo yekudyiwa, tinogona kutaura zvakachengeteka kuti pasinei nehupenyu hwemararamiro, Twinkies haingarambi kwenguva refu!