I’m pretty swamped with my freelance project and don’t have much to report. Work at work, work at home, sleep, repeat. I’m looking forward to the weekend. Even though I’ll still be working on the freelance project, there should be time in there for a run, a bike ride, a breakfast with friends, and hopefully a few other fun activities.
For today though, enjoy this email from a few days ago. It’s from Jose’s friend Meryl. She grew up in Unalakleet, Alaska, a small town on the west coast that is one of the checkpoints along the Iditarod route. This year’s race was won on March 16 after just under 9 days on the trail.
The Iditarod dog race is going on right now, and I’ve been keeping track of the news on it. Today I read about what the mushers are eating along the trail. Some are eating lasagna prepared by their wives, moose chimichangas, caribou stroganoff, chicken alfredo…pretty normal stuff in Alaska. But one guy is eating this:
“Iditarod veteran Paul Gebhardt of Kasilof is packing McDonald’s quarter-pounders with cheese. He’s also bringing breakfast burritos his wife makes with bacon, eggs, hash browns and salsa, as well as his own concoction: french bread sandwiches with grape jelly spread on one half, Miracle Whip on the other, then heaped with roast pork and ketchup.“
Sounds delish. He also eats Twinkies along the trail. He explains why, “It’s fascinating to school kids because Twinkies don’t freeze — ever,” he said. “At 65 below a Twinkie is still soft.”
Aren’t Twinkies amazing? Just thought I’d give you all something to be hungry for when it comes time to lunch today.
i am pretty sure i could tell you WHY they dont freeze… a lot has to do with the fact that it also will look and taste exactly the same way it does now YEARS and YEARS from now…its nothing but: Enriched Wheat Flour – enriched with ferrous sulphate (iron), B vitamins (niacin, thiamine mononitrate [B1], ribofavin [B12] and folic acid).
Sugar Corn syrup Water High fructose corn syrup Vegetable and/or animal shortening – containing one or more of partially hydrogenated soybean, cottonseed or canola oil, and beef fat.
Dextrose Whole eggs
Modified corn starch
Cellulose gum
Whey
Leavenings (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate)
Salt
Cornstarch
Corn flour
Corn syrup solids
Mono and diglycerides
Soy lecithin
Polysorbate 60
Dextrin
Calcium caseinate
Sodium stearol lactylate
Wheat gluten
Calcium sulphate
Natural and artificial flavours
Caramel colour
Sorbic acid (to retain freshness)
Colour added (yellow 5, red 40)
I am NOT the least bit surprised it doesnt freeze. All of that together is just something that shouldnt even be edible, let alone freezable…Seriously, if that doesnt make you want to barf and wonder WHY people get sick and have cancer? look at the crap people put in their bodies…
oh and since Jose is into science heres something to really get you wanting to eat a twinkie…
Do you remember Gremlins, the film about the cute little animals that transmogrify into heinous, thoroughly unappealing critters? Well, the same principle applies to the Twinkie.
For this experiment, you’ll need one Twinkie and a high ball glass three-quarters full of water. Simply place the unwrapped Twinkie submerged in the water and leave it for 15 minutes.
When you return, your innocent Twinkie should have transformed into some kind of primeval goo from which several new species could evolve. Surprisingly, it still has its golden hue. If it looks like that in a glass after 15 minutes, how do you think it looks in your stomach after half an hour?
Best not think about it, eh?
Yeah, I’m pretty sure the “aren’t Twinkies amazing?” was meant as a joke! I’m trying to remember the last time I ate a Twinkie…hmm…middle school, maybe? I definitely still eat some crap, but not THAT crap. Haha.