Hungry? Grab a Twinkie Lard-Ass

That's right 75 years of making Americans fatter. Let's celebrate! Not that I shy away from twinkies on purpose (oh wait, I haven't had one in a long, long time. I'd tell you how long, but I honestly can't remember, which means its been longer than the last time I ate at Fatdonalds).

I might have to make an exception for my arrival in Chi-town because
The Twinkie factory is still in Chicago, which also happens to be the American city with the highest per capita consumption of Twinkies. Chicagoans who want their Twinkies gussied up can go to comfort-food restaurant Kitsch'n for Twinkie Tiramisu. Or they can get a fat infusion at hot dog shop Swank Frank, which sells those state fair favorites, deep-fried Twinkies.

Oh, and incase you ever had doubts about twinkie freshness
In reality, Twinkies' shelf life is more like 25 days, says Theresa Cogswell, who calls herself the Twinkie guru and is vice president for research and development at Interstate Bakeries Corp., the parent company of Hostess. She admits she got a good laugh out of the 30-year-old Twinkie story but says she wouldn't want to eat one quite that old. "You can eat older Twinkies, but they're just not as good as when they're fresh. Then they're awesome." That's right, awesome.