I was wondering on my Facebook just how long a Twinkie would last, and low and behold Toddie Peters (author of In Search of the Good Life: The Ethics of Globalization, which only tangentially relates to junk food) provided one answer!
NPR ran a story called “The Shelf Life of a Vintage Twinkie” a few years back. You can listen to the 4-1/2 minute interview with Michele Norris, a retired science teacher at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, Maine. Michele tells about a food
preservation experiment he began 30 years ago. He and students set out to determine the shelf life of a Hostess Twinkie.
Scary? Only if you or someone you love eats Twinkies…