Looking for comps, 1979 Hostess Twinkies box (Schmidt, Garvey, Mazzili)

[D. Bergin]

Based on the pictures you posted in the thread in the other section, that's an amazing display piece. Are the original twinkies actually still in there?

Would be a shame to cut it down or even flatten it. Can't be many in that format still out there. Love that Rice and Guidry are also on the box. The two dominant players from the season before.

[Belfast1933]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Based on the pictures you posted in the thread in the other section, that's an amazing display piece. Are the original twinkies actually still in there?

Would be a shame to cut it down or even flatten it. Can't be many in that format still out there. Love that Rice and Guidry are also on the box. The two dominant players from the season before.

Ha, no 44 year old Twinkies in there!

[Kutcher55]

Originally Posted by Belfast1933

Ha, no 44 year old Twinkies in there!

That would be nasty.

[JollyElm]

A while back, my girlfriend turned me on to a show where some guy seeks out tremendously old, unopened food items to purchase and then eat (while filming his exploits, obviously). Things like WWII rations and such, maybe hard tack from the Civil War, and all sorts of odd things from the 50's through 80's. That was cool (she won't eat anything past its 'best buy' date, no matter how many times I scream at her, "Unless it's meat, dairy, or a few other things, those 'expiration dates' don't mean a thing!!!!").

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

A while back, my girlfriend turned me on to a show where some guy seeks out tremendously old, unopened food items to purchase and then eat (while filming his exploits, obviously).

Are you talking about this guy? Fascinating stuff, and what's great is that it's all done very seriously - it's not done flippantly or for laughs or anything like that.

[ALBB]

I once ate a 4 day old slice of pizza that I left in my rental car all week

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

That would be nasty.

A while ago, I had a pack of hostess cupcakes. didn't eat the second one for some reason, and it got behind a box on a shelf.
Fast forward a year+, found it, and it wasn't looking bad. Still soft, still had all the "frosting" Let it stay there a while.

Got rid of it at about 4 years? ish? A bit of the frosting had broken off, but otherwise it still appeared fine. Wouldn't go anywhere near eating it, but it seemed fine.