text_combined: boingboing rssfeedsspamassassintaintorg url httpboingboingnet85481504 date supplied carny concessionaires taken selling deepfriend twinkies big business arteryclogging horripilations may biggest setback war fat since supersize fries americans scarfing thousands gooey calorieladen snack cakes county fairs restaurants across country sold 26000 twinkies 18 days people drove hours taste twinkie said rocky mullen sells deepfried creamfilled treats 3 us payallup fair 50 kilometres south seattle twinkies sweet enough already vendors mr mullen add chocolate berry sauce sprinkle powdered sugar top hearing mr sells invention hostess company makes 71yearold snack started promoting deepfried twinkies state county fairs captive population junkfood addicts began gobbling pig races tractorpull competitions bad health deepfrying twinkie packs estimated 400 calories 28 grams fat link1 discuss2 1 httpwwwglobeandmailcomservletarticlenewspestorytgam20020923ufattnheadlinesheaddexheaddexinternational_temp131322 2 httpwwwquicktopiccomboinghpymfa6scswpya tue 24 sep 2002 080038 0000 deepfried twinkies take america goo