It was kind of a… thing a little while ago when Woody Harrelson had the crew make him vegan Twinkies for the film Zombieland (his character was obsessed with them, but Woody’s vegan,) and when I read about it I was pretty impressed.
Until today.
I’m working on a Big New Project (to be announced Really Really Soon) and it involves going through a lot of the archives here. Turns out we linked to a vegan Twinkie recipe back in ‘ought six.
Now check out the comments in the first link: the prop person who made the Twinkies used that exact same recipe. I’m not saying VP had anything to do with it, but what I am saying is this: you too can eat like a vegan movie star. Get yourself one of them fancy director chairs to add to the experience. Or a casting couch. You know, whatever.
Come to think of it, “I have vegan Twinkies and a couch” might actually be an interesting pick up line. I of course am unavailable for this research (if it was a crappy line, I could try it, but I’m 100% convinced that this will work, and I am becoming a Family Man,) so I am calling forth the Vegan Singles Research Unit to give it a try and report back.
I know, after the “Want Some?” debacle, some of the VSRU are still pursuing legal action against me, but just like how I forgot about breaking the Twinkie story, people forget the internet quickly, right?
Oh, the Want Some cards? Yeah, they’re old school. Long story, but they had a hand in getting Angela into my life:
It was a different time. ”The good old days,” I think we called them. I need to dig up the PDF for these things. Vegan Singles Research Unit, assemble!
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OMG AWESOME! You HAVE TO tell the card story. Pew demands it. And Pew word is law so….
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Have you never seen those cards before? OK, remember the super secret VP archive that nobody knows about? Go there, but add a /wantsome.pl to that. The rest of you, who don’t know about the super secret archive that does not exist so in fact you know everything, stay tuned for updates.
No dude, I’ve seen the cards, I’m referring to the Angela connection.
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No dude, I’ve seen the cards, I’m referring to the Angela connection.
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I just saw Zombieland this week and the whole time I kept saying, “Woody wouldn’t eat a Twinkie. This movie is totally unbelievable and ridiculous!” Good to know Woody didn’t decide to eat a Hostess product for a job. I remember in college (junk food orgy) I was reading ingredients on some little chocolate glazed donuts I was considering purchasing and I stopped at “beef fat.” There is no amount of munchie pull that would make me eat that.
@Pew: Did I say long story? I meant practically Tweetable story. She saw them early on and got the joke. Oh, and later we tried to give them out at a bar, but they didn’t work as well as we’d hoped, so we decided to date instead. The remainder will be omitted because our child will someday figure out how to bypass internet filters and will learn from this story.
@Erin: Do you think there’s a way to package an apple in a manner that would even get it into consideration during a junk food orgy? (I would have said banana but banana, package, orgy… Yeah.)
@Jason: That is perfect! Like a VP fairy tale! I approve of your marriage.
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@Jason: That is perfect! Like a VP fairy tale! I approve of your marriage.
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I have no idea why I keep double posting….
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If you want the most genuine tasting “twinkies” around you have to try the Dillo’s on VeganEssentials. They are made here in Utah and she even makes the raspberry tiger tail ones and ding dongs etc. OMG soo good. Cake Walk Baking Company on Vegan E… Seriously you will die.
I talked about these on the StayingVegan newsletter, but it was based entirely on your comment. If I actually researched these, I fear it’d be the end of me… Or at least of my pants, for I would eat a billion and five.