A food holiday we'll stand up and cheer for.
First, the folks at Hutchins BBQ invented the Texas Twinkie, then they invented a day to celebrate it. We're in.We’ll be the first to admit that the number of “food holidays” might be getting out of hand. Hardly a day goes by that a we don't see a press release or a tag on social media pronouncing that some obscure food is being recognized or a pedestrian edible is being celebrated.
Just as our cynicism was about to max out, we came across a food holiday that actually has us excited. We may not be in the know as to who comes up with holidays, but when we heard Oct. 16 has been declared"National Texas Twinkie Day" by no less an authority thanMost barbecue joints in Texas have some kind of barbecue-stuffed jalapeño in their repertoire, but Hutchins claims the credit for coming up with the idea for the original Texas Twinkie.
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