Lately, life has been a mess and I have not given the world the same attention that I usually do. The Television has not been working. There was a big wind storm and the satellite dish need to be realignment and climbing up on the roof seems like such a chore. I did however hear bits and pieces about a labor dispute at Hostess. Most of the talk centered around Twinkies and the fact that Hostess made a lot of other stuff seemed to escape notice.
I am not knocking Twinkies. There was a time when Twinkies were a major part of my diet. They came after RC Coke-a-Cola and Moon Pies and before Ho Ho's. Then Came Chocolate Cup Cakes, Orange Cup cakes and finally White Doughnuts. Then I heard something about Hostess closing the doors.
Last night I was following one of my normal routines. I stopped by a burrito place and got my order then on the way home stopped at a gas station for a drink and a treat. I went to the isle where the white donuts were and they were gone. There was nothing there. Not even the racks that held the Hostess products. All gone. I thought to myself how fast that was. I commented to the clerk and she pointed to a single bag of doughnuts hanging next to the coffee machine. The last bag in the store. They were mini chocolate doughnuts in the $2.99 bags. Chocolate doughnuts were low on the must have list, but they were the last bag in the store. I took them home.
After eating the burrito, I turned to the bag of chocolate donuts. I ate the whole bag. It is not often that you can mark with such certainty a moment where the world changes. Its not world peace or anything like that, but Hostess products have been in stores my entire life. This was the last Hostess product that I would ever have. Strange how that made me sad. I know that something will fill the demand for sweet baked treats But still, it was sad. What ever happened to Moon Pies anyway.
