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Curt A wrote:"Also I’ve been wondering. Who’s idea was the etched label? I freaking hate that lol. It’s so hard to read" :roll:

Yeah, and you are in your 20s... :? Wait 50 years and then try to read them... :lol:

I think I’ll just throw them out the window :lol:




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dzavracky wrote:
Curt A wrote:"Also I’ve been wondering. Who’s idea was the etched label? I freaking hate that lol. It’s so hard to read" :roll:

Yeah, and you are in your 20s... :? Wait 50 years and then try to read them... :lol:

I think I’ll just throw them out the window :lol:




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I think I read somewhere about them having a wooden core? Or are the solid shellac?
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dzavracky wrote:
Curt A wrote:"Also I’ve been wondering. Who’s idea was the etched label? I freaking hate that lol. It’s so hard to read" :roll:

Yeah, and you are in your 20s... :? Wait 50 years and then try to read them... :lol:

I think I’ll just throw them out the window :lol:




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dzavracky wrote:I think I read somewhere about them having a wooden core? Or are the solid shellac?
According to the Frow book, the core is a composite material of wood flour, phenol, and formaldehyde mixed with a solvent like alcohol. To this core was applied a playing surface of phenolic resin, "condensite." To avoid separation of the layers, the formula was eventually modified to include something called hexa-methylenetetramine. Say that three times fast!
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drh wrote:
dzavracky wrote:I think I read somewhere about them having a wooden core? Or are the solid shellac?
According to the Frow book, the core is a composite material of wood flour, phenol, and formaldehyde mixed with a solvent like alcohol. To this core was applied a playing surface of phenolic resin, "condensite." To avoid separation of the layers, the formula was eventually modified to include something called hexa-methylenetetramine. Say that three times fast!
That same recipe (wood flour, phenol, and formaldehyde mixed with alcohol) was used by Hostess, in 1930, as the basis for their new "snack cakes" - Twinkies... :roll: :lol:
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Curt A wrote:
drh wrote:
dzavracky wrote:I think I read somewhere about them having a wooden core? Or are the solid shellac?
According to the Frow book, the core is a composite material of wood flour, phenol, and formaldehyde mixed with a solvent like alcohol. To this core was applied a playing surface of phenolic resin, "condensite." To avoid separation of the layers, the formula was eventually modified to include something called hexa-methylenetetramine. Say that three times fast!
That same recipe (wood flour, phenol, and formaldehyde mixed with alcohol) was used by Hostess, in 1930, as the basis for their new "snack cakes" - Twinkies... :roll: :lol:
I can’t find any sources for Twinkies using that combo for their original ingredients. Urban Myth?
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Damfino59 wrote:
Curt A wrote:
drh wrote:
According to the Frow book, the core is a composite material of wood flour, phenol, and formaldehyde mixed with a solvent like alcohol. To this core was applied a playing surface of phenolic resin, "condensite." To avoid separation of the layers, the formula was eventually modified to include something called hexa-methylenetetramine. Say that three times fast!
That same recipe (wood flour, phenol, and formaldehyde mixed with alcohol) was used by Hostess, in 1930, as the basis for their new "snack cakes" - Twinkies... :roll: :lol:
I can’t find any sources for Twinkies using that combo for their original ingredients. Urban Myth?
Joke. :lol:

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I was going to say... this Diamond Disc tastes nothing like Twinkies, even with hydrogenated shortening and high fructose corn syrup on top! :evil:
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gramophone-georg wrote:I was going to say... this Diamond Disc tastes nothing like Twinkies, even with hydrogenated shortening and high fructose corn syrup on top! :evil:
Yech!

The formula changed in the 1920’s to China clay instead of wood flour. Made them more Gluten free! :o

The older etched labels used the wood flour. I knew of a old time collector in the Rockford IL area who had flood damage from when the Rock River flooded out his garage workshop. His hoard of Edison etched discs were damaged. He claimed to use the destroyed disc as fuel in his work shop wood stove for the winter months.
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