Quick Bites: Cupcake/Twinkie Edition

• Think twice before you try to take a cupcake on a flight—especially if it’s a non-regulation cupcake. Washington Examiner reports: “According to the story that went viral during the Christmas holiday, a TSA agent confiscated the cupcake from Rebecca Hains, a teacher who planned to feed it to her son on the plane.” An official TSA blogger has since clarified that the cupcake in question set off red flags because it was in some sort of jar; not “your everyday, run-of-the-mill cupcake.” Yes, I suppose we don’t know what methods al Qaeda might resort to in their post-Bin Laden desperation, so it’s best to leave no cupcake unturned.  We also advise that you not attempt to take any raw cookie dough on board--we all know how hazardous that stuff can be.

• As you may have heard, Hostess, the company that makes Twinkies and other forbidden goodies, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Twinkie sales are down, and the food police no doubt think this is a good thing, even though a Rutgers University professor now says comfort foods like Twinkies can actually reduce the effects of stress.
• Kids in the L.A. Unified School District are rebelling against the new ‘healthy’ menu and trading Cheetos on the black market. I don’t think this is the kind of ‘Food Revolution’ Jamie Oliver had in mind … just stick to the cooking shows, mate!

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