Twinkie sushi
Looks pretty good, no? I had a lot of fun making Twinkie Sushi for our VC&D Student Portfolio Show. Haven't tasted them myself after my disappointment with the Ultimate Twinkie a few weeks ago, but at least a couple of people gave them a thumbs-up.
If you're tempted to make your own—and who wouldn't be?—I've shown the steps below.
Ingredients
It wasn't easy. My wife and I both combed the aisles at Dave's Supermarket, looking for Twinkies and Fruit Roll-ups with no success. Obviously it's been a long time since we've shopped for kids or this would have been a no-brainer.
We had to go back for the dried fruit, tipped off to its location by the friendly security guard.
Preparation
The most time-consuming part of the process (I'm not joking) was unwrapping the individually-wrapped Twinkies and Roll-ups.
I used green roll-ups because they look like seaweed (?) but mine had Shrek cartoons printed on them. I wrapped them with the little Shreks facing in.
The secret to success
Behind a big pile of plastic are the wrapped Twinkies, ready to be sliced. The secret I learned from an eHow.com tutorial: put them in the fridge for an hour so that you can slice, not smash, them.
Slice 'em
Chop off both ends and slice into three pieces. A sharp knife is important.
Stuff 'em
I took the dried fruit (the only healthy part of this recipe) and chopped it into small pieces so that I could put at least two different colors in each piece of Twinkie. Seemed to me this made it more sushi-like.
Serve 'em
I sliced a couple more roll-ups and draped them over a bowl filled with more dried fruit, added a couple of chopsticks, and put everything on a serving tray.
My idea of how to serve sushi.
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