Tiger Tails, an update (with pictures!) May 19, 2008
Posted by argotnavis in Food, Life.Tags: Alaska, Hostess, nostalgia, Tiger Tails
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As I said in my previous entry on Hostess Tiger Tails, I was pretty sure that I had pictures of the things lying around, as I ate them a lot during that brief period in which I lived in Alaska. I thought they might have been lost to the sands of time, but I was looking through a pile of CDs on my desk at home, and found one cryptically labeled “Movies.” Most of the disc appears to be old cereal commercials and poorly-recorded Cartoon Planet clips, but it also contains a folder with a bunch of photos I took in Alaska on a rather cheap, low resolution digital camera I had at the time. I don't know why I even decided to look at what was on that CD, but I'm very glad I did. Now I have proof that these things actually exist, or existed as late as 2004, at least. Anyway, check these out:
I wish I knew how to get my hands on some more. These things were really good.
There was an optics festival and I wasn't informed? March 19, 2008
Posted by argotnavis in Food, Life.Tags: Alaska, California, Chocodiles, Google, Hostess, mail order, Tiger Tails, X-Entertainment
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During the course of my random googling this evening, I stumbled upon this. According to their “About Us” page, they've been around since 2003, but this is certainly the first I've heard of them. Those who know me are probably aware of my enthusiasm for Hostess snack cakes, and Chocodiles are basically the best of the bunch. They, unfortunately, only exist on the West Coast these days, which makes them sort of difficult for me to obtain around these parts. I'll probably never end up ordering any of them, but it's exciting to know that I could get them if I wanted to. The next step for mail-order should, of course, be . . . well, you know.
I am somewhat disappointed in their selection of other Hostess cakes. Besides Chocodiles, they're mostly pretty common ones. It's sort of silly, but I'm always secretly hoping that I'll discover a supplier of Tiger Tails. During my year at UAF, I was exposed to the Tiger Tail for the first time, and I have not seen them since. I think Alaska is a strange choice for the last refuge of the Tiger Tail, but it certainly wouldn't be the only strange thing about Alaska. For those who don't know, a Tiger Tail is a Twinkie covered in raspberry jam swirls and coconut. I have some pictures of them around somewhere, but I don't know where. I really wish I did, because they're rare enough these days that I think a lot of people might have never even seen them.
All of this has me thinking, this could be a good opportunity for me. Buy In-n-Out and Tiger Tails. Dot Com.
