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People used to drink hot Dr. Pepper during the holidays
Hot Dr. Pepper hasn't been popular outside of Texas since the 1970s. Should we bring it back?
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Posted on 12/06/2021 10:11:26 AM PST by mylife
I was an ’80s baby, so this was well before my time. But apparently in the wacky culinary headspace of the 1960s, people used to drink one very particular soda, warmed but not boiled, for good cheer and good tidings. That soda was Dr. Pepper.
To be honest, out of all the sodas I could see being warmed up, it’d certainly be The Good Doctor. There’s the cherry and prune overtones, a little caffeine, syrupy sweetness—what’s not to like? Matador Network has the story of the sweet hot times, from way back when. I was made aware of it by someone I follow on Twitter, who posted a link to the article with the commentary, “Let’s bring it back. Hot Dr. Pepper.”
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: drink; drpepper; food
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To: mylife
Hot? Never had it, not interested. But I do love a cold Dr. Pepper!
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posted on
12/06/2021 10:55:44 AM PST
by
quilterdebbie
(We will endeavor to persevere!)
To: jurroppi1
Reminds me of the movie Blast From the Past.
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ha-ha. I was thinking of the same scene where the dad is heating up some Dr. Pepper on the stovetop.
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posted on
12/06/2021 10:56:22 AM PST
by
Flick Lives
(The future is a quiet world)
To: carriage_hill
OMG! WTF are you doing? You’re so confused, and I’m so sorry.
To: mylife
I remember hot Dr Pepper (with a twist of lemon) back in 1975. Good on a cold day!
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posted on
12/06/2021 10:59:39 AM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(OUT of Facebook Jail! But for how long?)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
It never gets cold in Tx!! My brother in Ohio told me so (eye roll)
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:01:59 AM PST
by
mylife
(Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
To: Clutch Martin
We used to get Dr Pepper at a store counter. It tasted just like prune juice.
Coca Cola is cola
Dr Pepper is prune juice
Mountain Dew is orange juice.
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:02:24 AM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(OUT of Facebook Jail! But for how long?)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
I all needs hooch for a party!
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:03:37 AM PST
by
mylife
(Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
To: abb
That drink is big at the NFL. All the idiots at work love it and watch football.
This country is screwed.
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:05:53 AM PST
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: mylife
Yep. For winter I might as well drink that German gluwein (horrible drink except warm when it is freezing outside)
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:06:56 AM PST
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:07:39 AM PST
by
mylife
(Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
To: mylife
people used to drink one very particular soda, warmed but not boiled, for good cheer and good tidings. That soda was Dr. Pepper.
Sounds gross.
To: abb
Born in 1950, North Central Louisiana, so I’m as Redneck as it gets. I don’t ever recall that commercial, nor do I ever recall that drink being a “thing” here in the south central US. Maybe just in the big cities?Have lived in the south all my life as well (6 years your junior). I don't remember commercials for hot Dr Pepper, but I do remember seeing print ads for it. I tried it once and hated it. Heating the drink removed the fizz.
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:10:37 AM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
(11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
To: jurroppi1
Atkinson: Neighbors over there said the guy spent night and day out here. She’d bring him sandwiches and hot Dr. Pepper.
Levy: He drank it hot?
Atkinson: Yeah.
Levy: Good God.
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:14:13 AM PST
by
AF_Blue
(My decision-making skills closely resemble those of a squirrel when crossing a road)
To: AF_Blue
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:17:09 AM PST
by
mylife
(Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
To: lefty-lie-spy
I’m not confused, and you shouldn’t be sorry.
I liked Cream Soda and Root Beer for a short while, but I found that I couldn’t drink any carbonated drinks. I don’t can’t drink carbonated stuff. Except for Tanqueray & Tonic, w/ Lime.
DP tastes awful, like axel grease on-the-rocks. What I don’t drink, is more for you. Think of it that way...
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:18:25 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: mylife
I drank Cream Soda and Root Beer — loved them both — but found that I couldn’t tolerate the carbonation, in anything. Except for Tanqueray & Tonic w/ Lime, for the past 20yrs.
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:21:01 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:23:26 AM PST
by
mylife
(Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
To: carriage_hill
Tanqueray & Tonic w/ Lime
good for Covid
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:27:48 AM PST
by
mylife
(Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
To: mylife
Yes, drank hot Dr Pepper.
Very little now since "Green" Dr Pepper is difficult to find.
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:29:28 AM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: mylife
I’ve never heard of drinking dr pepper hot. When I was a kid I used to mix orange soda with dr pepper. lol
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posted on
12/06/2021 11:34:17 AM PST
by
Trillian
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