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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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To: mylife

Absolutely not. Soda is poison. It should never be consumed by anyone, at any time. JMHO


81 posted on 12/06/2021 12:34:37 PM PST by Data Miner
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To: mylife
Remember this one? First bottled in Camden, Arkansas.

https://www.grapette.com/our-legacy-brands

82 posted on 12/06/2021 12:36:14 PM PST by abb
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To: mylife
Dr Pepper/Snapple (or who ever they are now) was required by Court order to produce cane sugar DP since they shut down the Dublin (Texas y'all) bottler from making it.

The cane sugar DP is in green packaging.

83 posted on 12/06/2021 12:41:44 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: ShadowAce

Got three 12 packs a few weeks ago at a Kroger.


84 posted on 12/06/2021 12:43:16 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Deaf Smith

Now I know


85 posted on 12/06/2021 12:46:25 PM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: mylife

I’ve had it.. I am in Minnesota. it was a boy scout camping trip.

I love Dr Pepper but I never had it hot again ;)


86 posted on 12/06/2021 12:48:36 PM PST by cableguymn (It will continue until we stop it.)
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To: abb

Kentucky hillbilly and this is a new one on me. We do the Dr Pepper with salted peanuts if we add anything other than ice. Preference is RC Cola and salted peanuts added. For the record I do like an occasional ice cold Diet Dr Pepper, way better than Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi.


87 posted on 12/06/2021 12:54:50 PM PST by sarge83
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To: mylife

I can’t stand warm Dr Pepper, let alone the idea of it hot..

So much sugar in it just to make the pepper flavor tolerable that it’s only drinkable when ice cold


88 posted on 12/06/2021 1:03:47 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: sarge83

Ah yes!!! Salted peanuts and Dr Pepper. Haven’t done that in years.


89 posted on 12/06/2021 1:04:33 PM PST by abb
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To: abb

“Maybe just in the big cities?”

It was certainly a thing in my neck of the woods in Virginia. There was a morning guy on TV, Irving Sharpe I think his name was. Every winter morning he would extoll the virtues of Hot Dr Pepper. My family usually bought Pepsi when we had carbonated beverages, except in winter when we switched over to Hot Dr Pepper.
Good times.


90 posted on 12/06/2021 1:13:15 PM PST by oldvirginian (I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
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To: cableguymn

look at you in the frozen north drinking hot drinks!


91 posted on 12/06/2021 1:17:33 PM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: sarge83

peanuts in the RC. that is correct.


92 posted on 12/06/2021 1:18:30 PM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: oldvirginian

Ahhh...
The morning show was “Top of the Morning” with Irv Sharp on WDBJ-7 out of Roanoke, Virginia.


93 posted on 12/06/2021 1:29:53 PM PST by oldvirginian (I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
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To: carriage_hill

I remember by first attempt at being a Pepper, I spit it out too. I remember well how sad I was that I spent my money on something that disgusting. It was a different formula then though. Not that Im saying its any better now.


94 posted on 12/06/2021 1:46:48 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

I imagine it [warm Dr. Pepper] to be somewhat like a spiced tea.


95 posted on 12/06/2021 1:49:13 PM PST by jurroppi1 (The Left doesn't have ideas, it has cliches. H/T Flick Lives)
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To: mylife

I grew up in Texas then. I encountered it more than a few times. It was a thing for a while. They would dispense it out of those big stand up coffee urns with the spigot on them.


96 posted on 12/06/2021 1:54:15 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: mylife

I’ve heard of it but never tried it. Hot and flat Dr. Pepper doesn’t sound like it would be that great. Even the Dr. Pepper Slurpee you can get at Bucee’s is a bit underwhelming.


97 posted on 12/06/2021 1:57:53 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: carriage_hill

I’m sorry….
We can no longer be friends. LOL!


98 posted on 12/06/2021 1:59:23 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: smokingfrog

Never slander Bucee’s Sir! you offend my suthun dignities...


99 posted on 12/06/2021 2:01:33 PM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: abb
I was born a little earlier than you but I never heard of it either.

The name "Dr. Pepper" was first used commercially in 1885. It was introduced nationally in the United States at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition as a new kind of soda pop, made with 23 flavors. Its introduction in 1885 preceded the introduction of Coca-Cola by one year.

It was formulated by Brooklyn-born pharmacist Charles Alderton in Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas. To test his new drink, he first offered it to store owner Wade Morrison, who also found it to his liking. Patrons at Morrison's soda fountain soon learned of Alderton's new drink and began ordering a "Waco".[3] Alderton gave the formula to Morrison, who named it Dr. Pepper (later stylized as "Dr Pepper").

100 posted on 12/06/2021 2:27:57 PM PST by deport
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