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PatchWork by Joyce Whitis |
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PatchWork by Joyce Whitis |
When I was interviewing Tessa Burns about her college years away from home, she mentioned the need for Dublin Dr. Pepper. She said her mother and dad made a regular habit of UPSing a case or so of the good stuff to her in New York. I thought this was especially interesting since our family has been requested to deliver and has also been UPSing Dublin Dr. Pepper to our grand daughters in California and Colorado.
Naturally if you are a Dr. Pepper fan you will be quick to agree that once you have had the "real" soft drink made with Imperial Pure Cane Sugar, there is just nothing else around that can touch it for taste. We've had friends from the Metroplex pick up a case or so of Dublin's popular drink when visiting here and they all proclaim it the truely best soft drink.
The latest Dublin edition decorates the cans with a tribute to the Stephenville Yellow Jackets championship season in '98. This addition to the can has made the drink more popular than ever.
Somehow it is a cozy warm feeling to know that your county has its very own bottling plant where the local drink is superior. I've long been a Dr. Pepper drinker ever since as a grade schooler I'd hurry home in the afternoons so I could sit by the Philco table model radio and tune into the "Dr. Pepper Cadets". Seems that the program originated from Fort Worth. I do remember Jimmy Jefferies but I can't recall the others on the show. However the beginning jingle went like this, "When you drink a Dr. Pepper, you drink a bite to eat!" The commercial was sung to a simple tune with a loud "pop" at the end, a sound resembling the opening of a frosty Dr. Pepper. There was a lot of emphasis about drinking three of these soft drinks a day, a 10, 2, and 4.
During the '40's my family went to Portland, Oregan where my folks worked in the Oregon Shipyard. About the second day we were there, my cousin and I walked in the corner drug and asked for a Dr. Pepper. We were surprised to learn that not only did they not have our favorite drink in Portland, the clerk didn't even know that it was a drink.
"Dr. Pepper? What's that a Texas candy bar?" She laughed at the strange name.
So guess what? While we were in Oregon, my sister back in Texas shipped us Dr. Pepper. You know when you have something sent from home, it's like taking a small trip back to familiar things. That's part of the reason for the need to have Dublin Dr. Pepper sent great distances. The familiar taste of that drink brewed in Erath County brings home close for awhile.
So, please, let Dublin Dr. Pepper stay just the same. We need to have some things that never change, some things we can always count on to be just as we expected, just as good as we anticipated they would be. Dr. Pepper is the drink that I associate with Texas and Dublin Dr. Pepper is the original formula as I understand it. So what could be better than an original Texas drink!