One of my earliest mid-century finds is this "Try Dr. Pepper Hot" carafe. I stumbled across this at a local flea market. I had never heard of having Dr. Pepper hot, let alone a carafe like this. My intrigue with this find won out and it came home with me. I think I paid somewhere in the $10 - $15 range for it, but I'm not sure. It has been in my collection for 10 plus years now, and although I don't search for these too often, I haven't stumbled across another carafe. I have found mugs and advertising for hot Dr. Pepper on the internet though. I haven't been curious enough to try this yet, as I usually don't enjoy hot drinks, occasionally some hot tea and once in a while hot chocolate or warm milk. So, if you have tried hot Dr. Pepper, let me know how it is!
Oh my gosh! That's so funny! I just watched Blast from the Past a few days ago and Christopher Walkin's character drank hot Dr. Pepper! I had not heard of it until seeing the movie and now I read your post. That's too funny. I want to try it. Have you seen that movie? If not you should there are wonderful vintage items all through out it!
ReplyDeleteI had friends from East Texas who said they used to buy hot Dr. Pepper to drink at football games. They said it was delicious. Sounds like a waste of good Dr. Pepper to me. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree Maria! I can't bring myself to ruin a can to try it.
ReplyDeleteI've had computer issues for over a week, but now they're resolved and I'm catching up with my favorite mid-century sites/blogs. I'm really hip to this carafe. I have my grandmother's 1965 15pp."Cookin' with Dr. Pepper" cookbook. I have to admit, I have been curious enough to want to try hot Dr. Pepper, but I draw the line at Bean Dip a la Dr. Pepper (p.3) and Festive Meatloaf (p.5).
ReplyDeleteI grew up in TX and as a kid at our local Christmas in the park, they always served hot DP with lemon. I don't like DP, but that was always so good. Maybe it is a TX thing?
ReplyDeleteI'm a Yankee transplanted to the South (and a Dr. Pepper fan), and I definitely think hot DP was a Southern thing, as I certainly never heard of it in all my years in California and Massachusetts.
ReplyDeleteAnother Southern thing that sounds bizarre but is SO WORTH trying is using Dr. Pepper as a pork marinade or brine. Brining a whole pork shoulder or fresh ham in CocaCola is a well-known method (even the fastidious cooks on 'America's Test Kitchen' recommend it), but using Dr. Pepper is even better!