Dr. Pepper, Dr. Pepper, DR. PEPPER! Yes, we went to the Dr. Pepper Bottling Plant today. The plant is located about 90 miles from Dallas in a little town called Dublin. The old Dr. Pepper was called Dublin Dr. Pepper. Dr. Pepper bottled here today still has the “Dublin Dr. Pepper” logo on the bottles.
On our tour, we got a FREE Dublin Dr. Pepper. Our tour guide reminded us of our Uncle Scott, (only our tour guide was NORMAL!) Dr. Pepper was invented in June of 1891. It is the oldest soda still produced.
Dr. Pepper and its other lines of sodas are sweetened by pure cane sugar. Since the 1970’s, other soda companies sweeten their soda with high fructose corn syrup. My favorite soda is Diet Dr. Pepper. The bottling plant that we visited only produces glass bottles. About 7000 bottles of soda can be produced each day in eight hours of work. After he showed us how Dr. Pepper is produced, we went into a three-room museum. The first room had one of the first vending machines. This one looked more like an old cooler.
One of the most famous stars of Dr. Pepper advertising was Pretty Peggy Pepper. She was a 16-year old girl that advertised Dr. Pepper in the middle of the 1930’s. During World War II, they had soldiers with Dr. Pepper for advertisement. After World War II, they did not hire Pretty Peggy Pepper back, and no one knows what happened to her. She has the whole second room to herself.
The last room was full of memorabilia of old Dr. Pepper and all the other sodas Dr. Pepper has manufactured. After our tour was over, we went to the gift shop/café. The soda that you can buy is made on the spot from a fountain. First she put syrup in the cup, then added carbonated water, and last she added ice. I got Seven-Up, and Sis got Big Red. Big Red tasted like liquid bubble gum/bubble gum flavored medicine with a touch of strawberry. It was NASTY! However, my Seven-Up was the best Seven-Up I’ve had!
Next we went to Veldhuizen Cheese. The cheese was A-maaa-zing! I don’t like blue cheese at all!!!! but his was okay. Mr. Veldhuizen has been making cheese for six years and opened their small family business three years ago. The owners of the business have seven children. The Veldhuizen family is descended from the Netherlands. After tasting the A-maaa-zing cheese, we went back to the motorhome.
On our tour, we got a FREE Dublin Dr. Pepper. Our tour guide reminded us of our Uncle Scott, (only our tour guide was NORMAL!) Dr. Pepper was invented in June of 1891. It is the oldest soda still produced.
Dr. Pepper and its other lines of sodas are sweetened by pure cane sugar. Since the 1970’s, other soda companies sweeten their soda with high fructose corn syrup. My favorite soda is Diet Dr. Pepper. The bottling plant that we visited only produces glass bottles. About 7000 bottles of soda can be produced each day in eight hours of work. After he showed us how Dr. Pepper is produced, we went into a three-room museum. The first room had one of the first vending machines. This one looked more like an old cooler.
One of the most famous stars of Dr. Pepper advertising was Pretty Peggy Pepper. She was a 16-year old girl that advertised Dr. Pepper in the middle of the 1930’s. During World War II, they had soldiers with Dr. Pepper for advertisement. After World War II, they did not hire Pretty Peggy Pepper back, and no one knows what happened to her. She has the whole second room to herself.
The last room was full of memorabilia of old Dr. Pepper and all the other sodas Dr. Pepper has manufactured. After our tour was over, we went to the gift shop/café. The soda that you can buy is made on the spot from a fountain. First she put syrup in the cup, then added carbonated water, and last she added ice. I got Seven-Up, and Sis got Big Red. Big Red tasted like liquid bubble gum/bubble gum flavored medicine with a touch of strawberry. It was NASTY! However, my Seven-Up was the best Seven-Up I’ve had!
Next we went to Veldhuizen Cheese. The cheese was A-maaa-zing! I don’t like blue cheese at all!!!! but his was okay. Mr. Veldhuizen has been making cheese for six years and opened their small family business three years ago. The owners of the business have seven children. The Veldhuizen family is descended from the Netherlands. After tasting the A-maaa-zing cheese, we went back to the motorhome.
2 comments:
Well at least you realize that your Uncle Scott isn't normal. I'll be making sure he reads this entry though Miss Rachel!
Love,
Aunt Bug
Hey little girl I thought we were buddies see if I ever tell you how your toes are again.
Your favorite Uncle Scott
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