COLD TEMPERATURES
MAKE ME CRAVE
SOMETHING WARM TO
SIP ON...
DEREK
OH I KNOW WHAT YOU
MEAN...
AMANDA
BUT SINCE WE
ALREADY KNOW HOW
TO MAKE COFFEE --
CIDER -- AND HOT
CHOCOLATE -- WE
THOUGHT WE'D TRY
SOMETHING NEW
TODAY...
DEREK
SO WE'RE SHOWING
YOU HOW TO MAKE HOT
DR PEPPER!
AMANDA
YES...YOU HEARD HIM
RIGHT...HOT..DR...PEPPE
R...
IT'S APPARENTLY A
VERY POPULAR WINTER
DRINK AND WE'RE TOLD
IT'S NOT AS WEIRD AS IT
SOUNDS...
AMANDA
SOME BACK STORY...
THE HOT DR PEPPER
RECIPE GOT ITS START
IN THE 1960S,
ACCORDING TO THE
NEWS' ARCHIVES. AT
LEAST THAT'S WHEN
ADVERTISEMENTS FOR
THE RECIPE FIRST
POPPED UP IN
MAGAZINES AND ON
TELEVISION.
SOMEONE SUGGESTED
THAT THE TEXAS-BASED
SODA COULD BE
HEATED IN A SAUCE PAN
AND SERVED ON
WINTER DAYS.. BUT THE
INVENTOR'S IDENTITY IS
UNKOWN.
THE DRINK WAS,
HOWEVER, VERY
POPULAR IN THE
SOUTH. (OF COURSE
CAUSE DR. PEPPER
GOES WITH
EVERYTHING.
THERE ARE MANY
STORIES ON WHY TO
HEAT THE TEXAS COLA.
SOME SAY IT WAS A
MARKETING PLOY TO
SELL MORE DR PEPPER
IN THE WINTER,
BECAUSE PEOPLE
WERE LESS LIKELY TO
DOWN A FROSTY DRINK
WHEN IT'S COLD.
OTHERS CLAIM THE
RECIPE HAS MEDICINAL
ROOTS AND WAS
PRESCRIBED AS A
CHILDREN'S VERSION
OF A HOT TODDY.
NO MATTER ITS ORIGIN,
THE DRINK HAS BEEN A
NORTH TEXAS STAPLE
FOR DECADES.
AMANDA
ALRIGHT IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S READY TO POUR!
AFTER THE BREAK
DEREK WILL GIVE US A
FINAL CHECK ON
WEATHER... WE'LL BE
RIGHT BACK.