Mo's Manic Monday - Orange
Posted: Monday, October 01, 2007 by Travis Cody in
Welcome to the 36th edition of Manic Monday with Morgen. Today's theme is Orange. Don't forget to cruise over to MM HQ at It's A Blog Eat Blog World.
I had an immediate and powerful memory when I found out about today's word.
My folks divorced when I was 11 years old. My father almost immediately moved to Houston, where the oil boom had created a massive surge in the real estate market and he was determined to get his piece of it.
My sister and I were sent to visit for the summer in 1976. We got hooked on a soda called Mr Pibb while we were there. It was about all we drank besides water. Yeah I know, he took real good care of us. We ate pizza and burgers and drank soda.
When we got home, we realized that we couldn't get Mr Pibb. It didn't matter that Dr Pepper sort of tasted the same. It wasn't Pibb and we just couldn't seem to adjust to Pepsi or Coke or anything else. We were desperate.
And then we found it.
It had that extreme carbonation that settled in the back of your throat and made it impossible to chug. You had to sip the Crush, and that made it last longer. And back then it didn't have that sweet aftertaste. It was better than Pibb, because it actually seemed like it quenched your thirst.
Of course, Mom was able to cure us quickly of the attitude that we'd only drink soda. But when we did get soda, we got Crush.
Years later, they did something to the formula that seemed to change the taste and it seemed sweeter. It got that aftertaste like most sodas have. Soda isn't really designed to drink when you're thirsty. And Crush became like that.
But it was the best soda ever for a short time in my youth.
Oh gosh, now I'm wanting a nice cold orange pop... errr, soda as you folks call it :o) Great post.
Reba and I were here earlier but you didn't have your post up yet. You put the link on Mo's linky before putting the post up... you've been busted!!! haha.
As orange
As orange can be,
My post is now up.
Come see.