Many Americans have guilty pleasures. So did I, although for me they mean different things from most Americans.
Where should I start? Even though there are not that many, it’s a good number. And the more I thought along this line, the more I discovered that can be sorted to this category.
OK, let’s start from things I really miss if I could not have it in an extended period of time. As I mentioned before, the No. 1 thing I craved for when I was outside America is nothing but a common drink you’ll find almost in every corner store–Dr. Pepper.
I’ve seen two types of people when it comes to preference of Dr. Pepper–they either like it to death or can’t stand it. I’ve yet to know anyone in the middle. What’s more interesting is a lot of the Chinese I know who, like me, loves it, all began as a hater. A number of tries after (for whatever reason), they became hooked, and could never let go. For me, Dr. Pepper is the only suger liquid (otherwise known as carbonated) I drink.
I don’t remember when I got fixated to this brownish liquid with a weird flavor (pepper is not a good description), but I guess living in Texas for six years didn’t hurt. Teenage girls walking around holding one of those 32-oz jumbo size seven-11 cup full of DP are as common as grandmas driving in 4×4 Ford F-150s.
So now, even after moving up to the mid-west for so long–a lifeless region from my standpoint, where DP is hard to find, I’m still holding on. And have no plan to let go, even being as health-conscious as I can be.
This thing is too good to resist.