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I apologize in advance for having to shut down the automated Guest Book.  I was getting way too many unsolicited web addresses added daily.  It was just taking too much of my time to delete them out.  

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25 Dec 2004
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I really remember the great taste of delaware punch during those hot Texas days when the temperature would rise in the high 90's or 100's. I can recall my dad and I going to the store and he treating me to a cold delaware punch soda. It was not everyday that we could get a delaware punch, so whenever we did get one it was really special. My only gripe now is that your product is not available at any of the store that I try to get it from. Growing up in East Texas it use to be so available, but now it seems to be an imposible thing to get a delaware punch. Please make your product available again. It would really sale. Thanks...

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10 Dec 2004
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Hi Alex, Your Delaware Punch web site is great! I can see that you have put much time and thought into it. Keep up the good work! Carrie

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21 Dec 2004
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17:36:28
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Would enjoy being able to get Delaware Punch again. It was one of my favorite drinks when I was growing up in Central Texas.

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25 Dec 2004
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06:42:58
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Thanks for your web site. I am a long time Delaware Punch drinker. I havew e-mailed the Coca-Cola Company to push the product more. Thanks for the great work! Pismo Beach, CA

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01 Jan 2005
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15:36:06
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I have been asking people about their knowledge of Delaware Punch for about five years and nobody knows. For me it is a memory I can't even describe to them except that it is so good on a hot summers day. My mother was a army bratt and her family was from Texas. She grew up with Delaware Punch and shared it with me as a child when we found it at a pop shop in Las Vegas. Apparently the people out west are clueless and don't know what they're missing. For me it has become a favorite childhood memory and although I can't describe it's taste to others, I can still taste it in my mouth. Now I just want to share it with my children.

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12 Jan 2005
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16:18:52
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Hi Alex, just came across your website...looks good. It brought back old memories, use to drink Delaware Punch growing up in So. California in late 40's thru the 50's. Can't seem to find it any more. I know its still bottled in Mexico by the Coke-Cola Co., so I ask friends to bring me back some when they visit down there. Keep up the good work, and I'll keep watching your website for updates. Dave

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24 Feb 2005
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23:44:46
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I grew up in Azusa Ca in the fifties and Delaware Punch was my favorite soft drink. Been in Modesto CA without Delaware Punch for over 40 years- I miss it! Then one day were coming back from Las Vegas and stop at Peggy Sue's diner near calico and wala-Delaware Punch. It tasted just the same as forty years ago. Gene Solem

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11 Mar 2005
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20:41:47
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I remember drinking Delaware Punch back in the 60's where I grew up in a small knit town right nex to LAX, El Segundo, California. Grandma use to buy the six pack bottles, it was so delicious. I wish they still made it today like they did back in those days! Sincerely, Jody

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15 Mar 2005
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17:07:17
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I found an old Delaware punch bottle in an trash pile, 6 fluid ounces, has patented March 1924, clear and embossed. Any comments appreciated. Marsha

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17 Mar 2005
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06:50:05
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I remember drinking Delaware Punch in the 70's. I could not get enough of it. In 1980 I lived in Guatemala and I used o buy it for 15 cents. Wonderful memories. I have been looking for around the L.A. but can't find any stores that carry it.

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21 Mar 2005
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03:50:07
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I live in Ingleside, Texas and my brother told me that at his doctor's appointment in Corpus Christi, Texas, he was able to buy Delaware Punch from a vending machine. He bought around six cans from the vending machine, and unfortunately I was unable to sample any :) This was a few months ago so apparently they are still manufacturing Delaware Punch in Texas. Jason Rosalez Ingleside, Texas

Date:
20 Jul 2005
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02:37:23
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This evening my husband (56) and I (47) were remembering the great taste of Delaware Punch and wishing we could run out to the store and buy some. I used to see it in the frozen juice section, but not anymore. We both loved it as kids and I'd love to know if it's still possible to purchase somewhere. Thanks! Cheryl Moncier Bakersfield, California

Date:
20 Jul 2005
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02:38:00
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i don't think that's fair that you only can purchase delaware punch from the southeatern regions. there are people in south texas, such as houston who would like to purchase this drink. the company that sells this drink is really losing money and could make lots of it.

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20 Jul 2005
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02:38:26
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I have always grown up drinking delaware punch on special occasions. It was a special treat for my grandma and I to share one after a day at her house. Now that my grandma has been gone for 2 years I would buy a bottle and think of all the special times we had together. Delaware Punch soothes the soul and brings a smile to my face!!!!

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20 Jul 2005
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02:38:45
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We were remembering and sharing some of the good times from our childhood here in north central Texas, it was surprising the number of folks that relate to the unmistakeable taste of Delaware Punch. It seems like quite a number of us working in the Courthouse in Waxahachie are form the same era of mid 40's to late 50's and what an impression was left with each of us by our memories of Delaware Punch. I am in a position to make an investment to see it brought back where my grandkids can have some of those same memories to reflect on with their kids and grandkids. Where do I find some info about the company and what kind of investment it would take to bring it back? Ron Langenheder (ron.langenheder@co.ellis.tx.us) Ellis County Treasurer 101 W. Main Street STE # 203 Waxahachie, TX 75165 972/825-5128

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20 Jul 2005
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02:39:02
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Just ordered Delawrare Punch online and the order seemed to go through OK. I haven't had any of this great punch since I was a kid in Helendale, CA in the 1960's. What a treat it was!!! Can't wait to get it again. Karen (Durango, CO)

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20 Jul 2005
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02:39:18
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Back in the 70s and 80s that was all you found in the soda machines. To bad its not that way anymore

Date:
20 Jul 2005
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02:39:31
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My little brother is on his second tour in Iraq. About a year ago we were talking about the things we loved as kids and he brought up how we would walk up to the neighborhood gas station in Irving, Texas and that's what he loved to get. He said he looks for it every time he goes into a gas station and has never found it. I'm sending him some along with some Fun Dip Lick em aid.

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20 Jul 2005
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02:39:48
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I would visit my grandparents in Louisiana and they would always buy it for me. When I got older I puchased some myself there and brought it back to Colorado. Shared it with my friends and they liked it, too. There is a growing number of Mexicans in Denver and I am tempted to enter one of their little grocery stores and see if maybe an intrepid grocer from south-of-the-border has chosen to carry this fine product.

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20 Jul 2005
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02:40:02
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Keep up the good work. I really miss Delaware Punch. I sure it will be sold again. Jon Gordon Pismo Beach, CA

Date:
02 Aug 2005
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Thank you so much for your website. My father was from San Antonio and he and my mother moved to Houston in about 1949. I was born in 1956 and raised in Houston for most of my lief, which is where I developed a taste for my favorite beverage, Delaware Punch. Perhaps my father brought his taste for the drink from San Antonio, not certain, but my earliest memory of the drink was after my first trip to the barber, my father treated me to a cold Delware Punch. Sure wish it was available these days. I was thinking about it and went searching and found your site. Keep up the great work. Living in Seattle these days, Gene

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02 Aug 2005
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22:25:13
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Dear Alex, I am quite sure that your great-grandfather Lyons would be amazed at the modern technology that enables your excellent website! Even more, I am sure he would be pleased as you-know-what to know that you cared enough to construct the site. You have done a wonderful job designing an informative and respectful resource for us all. Thanks, Alex. Your friend, Claire Poulson

Date:
11 Aug 2005
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21:55:45
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man, i miss delaware punch. i grew up in new orleans, and we always had it around. my grandmother lives in plaquemine, la, and up until recently, she could get it at the local grocery store. not any more. here in houston, you can still get it in fountain form and concentrate at james coney island restaurants.

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30 Aug 2005
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02:26:54
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Alex, thanks for the fun trip down memory lane. Your site is a delight and a great tribute to you great grandfather. Delaware punch was my favorite soft drink growing up in El Paso, and later in Arizona when it was available. I still crave the rich, sweet, tangy treat. There's nothing like it!

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01 Sep 2005
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01:50:49
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I just ordered four 32 oz bottles of Deleware Punch concentrate. I remember drinking this as a kid and a small little restaraunt used to have this in their soda case all the time. I began to notice you don't see this anymore so I went on a serach on line to find some. I am glad to have fount it. After reading your site it looks like we may not see bottled soda anytime soon! I am over 50 and I wanted to share the experience of Deleware Punch with my grandkids. Great webstie, keep up the good work. Marleen

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07 Sep 2005
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17:44:31
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Back in the late 1940s in The San Francisco Bay area, this was my favorite soda. Haven't tasted it in over 50 years, but I can still remember the flavor exactly. I keep trying other grape sodas and saying "That's not it." I have been looking for a place to buy it - thanks for your website. Mary

Date:
24 Sep 2005
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00:31:16
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I was born in 1936. The same year my father bought a small filling station. Delaware Punch was always my favorite soft drink. I didn't know until I pulled up this web site why I could never find it in the convenience stores. Good luck on your search for memorabilia. Juanita Cozby-Conner Stamford, Texas

Date:
26 Sep 2005
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04:49:15
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hip hip hoorah! So glad to hear about the Delaware punch. My Dad (84) and i (63) were just telling my grandson, his great gandson how delicious the delaware punch was. My dad owned and operated a grocery store for about 50 years in Atascadero California and we sold the delicious delaware punch at that store. I only wish that i could still buy it. Thanks for years of a great drink. My Best Regards Lonnie Rocha

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28 Sep 2005
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18:01:54
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I remember drinking this stuff with my GrandFather back in the 60's and 70's, I have not since tasted any better tasting soft drink, and I wasn't in the South I grew up in Valljo, California--Northern Cali. I really wish i could get some for my kids I think they woould get a kick out of it. Take Care, Dave Pouncey

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03 Oct 2005
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16:50:39
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Delaware Punch was on of my mom's favorite drink which later became my favorite drink. Well yesterday I was leaving a restaurant and rolling around the parking lot was an empty plastic bottle of it. I live in San Antonio and would love to know who sells it in this area? If you know can you post it here. Adrienne

Date:
11 Oct 2005
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07:50:53
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I didn't think much about the meaning of life when I was growing up in the 70s, but I did wonder why Delaware Punch was available in northern Louisiana where we would visit family, but not in West Tennessee (that I ever noticed) where I grew up. I remember enjoying it, but I was so young that I don't remember the flavor. Good luck with the website.

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20 Oct 2005
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02:51:06
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Nothing better than a roast beef po-boy and a Delaware Punch in New Orleans. I can't find in texas. Iwsh there was a diet version.

Date:
29 Oct 2005
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14:58:31
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Delaware Punch has always been my favorite soft drink. I live in California and can't buy it anywhere. If I ask, nobody knows what it is!!!! That's because they're not old enough. LOL We need to start a crusade to bring back Delaware Punch!!!!!!!!! Nancy

Date:
07 Nov 2005
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13:32:07
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Found a Delaware Punch bottle on a site I located and was trying to get an accurate date. The bottle looks exactly like the on on this page. Didn't find what I was looking for, but, for now, a generalization is good. Thanks for being available.

Date:
08 Nov 2005
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21:11:13
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I loved Delaware Punch as a child. I could not drink carbonated beverages and felt so left out from the other kids. We would walk to the corner market and get it from the "cooler" (not sure what it was called, but the pop was in a big box in cold water. Anyway it cost 5 cents. What a great memory the cool drink in hot Phoenix! Thanks for all the good memories! PS I only drink water now! LOL

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06 Dec 2005
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18:45:19
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Hi...I love to drink Delaware Punch when I'm in Mexico, and I never knew why I couldn't get it here in the states. Thanks for the great site!

Date:
09 Dec 2005
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17:32:44
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Every summer we would purchase a bottle of Deleware Punch concentrate and a bag of shaved ice and make snow cones. It was wonderful. Anita, Bakersfield, CA

Date:
10 Dec 2005
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22:44:26
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I use to drink D.P. in the 60's and 70's as a kid. I have several D.P. bottles in my bottle collection and the nicest one is the San Antonio, Texas aqua-blue bottle with the embossed intricate punch bowl on the body. I just want to know if this is where D.P. started (San Antonio??) Ram Davila

Date:
13 Dec 2005
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04:37:12
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mmmm.. i'm enjoying some delaware punch right now! i'm a complete delaware punch junky. i live in southern louisiana and 20oz bottles of delaware punch are sold in various vending machines, but i know of one in particular that sells 12oz cans as well. the bottle states (c)1994 the coca-cola company . UPC code 0 | 49000 | 02444 | 9 . have a nice day!

Date:
16 Dec 2005
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19:04:24
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Is Delaware punch available for distribution and if do where can I buy it? I am a distributor in the northwest and have a small chain interested. Thank you. Joe Dominguez (Juanita's Fine Foods )

Date:
17 Dec 2005
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Thanks for your web site, I want my grand children to have a taste of delaware punch.I can't believe I can not find this drink anywhere. I have been all over the web. I hope you can make a deal with coke/cola,( to your advantage) I live in Santa Barbara, Ca.I would like to know if you are aware of anyone with some pnuch.

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21 Dec 2005
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02:24:18
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Having been born and raised in Delaware,I found and bought a glass of Delaware Punch.Now I know what it is supposed to taste like(Grape)who'd a thunk it. Mike Hager,Hockessin,DE

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26 Dec 2005
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19:31:17
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Hello! I have wonderful memories of flying from Alaska as a little girl, to Texas to visit family. One of my fondest memories of my "Mamaw" was eating fantastic meals in her tiny kitchen, with about 40 family members milling around, and me opening her tiny fridge to get out a cold bottle of Delaware Punch! It was so good! We all loved the flavor! Of course being from Alaska, we didn't have DP available at home. So when ever we visited Texas... it was Delaware Punch Time!! Thanks for your family helping to make wonderful family memories from many years ago. Karen

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08 Jan 2006
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My father loves this drink and I am so glad to learn that I can purchase it for him for his 55th Birthday. I recall him talking about this drink and how he enjoyed it as a young boy. He will be so surprised to receive it! Thanks Lynn Davis-Johnson

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13 Jan 2006
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23:35:56
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I enjoyed your site and reminiscing a lettle. I recall drinking Delaware Punch as a youngster growing in a small town just west of San Anonio. I don't think I realized then that Delaware Punch originated in San Antonio, I just knew that I liked drinking it and felt good about spending that nickel.

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18 Jan 2006
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22:16:57
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Delaware Punch was the drink of my childhood. I'm 68. My dad used to take me to the dirt track car races near San Diego where we feasted on hot roasted peanuts and Delaware punch. Thanks for the site! Jim Clary

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28 Jan 2006
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03:09:04
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Hello Alex, I live in Edmond,Oklahoma, and was treasure hunting with my grandsons in my back yard, when we unearthed a Delaware Punch bottle. I don't believe I've ever tried this drink or have seen this before. The boys think we have a real collectable, and I'm not going to discourage them. God bless you, John G. email: okiejohncustoms@cox.net

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04 Feb 2006
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Would love to see recipe's that include Delaware punch... I'm considering making a margarita of sorts with it.

Date:
09 Feb 2006
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Good afternoon Alex, Back in the early 60's I did some art and design on several of the Delaware Punch logos. The man I did the work for at the time ran the company, I believe his name was James Isaac. I designed the last two cans on your memorabilia page. At the time I worked for a printing company in Austin that printed some of Delaware Punch's work. I am glad to see that the product is still around. Jesse A.

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12 Feb 2006
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Great Web site, I remember drinking delaware punch in the 50s and 60s in Michigan. It was the best thing to drink on a hot July day after a long bike ride with friends, or while sitting on a dock at the lake after a cool swim. Sure wish it would return nation wide. Wake up! Coca-Cola, your missing a golden opportunity at great sales. Thanks, Jerry from Michigan

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16 Feb 2006
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On a recvent trip to Baton Rouge I found Delaware Punch for the first time in close to 20 years. I ended up buying 10 twelve packs of cans. I'd drive back in a heartbeat for more. This was my favorite soft drink growing up and into adulthood. Billy Ricks San Antonio, TX

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19 Feb 2006
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I loved Delaware Punch growing up in New Roads Louisiana....I mention it to people here in California and they've never heard of it. I googled it and found that its still available in Louisiana at Calvins in Baton Rouge...I hope so ...will check it out next time I'm there. Guy Smith

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07 Mar 2006
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Hi, I love Delaware Punch. Thanks for your site. I know its still sold in some places. How bout a map of cities that still sell Delaware Punch? That would be great. I'd take a road trip for some Delaware Punch. Thanks, Juan.

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10 Mar 2006
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stevdoug@yahoo.com I remember coming from North Alabama and buying Delaware Punch in the 1950's in Vernon, Texas from an open top soda machine. (You slid the bottle to the right and pulled up after you paid. Also used to buy gallons of the concentrate in Herald, Texes (east of Vernon) to take back with us. Sure was fine! Enjoyed your site very much and got lots of good memories of it. Just bought 2 gallons from PopSoda.com and the taste I remember is the same. Thanks!!!

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12 Mar 2006
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from baton rouge louisiana i buy at least 2 12 packs a week. cant get enough of it.

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13 Mar 2006
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18:23:43
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I drank a lot of Deleware Punch growing up in Lufkin in East Texas. Several years ago i ordered a couple of cases from the coke plant in new orleans. Dont know if they still sell it. Im 74 years old. Sure would like to have some right now. It went good with that Wolf Brand Chilli from Corsicana tx. Clarence Jones, Santee SC

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14 Mar 2006
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Hi, I was glad I found you website. My son and I were just talking about it and we know we can not find it here in our part of MS so I just e-mailed my cousin in LA to see if she can find it. My Dad and I injoyed it when I was growing up and he always brought some from LA to my children when he would visit. It is one of our fond memories of times with him. We would sure like to be able to purchase it again. It was a very good drink. Maybe we will be able to get some in LA. Is it still being made? Thanks for your websit. I had looked on the internet before but did not find anything on delaware punch last time I looked. Margie

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16 Mar 2006
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I experienced my first Delaware Punch visiting my brother in New Orleans. I was about 8 or 10 at the time and went to Ponchatrain Beach. My brother bought hot dogs and Delaware Punch. To this day, it seems that a hot dog calls for Delaware Punch. Was not able to find it for years. But recently was in Houston and stopped at James Coney Island for a hot dog and they were selling the concentrate. Of course I bought a bottle. Sure brought back memories.

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17 Mar 2006
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I have always adored it from my gradeschool years in New Orleans at Holy Name of Jesus. I would run to the basement to make sure I got a bottle for lunch. I adored it with my Mrs. Drake roast veal and Dickey's chips.I treated myself to an old bottle at a craft fair in Texas recently.I am 54 and still love it at James Coney Island and an occassional 6 pack at Zuppardo's in Metairie, La.

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19 Mar 2006
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I love Delaware Punch !!! I drank it as a child at my grandfather's mom and pop grocery store in Phoenix, Arizona. I looked forward to summer in Arizona and iced cold Delaware Punch. I have been thirsty for it lately and happy to find your sight.

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20 Mar 2006
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I remember asking my mom to serve Delicious Delaware Punch at my birthday party in Arizona in the early 50's, and then I drank it all through the years, much preferring the glass bottles to the cans. My husband from California also remembers the wonderful taste. BevMo, a California retail store, carries similar bottled beverages, and says they continue to order Delaware Punch, but as you indicate, it is not available. Thank you for making our lives more delicious. Jo Lynn

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22 Mar 2006
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I just turned 50 years old, and I remember drinking Delaware Punch as a child in south Louisiana. I loved that stuff! I have often wondered if it could still be purchased. I hated carbonated drinks as a child, so I loved still being able to drink from a soda bottle like the other kids, but without those bubbles that burned your nose when had to burp and keep your mouth closed! :)

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01 Apr 2006
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My son and I love Delaware Punch, although I loved it before he did! I first had it when I was 2-1/2 years old, and that was a very long time ago, as I am now 65! We haven't been able to find it for the last 3 years or so, and really liked taking it to car shows to drink with lunch since it is a very refreshing drink! We miss it! May have to go to Mexico to get some! Don in San Jose, California

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03 Apr 2006
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I remember well the taste of Delaware Punch when I was a kid in Arizona in the late '50s-early '60. It was really different from the other sodas, but seemed to fade away in Arizona at least as the sixties progressed. I thought the company had gone out of business. Now I'm glad to see that it is still being produced.

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10 Apr 2006
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I remember how special it was when my dad bought us a hamburger from The Griddle System and let us pick out a soda. I wanted to be just like him so I picked Delaware Punch. I miss not being able to buy it anymore! Marva in Ft. Worth, TX

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13 Apr 2006
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I really like your web site. I was raised on Delaware Punch. The bottle I remember was the one on your photo page thats shaped like a vinegar bottle. It had to be mixed with water, and boy was it delicious! I haven't seen it in years and thought it was gone for sure. Thanks so much for the tips on where to get it. Good luck in your research. I sure wish we could get it in these parts again. I'm from Hobbs, NM.