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Would I be thrown out of the south if anybody found out I make Lipton Instant Tea?
If I were you I would phone the folks at the Witness Protection Program RIGHT NOW and ask for tips on how to avoid being found and thrown out of The South!
As a NY transplant to Florida it was pretty great to actually get fresh brewed tea just about everywhere..
On Long Island we had a choice of Red Rose or Lipton mix type stuff.. (This was almost 25 years ago)
For me sweet tea is just way too sweet for me and I usually order half sweet/unsweet.. I order it often and very rarely chose soda anymore..
There were quite a few things a quarter century ago that as a Long Island transplant couldn't wrap my head around..
Three examples are grits and Biscuits and gravy and Biscuits were a choice on every menu..
I think in my first year in Florida I consumed more Biscuits than in my entire life..
Imagine if you will, hearing of this biscuit and gravy stuff and in my mind I'm thinking...
Why the hell would anyone eat a biscuit with brown gravy dumped on top of it??? For Breakfast??
Yeah, I really thought that..
I haven't been back home in awhile and sometimes wonder as I'm devouring a double order biscuit and gravy..
Have my fellow Long Islander's yet discoverd this wonderful delight??
I grew up in the south and sweet tea was/is a way of life. My aunt made it so sweet, we termed it 'liquid crack'. You'd be bouncing off the walls.
I went on vacation in Fort Lauderdale in 2009 and reflexively ordered sweet tea at a restaurant without looking at the menu. I just assumed it was...well, everywhere. South Florida isn't like "the South". The waitress was genuinely puzzled, and when I explained it to her...well, bless her heart she tried to manufacture it in the kitchen just to make me happy. She added the sugar to cold tea and it just sank to the bottom, no matter how much you stirred it. I left her a fat tip anyway, since it was nice of her to try. Of course within a short period sweet tea became the ubiquitous beverage we see today, not only because it's so darn good, but it's pretty cheap to make. Restaurants can brew up huge urns of it for practically nothing, and mark it up to the same cost as Coke/Pepsi. When I moved to Florida four years ago, there was NO issue finding it available in any restaurant.
It may have been addressed upthread (back in 2007), but the South's affinity for tea (as opposed to coffee) goes back to the Revolutionary War days, when the Southern colonies tended to be more friendly toward Britain. Even leading up to the Civil war we traded a lot with Britain and bought their tea, while Northerners who rejected a lot of British staples developed an affinity for coffee to thumb their noses at the Brits.
My husband and I get quite a chuckle when we go to dinner who the servers assume you want "sweet tea". Being from the north I am assuming this is what we up north call "iced tea"? If so, this is a summer drink for us Northerners? Why is sweet tea so popular and why is it the assumption it is what you want for your beverage
I have to say, I"m a Diet Pepsi gal all the say!
Some places have a tradition of giving free refills of sweet tea, unsweet tea, and water. The old tradition was to get sweet tea and get a free refill in the middle of the meal. You are costing them more money, getting more value, for free and it tastes sweet. Why resist?
Some of the old restaurants would sell you soda like Cokes and Pepsi's, but no free refills. Today many restaurants refill either type drink willingly, but some people just prefer tea possibly due to being programmed to drink it for so many years. Plus Pepsi makes ya burp.
I'd rather drink cold maple syrup. Iced honey. I don't like things that are too sweet. Doesn't quench my thirst.
A glass of iced water with a lemon wedge? YES! Unsweetened iced tea with mint and lemon? Wonderful.
Corn syrup over ice with a little tea? Disgusting.
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Originally Posted by Caligula1
As a NY transplant to Florida it was pretty great to actually get fresh brewed tea just about everywhere..
On Long Island we had a choice of Red Rose or Lipton mix type stuff.. (This was almost 25 years ago)
For me sweet tea is just way too sweet for me and I usually order half sweet/unsweet.. I order it often and very rarely chose soda anymore..
There were quite a few things a quarter century ago that as a Long Island transplant couldn't wrap my head around..
Three examples are grits and Biscuits and gravy and Biscuits were a choice on every menu..
I think in my first year in Florida I consumed more Biscuits than in my entire life..
Imagine if you will, hearing of this biscuit and gravy stuff and in my mind I'm thinking...
Why the hell would anyone eat a biscuit with brown gravy dumped on top of it??? For Breakfast??
Yeah, I really thought that..
I haven't been back home in awhile and sometimes wonder as I'm devouring a double order biscuit and gravy..
Have my fellow Long Islander's yet discoverd this wonderful delight??
Long Islander here. But I don't live in the south. Biscuits and gravy are disgusting. Give me a bagel and cream cheese, or a hard roll with egg and cheese any day.
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