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Default Speaking of southern food . . .

On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:13:25 -0400, Goomba wrote:

> Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
>
>> Nah, it's when the gum-poppin', beehive wearin' waitress comes over with the
>> Swee-Tea (tea syrup, so thick a spoon will stand in the sugar on the bottom)
>> and goes 'Ya wanna 'nother swaller, hon?'
>> -g

>
> Au contraire! Properly made sweetea has no discernible sugar granules as
> the sugar is added to the hot steeped tea so as to melt in to that much
> loved syrupy sweet cold drink.


i like a fair amount of sugar in my iced tea, but i like to put it in
myself.

i know y'all aren't talking about commercially pre-sweetened tea, but to me
the stuff tastes weird.

your pal,
blake