I think it's safe to say that southern taste favors sweeter, fattier food
(like the scene in the diner in "My Cousin Vinny") and vegetables cooked
softer (overdone by northern standards). Another poster had a good insight
about sugar cane growing in the south and being used more heavily there as a
result.

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Louis Cohen
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"DJS0302" > wrote in message
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> Do non Southerners have a thing against sugar? I've notice in many
> cookbooks
> written by non Southern authors that sugar is used very sparingly, even in
> desserts. I remember someone on the Food Network saying they had never
> heard
> of putting sugar in iced tea. I thought everybody put sugar in iced tea.