"Peter Aitken" > wrote in
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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Kate Connally > wrote in
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>>
>> > DJS0302 wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >
>> > Well, no, we don't have a thing against sugar. However, we use it in
>> > a different way (at least I do). I never put sugar in iced tea
>> > (blecch!)
>> > However I do put sugar in my corn muffins, cornbread, or hush
>> > puppies. I like them a little sweet. (Yeah, I can hear all the
>> > Southerners
>> > going "Blecch!" right now!) Y'all do it *bass-ackwars*!
>> > ;-)
>>
>> Heresy!
>>
>
> Not really. While sugar in cornbread, hushpuppies, etc. is not the norm
> in the south, there are plenty of authentic recipes that use it.

Yes, lots of recipes with sugar, but in many cases it's just enough to
enhance the overall flavor, not enough to actually sweeten it.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.