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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> " BOB" > wrote in > : > >> 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. >> >> I think you're either wrong, or just a troll. >> >> Everywhere you go in the South, they have sweet tea. > > Yes, they do, but wasn't DJS0302 referring to the "non-South"? I only > rarely been offered sweet tea in the North. > D'OH! Never post responses before 7 AM (or at least be sure both eyes are open to actuall read *ALL* of the words). BOB |
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PENMART01 wrote:
>> " BOB" writes: >> >>> 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. >> >> I think you're either wrong, or just a troll. >> >> Everywhere you go in the South, they have sweet tea. > > Perhaps you need to synchronize your reading rate with your speaking speed, > (at > southern drawl brain creep)... and without flapping your lips. It's a > scientific fact; the southern drawl is indicative of southerner "comprehension > rate". > HUH? You must have typed entirely too fast. I can't understand what you're talking about? ;-) BOB but I have lost most of my southern drawl...just ask my relatives in the Carolinas |
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>Everywhere you go in the South, they have sweet tea.
Actually, restaurants in the south offer the option of sweet or unsweet tea; here in Ohio I've found a number of restaurants which offer sweet and unsweet. I prefer unsweet because I use packets of Equal instead of sugar to cut down on the calories from sugar and can control how sweet the tea is. The few times I have sweet tea at a restaurant they invariably make it too sweet for my liking. Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man "The likelyhood of one individual being right increases in a direct proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong." |
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"D. A.'Dutch' Martinich" wrote:
> And I will admit that sweet goes with good, smoky 'cue. > Anyone for a Civil War armistice? You mean the War Between The States, of course. :-) |
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Stan Horwitz > wrote in news:stan-2F53E2.02105405122004
@news-40.giganews.com: > In article >, > smithfarms pure kona > wrote: > >> On 4 Dec 2004 14:27:18 GMT, wrote: >> >> >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. >> > >> >Its not that northerners have anything against sugar, but more that >> >southerners use it more. This is probably because cane sugar is a >> >product of the south and people tend to use locally grown products >> >more than distantly grown ones when they develop regional recipes, >> >such as the famous southern style ice tea. >> >> Having been raised on a sugar cane plantation in Hawaii, I sense the >> same thing. If you do not understand how tasty sugar cane is, then >> that high fructose corn syrup is just fine. Use real cane sugar in >> your jellies and jams and it tastes so good. I do like Honey too, but >> I like sugar. And, almost ....end to my rant, people who diet and >> think fake sugar is just fine----- real cane sugar has 15 calories per >> teaspoon and good taste. The sugar will not make you fall off the >> diet. > > The trouble is that some people need to avoid sugar for reasons other > than just losing weight. We diabetics need to be very careful with > regard to the carbs we eat. For me, if I am going to eat sugar, I want > to get the most bang for my carbs so I prefer it to be something really > good like a nice piece of chocolate. Bottom line is, it's your choice whether to consume sugar or not. Most places that serve sweet tea also have unsweetened tea available. There are two diabetics in our household. We watch what we consume and choose carefully. Please don't take this personally, but there are too many people out there who seem to think society and the law should be their personal watchdogs. They are obviously too lazy or incapable of taking responsibility for themselves. I'm tired of being warned about undercooked eggs and meat. It would really **** me off if "they" started governing what foods should contains sugar and how much. And it goes on and on... -- Wayne in Phoenix *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. *A mind is a terrible thing to lose. |
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Stan Horwitz > wrote in news:stan-2F53E2.02105405122004
@news-40.giganews.com: > In article >, > smithfarms pure kona > wrote: > >> On 4 Dec 2004 14:27:18 GMT, wrote: >> >> >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. >> > >> >Its not that northerners have anything against sugar, but more that >> >southerners use it more. This is probably because cane sugar is a >> >product of the south and people tend to use locally grown products >> >more than distantly grown ones when they develop regional recipes, >> >such as the famous southern style ice tea. >> >> Having been raised on a sugar cane plantation in Hawaii, I sense the >> same thing. If you do not understand how tasty sugar cane is, then >> that high fructose corn syrup is just fine. Use real cane sugar in >> your jellies and jams and it tastes so good. I do like Honey too, but >> I like sugar. And, almost ....end to my rant, people who diet and >> think fake sugar is just fine----- real cane sugar has 15 calories per >> teaspoon and good taste. The sugar will not make you fall off the >> diet. > > The trouble is that some people need to avoid sugar for reasons other > than just losing weight. We diabetics need to be very careful with > regard to the carbs we eat. For me, if I am going to eat sugar, I want > to get the most bang for my carbs so I prefer it to be something really > good like a nice piece of chocolate. Bottom line is, it's your choice whether to consume sugar or not. Most places that serve sweet tea also have unsweetened tea available. There are two diabetics in our household. We watch what we consume and choose carefully. Please don't take this personally, but there are too many people out there who seem to think society and the law should be their personal watchdogs. They are obviously too lazy or incapable of taking responsibility for themselves. I'm tired of being warned about undercooked eggs and meat. It would really **** me off if "they" started governing what foods should contains sugar and how much. And it goes on and on... -- Wayne in Phoenix *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. *A mind is a terrible thing to lose. |
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Mark Thorson wrote:
> "D. A.'Dutch' Martinich" wrote: > >>And I will admit that sweet goes with good, smoky 'cue. >>Anyone for a Civil War armistice? > > You mean the War Between The States, of course. :-) My neighbors here in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia call it "The War of Northern Aggression." <g> Pastorio |
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Bubbabob wrote:
> Mark Thorson > wrote: > >>"D. A.'Dutch' Martinich" wrote: >> >>>And I will admit that sweet goes with good, smoky 'cue. Anyone for a >>>Civil War armistice? >> >>You mean the War Between The States, of course. :-) >> > You mean the War of Northern Aggression, don't you? Ooops. I just posted the same thing. Carry on... Pastorio |
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>I prefer unsweet because I use packets of Equal instead of sugar to
cut down on > the calories from sugar and can control how sweet the tea is. The few times I > have sweet tea at a restaurant they invariably make it too sweet for my liking. > > Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man The only good sweet tea I've had in the north is at Po' Folks. That place is my guilty pleasure! I love their chicken and dumplings and their chicken fried steak. So sue me! Wifey |
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 03:06:33 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>On 2004-12-05, Louis Cohen > wrote: > >> I get blackstrap molasses in grocery stores in the Bay Area, and sorghum >> molasses in some of them. I use it mainly in poultry brines, and I love >> molasses cookies. > >Yeah, but that Steve's sorghum just don't cut it. More like a syrup than a >thick sorghum. You might try Whole Foods or a health food store for >un-sulfured blackstrap which is what's on most s/m shelves. Try some blackstrap over a still hot square of cast iron skillet cornbread with a dollop of butter on top. Add a bowl of chili beans on the side and you will approach Nirvana (Texas-style at least). |
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>The only good sweet tea I've had in the north is at Po' Folks. That
>place is my guilty pleasure! I love their chicken and dumplings and >their chicken fried steak. So sue me! They used to have a couple Po' Folks down in South Carolina where I lived, but they went out of business about ten years ago. I loved that place; there was a discussion of Country Fried Steak in a recent thread and Po' Folks was one restaurant that got it right. I also loved the mason jars they served tea in. I remember the last time I went there I got an all you can eat Country Fried Steak meal. When I was in high school I once applied for a job at Po' Folks, and the application included a basic intelligence test. I remember one question was to name the current Vice President (at the time), and another was along the lines of "How much change do you give back if the customer gives you 14 dollars and the meal cost 11 dollars and 31 cents?" http://www.pofolks.com/ Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man "The likelyhood of one individual being right increases in a direct proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong." |
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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 20:57:38 -0500, "Bob (this one)" >
wrote: ><LOL> I just got a recipe for "sweet" corn bread that was a box of >Jiffy brand corn muffin mix and a box of Jiffy white cake mix. Combine >and add all the stuff they each call for. Bake. Jiffy corn muffin mix alone is too sweet for me! I don't want sugar in my cornbread or my grits. Tea must be sweet, although I use artificial sweetener most of the time. Anyone passing through Birmingham, AL must try Milo's sweet tea. It's delicious and a big cup of that will give you energy for days. Tara |
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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 20:57:38 -0500, "Bob (this one)" >
wrote: ><LOL> I just got a recipe for "sweet" corn bread that was a box of >Jiffy brand corn muffin mix and a box of Jiffy white cake mix. Combine >and add all the stuff they each call for. Bake. Jiffy corn muffin mix alone is too sweet for me! I don't want sugar in my cornbread or my grits. Tea must be sweet, although I use artificial sweetener most of the time. Anyone passing through Birmingham, AL must try Milo's sweet tea. It's delicious and a big cup of that will give you energy for days. Tara |
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>Tara jarvis57 writes:
> >>sumwun sed: >> >><LOL> I just got a recipe for "sweet" corn bread that was a box of >>Jiffy brand corn muffin mix > >Jiffy corn muffin mix alone is too sweet for me! I don't want sugar >in my cornbread or my grits. The OP is confuing "corn bread", a type of yeast risen rye bread that contains no corn, with cornbread, a quick bread made with cornmeal. If you like to use box corn muffin mix try "Washington" brand, it contains no added sugar... even better with some medium grind cornmeal added for texture. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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>Tara jarvis57 writes:
> >>sumwun sed: >> >><LOL> I just got a recipe for "sweet" corn bread that was a box of >>Jiffy brand corn muffin mix > >Jiffy corn muffin mix alone is too sweet for me! I don't want sugar >in my cornbread or my grits. The OP is confuing "corn bread", a type of yeast risen rye bread that contains no corn, with cornbread, a quick bread made with cornmeal. If you like to use box corn muffin mix try "Washington" brand, it contains no added sugar... even better with some medium grind cornmeal added for texture. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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Bubbabob wrote:
> Mark Thorson > wrote: > > >>"D. A.'Dutch' Martinich" wrote: >> >> >>>And I will admit that sweet goes with good, smoky 'cue. Anyone for a >>>Civil War armistice? >> >>You mean the War Between The States, of course. :-) >> > > You mean the War of Northern Aggression, don't you? You mean the Late Great Unpleasantness between The States, don't you? LOL |
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Bubbabob wrote:
> Mark Thorson > wrote: > > >>"D. A.'Dutch' Martinich" wrote: >> >> >>>And I will admit that sweet goes with good, smoky 'cue. Anyone for a >>>Civil War armistice? >> >>You mean the War Between The States, of course. :-) >> > > You mean the War of Northern Aggression, don't you? You mean the Late Great Unpleasantness between The States, don't you? LOL |
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In article >,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote: snips > Bottom line is, it's your choice whether to consume sugar or not. Most > places that serve sweet tea also have unsweetened tea available. There are > two diabetics in our household. We watch what we consume and choose > carefully. Not so, Wayne. I used to live in NC. Many times I'd be in a restaurant and ask for unsweetened iced tea and be told they didn't have any. Or try finding unsweetened iced tea in bottles or cans when you're on the road--ain't gonna happen. here in Seattle, it's the plague of the tutti-frutti iced teas--bleah! > > Please don't take this personally, but there are too many people out there > who seem to think society and the law should be their personal watchdogs. > They are obviously too lazy or incapable of taking responsibility for > themselves. I'm tired of being warned about undercooked eggs and meat. It > would really **** me off if "they" started governing what foods should > contains sugar and how much. And it goes on and on... I fill a baggie full of the amount of sugar in a standard 12 ounce can of soda and pass it around to my nutrition class. Most of them are clueless to that point of how much sugar (rather, high fructose corn syrup) they're getting in via that route. Cindy, rfc nutrition police officer -- C.J. Fuller Delete the obvious to email me |
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In article >,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote: snips > Bottom line is, it's your choice whether to consume sugar or not. Most > places that serve sweet tea also have unsweetened tea available. There are > two diabetics in our household. We watch what we consume and choose > carefully. Not so, Wayne. I used to live in NC. Many times I'd be in a restaurant and ask for unsweetened iced tea and be told they didn't have any. Or try finding unsweetened iced tea in bottles or cans when you're on the road--ain't gonna happen. here in Seattle, it's the plague of the tutti-frutti iced teas--bleah! > > Please don't take this personally, but there are too many people out there > who seem to think society and the law should be their personal watchdogs. > They are obviously too lazy or incapable of taking responsibility for > themselves. I'm tired of being warned about undercooked eggs and meat. It > would really **** me off if "they" started governing what foods should > contains sugar and how much. And it goes on and on... I fill a baggie full of the amount of sugar in a standard 12 ounce can of soda and pass it around to my nutrition class. Most of them are clueless to that point of how much sugar (rather, high fructose corn syrup) they're getting in via that route. Cindy, rfc nutrition police officer -- C.J. Fuller Delete the obvious to email me |
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Cindy Fuller > wrote in
: > In article >, > Wayne Boatwright > wrote: > > snips >> Bottom line is, it's your choice whether to consume sugar or not. Most >> places that serve sweet tea also have unsweetened tea available. There >> are two diabetics in our household. We watch what we consume and >> choose carefully. > > Not so, Wayne. I used to live in NC. Many times I'd be in a restaurant > and ask for unsweetened iced tea and be told they didn't have any. Or > try finding unsweetened iced tea in bottles or cans when you're on the > road--ain't gonna happen. here in Seattle, it's the plague of the > tutti-frutti iced teas--bleah! I'm sure it varies geographically. Everywhere I've lived there's been a choice in most restaurants. >> Please don't take this personally, but there are too many people out >> there who seem to think society and the law should be their personal >> watchdogs. They are obviously too lazy or incapable of taking >> responsibility for themselves. I'm tired of being warned about >> undercooked eggs and meat. It would really **** me off if "they" >> started governing what foods should contains sugar and how much. And >> it goes on and on... > > I fill a baggie full of the amount of sugar in a standard 12 ounce can > of soda and pass it around to my nutrition class. Most of them are > clueless to that point of how much sugar (rather, high fructose corn > syrup) they're getting in via that route. Is that about 6 teaspoons? > Cindy, rfc nutrition police officer I still say that people should smarten up, and should not need other people to tell them everything, much less enforce anything. -- Wayne in Phoenix *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. *A mind is a terrible thing to lose. |
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Cindy Fuller > wrote in
: > In article >, > Wayne Boatwright > wrote: > > snips >> Bottom line is, it's your choice whether to consume sugar or not. Most >> places that serve sweet tea also have unsweetened tea available. There >> are two diabetics in our household. We watch what we consume and >> choose carefully. > > Not so, Wayne. I used to live in NC. Many times I'd be in a restaurant > and ask for unsweetened iced tea and be told they didn't have any. Or > try finding unsweetened iced tea in bottles or cans when you're on the > road--ain't gonna happen. here in Seattle, it's the plague of the > tutti-frutti iced teas--bleah! I'm sure it varies geographically. Everywhere I've lived there's been a choice in most restaurants. >> Please don't take this personally, but there are too many people out >> there who seem to think society and the law should be their personal >> watchdogs. They are obviously too lazy or incapable of taking >> responsibility for themselves. I'm tired of being warned about >> undercooked eggs and meat. It would really **** me off if "they" >> started governing what foods should contains sugar and how much. And >> it goes on and on... > > I fill a baggie full of the amount of sugar in a standard 12 ounce can > of soda and pass it around to my nutrition class. Most of them are > clueless to that point of how much sugar (rather, high fructose corn > syrup) they're getting in via that route. Is that about 6 teaspoons? > Cindy, rfc nutrition police officer I still say that people should smarten up, and should not need other people to tell them everything, much less enforce anything. -- Wayne in Phoenix *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. *A mind is a terrible thing to lose. |
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"Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message ... > In article >, > Wayne Boatwright > wrote: > > snips > > Bottom line is, it's your choice whether to consume sugar or not. Most > > places that serve sweet tea also have unsweetened tea available. There are > > two diabetics in our household. We watch what we consume and choose > > carefully. > > Not so, Wayne. I used to live in NC. Many times I'd be in a restaurant > and ask for unsweetened iced tea and be told they didn't have any. Or > try finding unsweetened iced tea in bottles or cans when you're on the > road--ain't gonna happen. here in Seattle, it's the plague of the > tutti-frutti iced teas--bleah! Ok, I have to jump in for a second here....a mild rant though, I promise! *Why* is it that it is almost impossible to find unsweetened brewed tea anymore? It's either sweetened or sweetened and loaded with atificial flavors. Yuck. And please, servers of the world, when someone asks for iced tea, put some ICE in it! lol kimberly > > > > Please don't take this personally, but there are too many people out there > > who seem to think society and the law should be their personal watchdogs. > > They are obviously too lazy or incapable of taking responsibility for > > themselves. I'm tired of being warned about undercooked eggs and meat. It > > would really **** me off if "they" started governing what foods should > > contains sugar and how much. And it goes on and on... > > I fill a baggie full of the amount of sugar in a standard 12 ounce can > of soda and pass it around to my nutrition class. Most of them are > clueless to that point of how much sugar (rather, high fructose corn > syrup) they're getting in via that route. > > Cindy, rfc nutrition police officer > > -- > C.J. Fuller > > Delete the obvious to email me |
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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. I tend to use sugar only in desserts and generally avoid sweet condiments like catsup. I don't sweeten my iced tea, either, although I did when I was a kid. It's unusual to find sweet tea in Michigan. The only place I can think of that has it is Hooters. I prefer a hybrid cornbread. Tall and fluffy, but not sweetened. The bane of my restaurant-going experience is sugar. Sweet spaghetti sauce. Sweet bread. Sweetened butter. Bleah. Cindy Hamilton |
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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. I tend to use sugar only in desserts and generally avoid sweet condiments like catsup. I don't sweeten my iced tea, either, although I did when I was a kid. It's unusual to find sweet tea in Michigan. The only place I can think of that has it is Hooters. I prefer a hybrid cornbread. Tall and fluffy, but not sweetened. The bane of my restaurant-going experience is sugar. Sweet spaghetti sauce. Sweet bread. Sweetened butter. Bleah. Cindy Hamilton |
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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*! ;-) Kate -- Kate Connally “If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.” Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back, Until you bite their heads off.” What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about? |
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TSpoonsWife wrote:
> > >I prefer unsweet because I use packets of Equal instead of sugar to > cut down on > > the calories from sugar and can control how sweet the tea is. The few times I > > have sweet tea at a restaurant they invariably make it too sweet for my liking. > > > > Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man > > The only good sweet tea I've had in the north is at Po' Folks. That > place is my guilty pleasure! I love their chicken and dumplings and > their chicken fried steak. So sue me! > > Wifey I wish we still had a Po'Folks around here. The one we had closed some time ago. I loved to go there for there fried catfish and hushpuppies. Kate -- Kate Connally “If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.” Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back, Until you bite their heads off.” What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about? |
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Kate Connally > wrote in
: > 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! -- Wayne in Phoenix *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. *A mind is a terrible thing to lose. |
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"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
... > Kate Connally > wrote in > : > > > 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. -- Peter Aitken Remove the crap from my email address before using. |
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"Nexis" > wrote in message
news:HOQsd.132491$SW3.45202@fed1read01... > > Ok, I have to jump in for a second here....a mild rant though, I promise! > *Why* is it that it is almost impossible to find unsweetened brewed tea > anymore? It's either sweetened or sweetened and loaded with atificial > flavors. Yuck. And please, servers of the world, when someone asks for iced > tea, put some ICE in it! lol Must be a regional thing with iced tea. I order iced tea in restaurants around here pretty often, and *never* have I found the tea to be pre-sweetened (this goes for serve-yourself tea, as well as tea served by waitstaff). I live in the Houston area (geographically, it's as southern as you can get, but culturally it's more southwestern/western). And very rarely have I received iced tea that didn't have any ice in it. Mary |
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"MareCat" > wrote: > "Nexis" > wrote in message > news:HOQsd.132491$SW3.45202@fed1read01... > > > > Ok, I have to jump in for a second here....a mild rant though, I promise! > > *Why* is it that it is almost impossible to find unsweetened brewed tea > > anymore? It's either sweetened or sweetened and loaded with atificial > > flavors. Yuck. And please, servers of the world, when someone asks for > iced > > tea, put some ICE in it! lol > > Must be a regional thing with iced tea. I order iced tea in restaurants > around here pretty often, and *never* have I found the tea to be > pre-sweetened (this goes for serve-yourself tea, as well as tea served by > waitstaff). I live in the Houston area (geographically, it's as southern as > you can get, but culturally it's more southwestern/western). And very rarely > have I received iced tea that didn't have any ice in it. > That was my experience when I lived in Dallas. Some restaurants would have both sweetened and unsweetened iced tea, probably to cater to southeastern customers. I used to date a guy from SC, and would watch in amazement as he'd pour several packets of sugar into his iced tea. The stuff wouldn't dissolve, so he'd have a pool of precipitated sugar at the bottom of the glass. The ritual would be repeated with every refill. Cindy -- C.J. Fuller Delete the obvious to email me |
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. com: > "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message > ... >> Kate Connally > wrote in >> : >> >> > 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. |
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"Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message
... > > That was my experience when I lived in Dallas. Some restaurants would > have both sweetened and unsweetened iced tea, probably to cater to > southeastern customers. I used to date a guy from SC, and would watch > in amazement as he'd pour several packets of sugar into his iced tea. > The stuff wouldn't dissolve, so he'd have a pool of precipitated sugar > at the bottom of the glass. The ritual would be repeated with every > refill. > I used to do something like that when I was a kid, except I would drink the sugar part, too. That was the best part of the drink, imo. rona -- ***For e-mail, replace .com with .ca Sorry for the inconvenience!*** "[America] is filled with people who decided not to live in Europe. We had people who really wanted to live in Europe, but didn't have the energy to go back. We call them Canadians." ---Grover Norquist in Newsweek, November 22, 2004 |
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I live in the south. It's ordered as "sweet tea." It's made after the tea
is brewed by adding a "simple sugar syrup" to the tea. I haven't live here very long - 12 years. There are a lot of sweet things the southerners like. Sugar, like salt, is a preservative. The south,before air conditioning was/can be torrid in the summer. I wonder if the added sugar helped the dish from going off a little longer. Just a thought . . . Joe ------------------------------------ "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message ... > Kate Connally > wrote in > : > > > 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! > > > -- > Wayne in Phoenix > > *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. > *A mind is a terrible thing to lose. |
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