Living in the land of Dixie and proud of it!

[Apocalipstic]

OK, so the Smokey Mountains!

One of the things I love about the South is the closeness to so many different things. Hills, mountains, beaches, lakes, waterfalls, scenic drives, and so much history!

From the Border Islands to Key West, to Beale Street, to Dallas, to Little Rock, Dauphin Island, Disney World, Atlanta....I could on and on and on....the Everglades, Miami, Athens (all of them), New Orleans.......

But the best part of all, is it usually is not hella cold.

[Write14u]

Originally Posted by Toughy

by the way.....we drink sweet tea in the southwest also......actually I thought we in the southwest invented sweet tea.......laughin....

You just think that stuff you drink out there is sweet tea, Toughy. hah!
You can't even find real sweet tea west of the Mississippi. And I include Texas in that. Putting sugar into the tea after you get the cup doesn't make it real sweet tea. LOL

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

OK, so the Smokey Mountains!

But the best part of all, is it usually is not hella cold.

And the choir said, "Amen" to that sista!

[Apocalipstic]

Originally Posted by Write14u

You just think that stuff you drink out there is sweet tea, Toughy. hah!
You can't even find real sweet tea west of the Mississippi. And I include Texas in that. Putting sugar into the tea after you get the cup doesn't make it real sweet tea. LOL




And the choir said, "Amen" to that sista!

Sweet tea in Tennessee has more sugar in it than actual tea. It's kind of a syrup watered down by ice. You don't add the sugar with a spoon, you use a measuring cup or 2, or 3.

What I don't get is iced coffee??? WTH?

[Bob]

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

Sweet tea in Tennessee has more sugar in it than actual tea. It's kind of a syrup watered down by ice

I thought this was commonly referred to as "Jack Daniel's".

[Apocalipstic]

Originally Posted by June

In my family, we "baul" the water and sugar to make a syrup to use in the tea. This is different from "bauling" the peanuts.

Martha Stewart calls it "Simple Syrup" 1c water & 1c sugar boiled/bauled until it's kinda thick. It's also great in Mojito's and Juleps, keeps you from having that grainy scum on the bottom of your glass.

Who likes grainy scum, anyway?

-June

Grainy scum is gross!

I love love love mojitos!

and

I want pecan pie. Now.

Do y'all say pEEcan oor peCAn?

[Bob]

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

Do y'all say pEEcan oor peCAn?

Uh, peCAHN, of course. And it's PRAWlines, not PRAYlines.


/native Louisianian

[Apocalipstic]

Originally Posted by Bob

Uh, peCAHN, of course. And it's PRAWlines, not PRAYlines.


/native Louisianian

I say peCahn, but praylines!

[Write14u]

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

Sweet tea in Tennessee has more sugar in it than actual tea. It's kind of a syrup watered down by ice. You don't add the sugar with a spoon, you use a measuring cup or 2, or 3.

What I don't get is iced coffee??? WTH?

That's exactly how it's made down here. You take you boiling pan of tea and add in a cup or two of sugar and then some cold water and put it in the fridge. *grin* And voila! Real sweet tea (and I don't even drink the stuff)

I'm with you on the iced coffee. What's the point, I mean? I like mine good and lukewarm. *grin* Well, see, I like hot coffee, but then I let it simmer on down to lukewarm and guzzle it. And yes, I know I'm strange.

[Apocalipstic]

Originally Posted by Bob

I thought this was commonly referred to as "Jack Daniel's".

Yummy! My grandmother said Jack was medicinal and actualy added sugar to it!
I am a Jim Beam girl myself! or Maker's for holidays.

Originally Posted by Write14u

That's exactly how it's made down here. You take you boiling pan of tea and add in a cup or two of sugar and then some cold water and put it in the fridge. *grin* And voila! Real sweet tea (and I don't even drink the stuff)

I'm with you on the iced coffee. What's the point, I mean? I like mine good and lukewarm. *grin* Well, see, I like hot coffee, but then I let it simmer on down to lukewarm and guzzle it. And yes, I know I'm strange.

I do the same thing. I make it hot, let it cool a bit and guzzle. Ice in it is WEIRD. Like today. its 40 degrees and one of my Ohio co-workers has some iced coffee with whipped cream on it? Yuck.

[Apocalipstic]

When I was a kid we lived in Argentina, when we would visit Nashville, my mom would make bean bags of grits and pinto beans to smuggle them into Argentina. I still think of grits as a special treat!

[NotAnAverageGuy]

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

Sweet tea in Tennessee has more sugar in it than actual tea. It's kind of a syrup watered down by ice. You don't add the sugar with a spoon, you use a measuring cup or 2, or 3.

What I don't get is iced coffee??? WTH?

I add granulated sugar to the pitchers of tea I make, I used to use all that artifical sweetners back in the day but now its just plain sugar.

[Arwen]

Originally Posted by Write14u

You just think that stuff you drink out there is sweet tea, Toughy. hah!
You can't even find real sweet tea west of the Mississippi. And I include Texas in that. Putting sugar into the tea after you get the cup doesn't make it real sweet tea. LOL

Oh NO you did NOT.

As someone who was raised in Louisiana which just happens to be west of the Mississippi, I'll issue a throwdown to you.

My sweet tea vs yours.

Hmmph. Bring it, sportswriter.

I do like calling myself a Southern Belle and/or a Steel Magnolia. There are things I love about the South and things I hate.

What do I hate?

THE BUGS! Nice thing about living in Colorado was that the fleas completely died off in the winter. And I never saw even one palmetto bug.

What do I love?

• Lazy bayous just waiting for me to slip the canoe in and go for a while
• Gators sunning themselves on the bank.
• Great Blue Herons fishing like old men who never want to leave the bank
• Spanish Moss which is a true indicator about who won between the French and Spanish cultural invasion of the South. It used to be called Frenchmans's Beard.
• Evangeline's Oak
• Box sliding on the levee
• Mint Juleps
• Knowing what someone means when they say "who dat"
• Knowing the right response to "where you at" is "hello"

All of that and more is Louisiana to me.

Oh edited to add that my preferred grits are with butter, salt and pepper and a fried egg on top.

Although I do love Grits & Grillades.

[Hudson]

food, specifically grits, as weapon. only in the South.

[NotAnAverageGuy]

Originally Posted by Hudson

food, specifically grits, as weapon. only in the South.

[Jess]

Originally Posted by Hudson

food, specifically grits, as weapon. only in the South.

LMAO! Wondering if she takes any other advice from Madea?!?!


[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N_6--RgdAQ"]YouTube- Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - 13. "Grits and Skillet"[/nomedia]

[Zimmeh]

That was hilarious!

Originally Posted by Jess

LMAO! Wondering if she takes any other advice from Madea?!?!


YouTube- Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - 13. "Grits and Skillet"

[Write14u]

So, I called up my mom the other day to make sure she was picking up some food for tomorrow. For us, it's always been a tradition of black-eyed peas (for good luck) and collard greens (for money) that we eat on New Year's Day to set the year up right. I talked with another friend of mine in a border state and she said for them, it's cabbage for luck and money. Any of you got any other food traditions?

[Write14u]

Originally Posted by Arwen

Oh NO you did NOT.

As someone who was raised in Louisiana which just happens to be west of the Mississippi, I'll issue a throwdown to you.

My sweet tea vs yours.

Hmmph. Bring it, sportswriter.

I do like calling myself a Southern Belle and/or a Steel Magnolia.

Heh! It's already been brung! *grin*
Dearest Southern Belle,
I dare say your tea is pretty damn good. But you KNOW you can't find good sweet tea in the restaurants down there. You have to admit it. LOL

P.S. I love how people call them Palmetto bugs. Hell, they're just big ol' flying roaches. *wink*

[Toughy]

Originally Posted by Write14u

You just think that stuff you drink out there is sweet tea, Toughy. hah!
You can't even find real sweet tea west of the Mississippi. And I include Texas in that. Putting sugar into the tea after you get the cup doesn't make it real sweet tea. LOL

I was talking real sweet tea.........my Mother made sweet tea in a special pot.........it was only for tea and never ever did soap and water touch that pot. She put at least 6 tea bags in that pot (about a half gallon of water), brought it to a good boil, turned the heat off and dumped in at least a cup of sugar and stirred. Then you get a glass, fill with ice and pour that hot sweet tea in the glass and enjoy!

Everybody I know in NM makes sweet tea that way. You can actually buy a gallon jug of sweet tea in the grocery store in my hometown. It don't taste bad.........and will do in a pinch.

I just got back from a road trip (in my new to me car) to NM. I stopped at some truck stop in AZ and ordered iced tea and the waitress asked if I wanted sweet or regular. I said sweet of course and it was pretty good..........lots better than trying to put sugar in tea at the table.......



as to special food on new year's day........not in my family.....new year's day is when you take down the xmas tree and all the lights & decorations outside and stored them for next year........Mother usually made soup that day (beef soup.....chunks of stew meat, taters and spaghetti noodles....brown the meat in the soup pot, fill with beef stock, add taters, noodles and simmer for about an hour).......oh yeah and football on the tv........

[weatherboi]

I had greens and delicious peas at a local Men's bar yesterday. Every year I am invited to go with my bestie/my gay.