{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Paul Stanley","provider_url":"http:\/\/www.paulstanley.org\/blog","author_name":"Paul Stanley","author_url":"http:\/\/www.paulstanley.org\/blog\/author\/paul-stanley\/","title":"Sweet Tea Is \u2018Southern\u2019 So Let\u2019s Own It - Paul Stanley","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"u00GF9kIG9\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulstanley.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/03\/sweet-tea-is-southern-so-lets-own-it\/\">Sweet Tea Is \u2018Southern\u2019 So Let\u2019s Own It<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulstanley.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/03\/sweet-tea-is-southern-so-lets-own-it\/embed\/#?secret=u00GF9kIG9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Sweet Tea Is \u2018Southern\u2019 So Let\u2019s Own It&#8221; &#8212; Paul Stanley\" data-secret=\"u00GF9kIG9\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=http:\/\/www.paulstanley.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"I love sweet tea. I love sweet tea as much as I love the South. For me it is the most refreshing, thirst-quenching drink during the dog days of southern summers when the concrete around tennis courts or the pool could easily scramble an egg. Sweet Iced Tea is as southern as magnolia trees, pecan pie and catching lighting bugs at dusk. It\u2019s part of our southern lifestyle. Lately some have suggested we Southerners abandon our patent \u2013 their monolith \u2013 unyoke our burden -on sweet iced tea so those in other regions may feel more comfortable. Or as one writer suggested, our fascination with sweet tea as an \u201carchetype.\u201d Bulls**t. Hogwash for those of you who don\u2019t curse. When my children attempt to order \u201csweet tea\u201d in the Midwest most servers\u2019 offer a perplexed expression before saying \u201cunsweet\u201d is all they offer and pointing to the sugar or artificial sweetener\u2019s as an\u00a0alternative to \u201csweet.\u201d But adding these small packets to iced tea is no different than putting lipstick on a pig. It doesn\u2019t make it taste or look like it should. I tried drinking unsweet iced tea. Drank it that way for years. It wasn\u2019t the same and could [...]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/theculinarycellar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Mint+Iced+Tea+photo1.jpg"}