{"id":1081,"date":"2016-07-03T12:34:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T17:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulstanley.org\/blog\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2016-07-03T12:34:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T17:34:13","slug":"sweet-tea-is-southern-so-lets-own-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulstanley.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/03\/sweet-tea-is-southern-so-lets-own-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Tea Is \u2018Southern\u2019 So Let\u2019s Own It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n<p>Bulls**t. Hogwash for those of you who don\u2019t curse.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27460%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20460%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27460%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/theculinarycellar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Mint+Iced+Tea+photo1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>I tried drinking unsweet iced tea. Drank it that way for years. It wasn\u2019t the same and could hardly qualify as genuine iced tea. Favored water with a small caffeine boost is the best description I can muster.<\/p>\n<p>As Americans blessed with a southern heritage, most of us consume too much sugar. It\u2019s true; our processed sugar intake is too high as a plethora of nutrition writers on Pinterest remind us each day. And choosing between blackberry cobbler, a white-bread tomato (covered with salt &amp; pepper) and mayonnaise sandwich is hard. Therefore, I\u2019ve elected to enjoy these southern delicacies on occasion and save the majority of my sugar intake for bourdon, red wine and\u2026sweet tea.<\/p>\n<p>Writing for\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlantamagazine.com\/drinks\/stop-thinking-of-sweet-tea-as-a-southern-monolith\/\">Atlanta Magazine<\/a><\/em>, Rachael Maddux, a fellow Tennessean, suggested there is no official origin for sweet tea. Maybe there are no formal historical records, but you can\u2019t prove to me that sweet iced tea is anything but Southern and for that we should proudly embrace its heritage as our own. After all, Southerners had hot weather, tea, sugar and ice.<\/p>\n<p>And as Ms. Maddux recommends, I will try it with lemon and bourdon this evening. A wonderful idea.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a Southern \u2013 a true Southerner \u2013 I encourage you to lay any guilt aside and if you enjoy sweet iced tea, then embrace it with gusto. Like most of life\u2019s pleasure, consume each in moderation, but spurge a bit in these hot summer months and remind yourself once more why you love the South and all it has to offer. Let&#8217;s\u00a0introduce our fellow countrymen from other regions to\u00a0a glass of sweet iced tea.<\/p>\n<p>After all, sweet iced tea is \u201cSouthern\u201d and it\u2019s how we \u201cdo things down here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here is the Sweet Tea recipe I make on a daily basis:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3 cups water<\/p>\n<p>2 family-size tea bags (Lipton is best)<\/p>\n<p>1 Plantation Mint tea bag<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 to 1 cup sugar<\/p>\n<p>7 cups cold water<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bring 3 cups water to a boil in a saucepan; add tea bags. Boil 1 minute; remove from heat. Cover and steep 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Remove and discard tea bags. Add desired amount of sugar, stirring until dissolved. Pour into a 1-gallon container and add 7 cups cold water. Serve over ice. Add lemon and fresh spearmint if available.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>This article was originally published at <a href=\"http:\/\/onesouthernman.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=792&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\">OneSouthernMan<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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