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re: Is having Sweet Tea at restaurants a requirement to be Southern?
Posted on 11/26/15 at 10:53 am to Champagne
Posted on 11/26/15 at 10:53 am to Champagne
Maybe it's a LA regional thing?
From BR.....I grew up with my mom making it for us and can remember it being offered at most non-chain type restaurants in BR
From BR.....I grew up with my mom making it for us and can remember it being offered at most non-chain type restaurants in BR
Posted on 11/26/15 at 11:20 am to lsunurse
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From BR.....I grew up with my mom making it for us and can remember it being offered at most non-chain type restaurants in BR
Spent the better part of 3 decades in Baton Rouge and I think I had sweet tea 2-3 times, always at the insistence of other people.
It's Kool-Aid for grown ups anyway
Posted on 11/26/15 at 12:27 pm to lsunurse
Yes, it must be regional.
I am more of a Cajun/South La. person. Baton Rouge may have more of a Anglo/Scots/Irish cultural influence, thus, the Sweet Tea being in BR just like it is in the South at large.
South La. Cajun country is culturally different than the rest of the south. I believe this is the reason for the ubiquitous presence of "sweet tea" throughout the South, but, not in Cajun country.
Baton Rouge is not "Cajun country". I'll bet if we could go back in time to 1915, we'd see that everybody in BR spoke with the Southern accent twang that is everywhere in the South, except for Cajun country.
Here's a great idea for Sweet Tea with half the calories. Use half the amount of sugar you'd normally use. Use Splenda to bring the taste to your preferred level of sweetness.
I am more of a Cajun/South La. person. Baton Rouge may have more of a Anglo/Scots/Irish cultural influence, thus, the Sweet Tea being in BR just like it is in the South at large.
South La. Cajun country is culturally different than the rest of the south. I believe this is the reason for the ubiquitous presence of "sweet tea" throughout the South, but, not in Cajun country.
Baton Rouge is not "Cajun country". I'll bet if we could go back in time to 1915, we'd see that everybody in BR spoke with the Southern accent twang that is everywhere in the South, except for Cajun country.
Here's a great idea for Sweet Tea with half the calories. Use half the amount of sugar you'd normally use. Use Splenda to bring the taste to your preferred level of sweetness.
This post was edited on 11/26/15 at 12:38 pm
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