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DURHAM D

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8. I also found that if I asked for un-sweet and they had it

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #6)

Sat Feb 4, 2012, 10:23 AM

Feb 2012

the waiter would automatically bring artificial sweetner to the table along with the tea. When I told him/her I didn't need the sweetner they would give me a look of horror. They could not imagine drinking tea "straight". Sometimes I received that pinched faced look or silent treatment that said "foreigner" or even worse "yankee".

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In Kansas restaurants, can you get sweet tea? [View all] raccoon Feb 2012 OP

Why would anyone add sugar to tea? DURHAM D Feb 2012 #1

That's how I feel now... If you travel to the South, beware. hlthe2b Feb 2012 #3

I moved to the South about 30 years ago. DURHAM D Feb 2012 #4

They must have gotten tired of folks like me always asking for it.. hlthe2b Feb 2012 #6

I also found that if I asked for un-sweet and they had it DURHAM D Feb 2012 #8

So it isn't so bitter? (nt) Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #12

That's a southern thing... I know my early years were spent in Mid-west & I never had it hlthe2b Feb 2012 #2

Are you moving to Kansas? DURHAM D Feb 2012 #5

I'm planning to take a trip to Kansas. nt raccoon Feb 2012 #13

This is the South's contribution to American culture izquierdista Feb 2012 #7

I work with a man who claims he puts sugar in his cat's water. DURHAM D Feb 2012 #9

then wonders why his cats become diabetic? hlthe2b Feb 2012 #11

Sweet tea is the wine of the South. fasttense Feb 2012 #10

It's becoming more common proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #14

My sister moved to Georgia this summer and she told us the first time she was in a place beyurslf Feb 2012 #15

That's how I feel about sweet tea too. :-) nt raccoon Feb 2012 #16