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In lugnet.loc.us.sc.col, Mike Walsh writes:
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> "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message
> news:GM3D3q.DAw@lugnet.com...
> > Well let me welcome you on down to the sunny south, take a good look at • that
> > Boston snow before you leave since you won't see much of that around these
> > parts.
> >
> > Things to know:
> > -All sodas are called Coke (this is a must if you enter Atlanta, GA)
> > -you put both ice and sugar in your tea
> > -add "y'all" to your spell checker
> > -grits are good for you, and so are black eyed peas
> > -and learn to smile....alot :)
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>
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> James' advice on tea is a good one and trips up a lot of visitors or new
> residents. Real honest to goodness southern iced-tea is brewed hot with the
> sugar in it. It almost has the consistency of syrup and will almost
> certainly have some undisolved sugar in it. Real southerners swear by
> sweet-tea. I personally can't drink it. It is just to sweet for me. You
> can tell a good southern restaurant by whether they offer both sweet and
> unsweet tea. The not-so-good ones only offer unsweet and let you add your
> own sugar.
Valid point to make, real sweet tea doesn't require you to add your own
sugar, it must be brewed in for sure. Most of the time if I order sweet tea
and they give me the "you have to add the sugar yourself" line, I just
change my order to a Coke.
> It may be an old wives tale but I was told that the reason the tea is brewed
> with the sugar in it is that in the summer when it is real hot and humid,
> sugar won't disolve. I have never tested it but I have heard it from more
> than one source.
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> Atlanta is too big to be a nice southern town and Raleigh is getting there
> but Columbia will still have courteous drivers.
Of course the term Atlanta really means more than just the city proper, but
if you are talking about the city of Atlanta...well just keep moving
forward, don't make eye contact and act like you belong there :) Most of the
towns on that make up the suburbs are much more in touch with there southern
traditions of being hospitable to new comers, and I'm sure that applies to
most larger areas in the south.
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