Southern ...lesson #1
Being in the South this past week, I realize how little the outside world really knows how a Southern talks. I will give you a quick lesson on two major things.
One being "fixing to." I am fixing to go to bed. I am fixing to leave work. I am fixing to eat supper. It simply means I am about to...(insert chosen action).
Another item is "iced tea". It is not flavored tea or unsweet tea poured in a glass to have sweetener added at will. Iced tea is already made sweet tea.
How do I make it? I personally heat water in a pot until it boils. I take it off the burner and let 5 family size tea bags steep for awhile. I then pour about a cup of sugar in the jug I am using for tea (usually a washed gallon milk jug) then add VERY hot water to the sugar and stir or shake until it is completely dissolved. Then I pour the tea into the jug of sugar water and add cold water until it is filled.
Is my sweet tea the correct most Southern way of making sweet tea. I don't know. This is just the way I was taught. My family loves it. My western raised husband and children love it.
One being "fixing to." I am fixing to go to bed. I am fixing to leave work. I am fixing to eat supper. It simply means I am about to...(insert chosen action).
Another item is "iced tea". It is not flavored tea or unsweet tea poured in a glass to have sweetener added at will. Iced tea is already made sweet tea.
How do I make it? I personally heat water in a pot until it boils. I take it off the burner and let 5 family size tea bags steep for awhile. I then pour about a cup of sugar in the jug I am using for tea (usually a washed gallon milk jug) then add VERY hot water to the sugar and stir or shake until it is completely dissolved. Then I pour the tea into the jug of sugar water and add cold water until it is filled.
Is my sweet tea the correct most Southern way of making sweet tea. I don't know. This is just the way I was taught. My family loves it. My western raised husband and children love it.
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1 Comments:
We just came back from a trip to NC and I swear my southern accent was back by the third day!!!!
On the flip side, a Northernism that really cracks my mom up is when people up here say, "Thanks, we're all set!" She claims Southerners don't say "all set." What do they say? We're done?
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