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I am not from the South. I have only spent a total of about 2 weeks of my life in the South. Two good weeks, but only two.

So why do I love southern food so much?
All of it. I love fried chicken and hush puppies and greens and corn mush and biscuits. When I dream about cake, I dream about red velvet cake. I drool at the though of fried catfish or pulled pork sandwiches.

Above all, though, is one thing:

I love sweet tea. I love it.

I recently discovered I could make this delightful concoction at home, and our fridge has had a pitcher full ever since.

Mmmm... Sweet tea...

:: submitted by Jenevieve, 9:56 PM
id="comments">9 Comments:

ewww i think sweet tea is the only part of southern food I don't like. i'm with you on the rest of it though. it's because it is terrible for you.

Anonymous, at 1:48 AM

It's an acquired taste. I screamed the first time I tried sweet tea--sensory overload, waaay too sweet for my non-Southern palate. After living in the South for a few years, however, I now love the stuff. Have a gallon jug of it in the fridge (must go get some right now...).

Anonymous, at 3:00 AM

My mother makes a red velvet cake. It must be good since everyone raves about it. What is corn mush? Is it ground up corn that is prepared similar to oatmeal?

Anonymous, at 2:37 PM

Two good weeks? Consecutively? How did you manage that? I'm lucky if I can string together three consecutive good days in the south.

Will, at 4:45 PM

thanks for the name change.

Anonymous, at 8:36 PM

Grits you must love grits too. Born and raised AL. and love the food to. You have to watch yourself though southerners are some of the fattest people in the country. We love to fry us up sum stuff.

scott, at 9:07 PM

mmmm... i do love grits. a lot.

Jenevieve, at 6:21 AM

dude, six years in the south and I do not love sweet tea. there's no hope for me.

Anonymous, at 2:12 PM

You must have been southern in a former life.

No, sometimes I think that people find out where their "home" is in life and you found yours. Even if you don't physically live there full time or forever, you just know.

Anonymous, at 3:53 PM

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