Originally Posted by cblaisd
25. Despite the signal culinary achievements of the South (the sausage biscuit, grits, country ham ^ , the hush puppy, fried catfish) there is one place the region is sadly benighted: ice tea is to be served with no sugar. If I wanted it sweet, I would put sugar in it. And, at the other end of the pretentiousness spectrum, mostly found in "fusion" restaurants where the portions are tiny and consist of things that are only marginally food, when I ask for tea I want regular, brown, 'Murican tea -- I don't want hints of raspberry or foofoo fruits.
THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!
As a native of the "north", I hate having to specifically ask for "unsweet tea" here south of the Mason-Dixon... (I am now Pavlovian trained and do so even north of it too, by habit) and then half the time, they still give you sweet tea. No sugar, no equal, no pink stuff... perhaps a fresh wedge of lemon is all it needs. Oh, lots of ice too. Iced tea isn't lukewarm tea.
This is a great thread... a few of my food fetishes...
No runny eggs... runny eggs are gross to me.
No white bread. Rye or Italian/French (closest to white I'll do).
I'm doing better on eating beef with pink in it. My wife likes it medium rare, so I had to learn to grill that way for her. I just cook my a bit more now instead of medium well, I'm down to medium. London Broils have very appealing to me in the past year or so, especially if they've been marinated for a couple of days first.
Since figuring out I have a corn allergy, I've totally changed my eating style. No more fast food... not a lot of junk food. Well, exceptions like In-N-Out on the left coast where everything is made fresh.
No powdered cow in my coffee. Milk, real cream or half/half, or powdered milk are acceptable, no non-dairy stuff. Real coffee, real moo in it. Really bothered me around here when Hardees (I can eat some of their breakfast items) changed their coffee creamer to a liquid non-dairy creamer.