What do you mean no sweet tea?

[siskaren]

Went home and told my husband about this post. He had no idea that marshmallow fluff was a new england thing. We thought everyone had it. We thought everyone had fluffernutters too because the recipe was on the back of the tub.

Same here. I've lived in Illinois my entire life and I know what a Fluffernutter is (and I've never heard it called a "Fluffa nutta").

 

[LBIJim]

Funny story... My hubby and I first visit... The Uno on 535 didn't have sweet tea...
Hubby- you don't have sweet tea! This is the south right?
Waiter- no sir we succeeded from the south

We about died laughing.. Coral reef didn't have sweet tea on Veterans Day.. The Peak tea is ok.. But not the same! We asked everywhere we ate.. No sweet tea...

I never considered the Orlando area "The South." The South ends somewhat below the Panhandle and Jacksonville. Orlando, Tampa, Miami, etc. never succeeded, they never WERE!!! It's always been transplanted Northern territory.

As for ANY kind of cold tea, the best is the type you pour down the drain.
YUCK!!

 

[LBIJim]

Same here. I've live in Illinois my entire life and I know what a Fluffernutter is (and I've never heard it called a "Fluffa nutta").

Obviously not....you've never lived in New England. Those people don't know what "R"s are.

 

[yankeepenny]

FLUFFA NUTTA is how someone from New England would PRONOUCE IT.

Paak your cah in hahvad yard is written Park Your Car in Harvard Yard.

 

[CraftyMommy]

I don't drink sweetened tea. That just sounds like diabetes in a cup.

I didn't read through the comments, but couldn't you just add sugar and sweeten it like you would do if you made Kool-Aid or something? It is easier to make it unsweet for those of us who don't like sweetened tea. Then you can just add sweetener to it.

 

[AngiTN]

Funny story... My hubby and I first visit... The Uno on 535 didn't have sweet tea...
Hubby- you don't have sweet tea! This is the south right?
Waiter- no sir we succeeded from the south

We about died laughing.. Coral reef didn't have sweet tea on Veterans Day.. The Peak tea is ok.. But not the same! We asked everywhere we ate.. No sweet tea...

I never considered the Orlando area "The South." The South ends somewhat below the Panhandle and Jacksonville. Orlando, Tampa, Miami, etc. never succeeded, they never WERE!!! It's always been transplanted Northern territory.

You got that right! FL is not The South. I won't even count the panhandle personally.

 

[PeterPanic]

Ask for it "half-and-half" and it's a lot more palatable.

I don't want flavored Ice Tea. I like tea and I want to taste it. If I wanted it to taste like lemonade, I would drink lemonade. Sweet tea would taste exactly the same if they left out the tea and just served sugar water. Tea has a subtle taste that is overpowered by sugar and flavoring. Why bother.

For the record, sweet tea is nasty! Nothing beats ice cold unsweetened tea!

Absolutely. I love unsweet tea. I drink it all the time. I used it as a substitute years ago when I was drinking way to much Pepsi. I have a big ole glass of it sitting right next to me right now. I can't tell you how many times that I have ordered unsweet tea here in NC and received Sweet Tea because they are sure that is what I meant.

FLUFFA NUTTA is how someone from New England would PRONOUCE IT.

Paak your cah in hahvad yard is written Park Your Car in Harvard Yard.

That isn't how New Englanders talk. That is how Massachusetts folk, especially Boston, pronounce it. But remember that Boston is a whole nother world. We don't even consider it part of New England.

 

[hakepb]

I don't drink sweetened tea. That just sounds like diabetes in a cup.

I didn't read through the comments, but couldn't you just add sugar and sweeten it like you would do if you made Kool-Aid or something? It is easier to make it unsweet for those of us who don't like sweetened tea. Then you can just add sweetener to it.

You mix Kool-Aid before you add ice. Once you add the ice, it's too cold to effectively add sugar.

 

[cgattis]

For all you fellow in-room brewers (tea, that is LOL), Lipton now makes a Cold Brew bag that is good, and I've had good results mixing in the sugar just at room temp. Not quite as good as boiled, but way better than Gold Peak!!

And thanks to a couple of PP, I stopped on the way home and picked up a jar of fluff to try in cocoa....the sweet vs unsweet analogy won me over

And I guess this is pretty relevant to this thread, so...I was in San Jose last week and stopped at Joes for a burger. Had an adorable waiter who I'm pretty sure they ordered from Abercrombie . Saw tea on the menu and said "I assume your tea is unsweetened" to which he replied yes. I then asked if they had simple syrup, and you could see it dawn on him....he proceeded to make me two (nearly sweet enough) glasses of tea to wash down my monster burger. He then wrote "Roll Dang Tide" on my receipt--clearly noticed my Bama shirt. Tried to stuff him in my carry-on, to no avail *sigh* . So, the moral of this story is...(Disney are you listening?) make up some simple syrup for a few pennies a day and offer it like you offer creamer to coffee drinkers. And clone that waiter. LOL

 

[larryz]

I don't want flavored Ice Tea. I like tea and I want to taste it. If I wanted it to taste like lemonade, I would drink lemonade. Sweet tea would taste exactly the same if they left out the tea and just served sugar water. Tea has a subtle taste that is overpowered by sugar and flavoring. Why bother.

The sweetness will often offset the leftover coffee acids leached into the tea when they use a coffee pot to heat the water.

And don't get me started on what a little sugar will do to highlight the floral aspects of darjeeling...

But I digress -- When I say "half-and-half," I'm talking half unsweetened and half sweet-tea (the Southern-style sweetened tea).


Although I do like a nice "Arnie Palmer" from time to time...

 

[saskdw]

LOL We love Nestea Cool....

I remember my first trip to the states, ordering what I thought would be iced tea, only to take one sip and spit it back into the glass. LOL!!!

Not sure what I'll be drinking this trip, trying not to drink pop but don't want to just have water everywhere when we're on the dining plan! LOL!

Same thing happened to us. You should have seen the look on DS face when he took the first gulp!!

 

[yankeepenny]

That isn't how New Englanders talk. That is how Massachusetts folk, especially Boston, pronounce it. But remember that Boston is a whole nother world. We don't even consider it part of New England.


WRONG-

I am from ME, NH , VT and yes, that is HOW THEY TALK. I had to retrain myself when I moved 3 thousand miles away. I always know whether I visit Iowa, Texas, Florida or Nevada or California when I hear that accept. I say New England? and folks say YES. Then we talk about what we miss, for foods, the state of baseball, and the weather.
and, hen I am on the phone with someone, the accent comes back thick and fast.

 

[smidgy]

The sweetness will often offset the leftover coffee acids leached into the tea when they use a coffee pot to heat the water.

And don't get me started on what a little sugar will do to highlight the floral aspects of darjeeling...

But I digress -- When I say "half-and-half," I'm talking half unsweetened and half sweet-tea (the Southern-style sweetened tea).


Although I do like a nice "Arnie Palmer" from time to time...

every bartender should know what this is (half iced tea, half lemonade.)


until this thread, I had NO idea what "sweet tea" was! I just assumed it was iced tea with sugar added.. (and I am a tea drinker...... but I do line in Illinois... )

 

[smidgy]

oh! and larryz.. I , too hate that taste of coffee in my hot tea. bleeahhh!!!

 

[smidgy]

Went home and told my husband about this post. He had no idea that marshmallow fluff was a new england thing. We thought everyone had it. We thought everyone had fluffernutters too because the recipe was on the back of the tub.

it is not a new england thing.. we had marshmallow fluff and fluffernutters growing up in chicago in the 60's!

ps, fluff makes a decent fudge, but not near as good as the original recipie on the hershey's Cocoa tin.

 

[HopperFan]

Family is from NJ and grew up many years there. Finished growing up in Georgia. Moved back to NJ as adult. After kids moved back to Georgia and been here long time.

- Grew up on Fluffernutter and even passed on that love to at least one kid.
- Grew up on unsweetened ice tea.
- In teens switched to soda, being in Georgia, Coca-Cola. I would drink no other.
- Now I drink sweetened tea (I gave up my Coca-Cola addiction for another).
- I can not make it and don't want to learn, I feed my habit with gallons from Chick-fil-a.
- Gold Peak Sweet Tea at Disney is not acceptable for Southern Sweet Tea.
- Sugar can not be added to unsweet tea to make it real sweet tea.
- At places with bad sweet tea I just get a half and half.
- It is showing up more and more at the World but I do not seek it out. On vacations I try to be strong and go cold turkey ... for as long as I can.

My tea story:
After living in Georgia for 13 years I moved back to NJ outside of NYC (30 years ago). We were in the city (both worked there) for the lighting of the tree and afterwards went for late dinner. I tried to order Coca-Cola but they confirmed they used some other off brand (there is only one Coke) so I ordered an ice tea. What I had failed to remember is that ice tea was not served in the winter time there. Remember there was no Starbucks or any coolness to drinking coffee or tea back then. The server brought back a nice tall glass. I took a nice long drink. First instinct was they gave me sweet tea (which at the time I did not drink) but it only took a second to realize they brought me a Long Island Tea. Not what I wanted but hey, it tasted good, and quickly warmed me up from what had been a couple cold hours waiting on those tree lights.

 

[fla4fun]

There are times I like sweet tea, and times I like unsweet tea. The best sweet tea I have had at WDW was at the Yachtsman Steakhouse. The tea itself was unsweetened, but they brought out several different types of sweetener including simple syrup. The syrup is so much better for sweetening the tea than sugar.

 

[kamik86]

Obviously not....you've never lived in New England. Those people don't know what "R"s are.

This one always amuses me. Living in Massachusetts I can't tell you how many times i have traveled somewhere and got chatting with someone who says "But you don't have a Massachusetts accent."

I do not have a BOSTON accent because I live on the other side of Massachusetts. Where we along with at least the majority of Vermont and Connecticut know how to pronounce Rs. I haven't spent enough time in Rhode Island, New Hampshire or Maine however I have one person in my office that grew up in New Hampshire and another in Maine and they also both pronounce Rs.

 

[kamik86]

That isn't how New Englanders talk. That is how Massachusetts folk, especially Boston, pronounce it. But remember that Boston is a whole nother world. We don't even consider it part of New England.


WRONG-

I am from ME, NH , VT and yes, that is HOW THEY TALK. I had to retrain myself when I moved 3 thousand miles away. I always know whether I visit Iowa, Texas, Florida or Nevada or California when I hear that accept. I say New England? and folks say YES. Then we talk about what we miss, for foods, the state of baseball, and the weather.
and, hen I am on the phone with someone, the accent comes back thick and fast.

Hmm if we assume you mean Northern and eastern Vermont. Then we have pretty much split New England in half. My mom is from Bennington VT and we have both spent a lot of southern VT and they don't speak like that there. I am currently in MA and on this side of the state (which Boston doesn't think exists because they think Worcester is western MA...) we also don't speak like that.

 

[chartle]

1. Sorry, not to sound like a jerk, but this is not correct... Simple syrup is made by dissolving sugar in water NOT by breaking down the disaccharide. There is a type of baking syrup that uses enzymes or acids to break down sucrose into glucose and fructose, but that's not what simple syrup is. Simple syrup makes a sweeter drink than sugar because its a supersaturated solution - more sugar dissolves in hot water than cold water, and the sugar will stay in solution when it cools.

2. For the record, sweet tea is nasty! Nothing beats ice cold unsweetened tea!

1. Thought for sure I saw a Good Eats where Alton Brown described how heating the sugar in water broke it down into simpler sugars and made it sweeter. Ok just checked the Good Eats fan page transcript for that show and it doesn't have anything to do with simple sugars. My bad.

2. What now you really are a jerk. Sweet tea rules.