Being a dutiful Southerner, I love Sweet Tea, which leads to a funny story.
My wife's family are from the mid-west. I went with her to a cousin's wedding a few years ago in Kanas City, Missouri. One night a bunch of the family decided to go eat at the local Bob Evans. When the waitress came to take the drink orders, I reflexively answered "Sweet Tea"
No Kidding here folks, she looked at me as if I had arrived in a UFO. Politely she said she did not know what sweet tea actually was but offered unsweatened tea with some packs of "sweet n low"
I said "Hon, it just a'int the same thing, I will just have a pepsi instead"
My wife's relatives had a good laugh on that one.
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