Hot or iced tea? Depends on where you order it
I enjoyed Marylyn Trivett’s piece a few weeks ago about her difficulty in obtaining hot tea at local restaurants. It reminded me of an experience my wife and I had while vacationing in New England.
One day at lunch we found “tea” on the menu and ordered it with our meal. We were brought hot tea. We explained that we thought it would be iced tea. Somewhat baffled, the waitress said the restaurant did not have iced tea. All they had to do, we explained, was pour the tea into a glass with ice. She left and returned with our iced tea.
Tea was listed on the menu at $1.50. Of course, we assumed that this was for continuous refills. Not so. It was for each serving. We each had two or three glasses, so the tea cost more than the entire cost of the food!
So, a word of caution for Southern iced tea drinkers: When traveling above the Mason Dixon, ask questions about “tea” on the menu before ordering.
Phillip Reeder
Greensboro
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You must have some hidden meaning.
Posted on May 20, 2009 3:54 AM
I can't figure why anybody would want to live in one of them depressing rust belt, snow bound, corrupt, and dangerours yankee places - places such as Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Michigan, and specially New Jersey - I'd rather be a street person in the Carolinas than be Governor of NY or NJ. While back, one of my boyfriends actually had to go to NJ for two weeks - he said people up there had never heard tell of such things as tomato sandwiches, grits, cornbread, and okra and even thought BBQ was something you did rather than something you ate - said yankees don't even know the difference 'tween a verb and a noun. He told how he ordered sweet tea and they brought him a pot of hot water and a tea bag !!!
Posted on May 20, 2009 5:52 AM
Yeah, up north those darn Yankees think tea is a beverage served hot and BBQ is something you do instead of something you eat and that human beings of all genders, races and religions (and even the non-religious) have inalienable rights and that the U.S. Constitution is the law of the land and that no matter how attractive your first cousin is, you still can't marry her.
Those crazy Yankees, what will they think of next?
Posted on May 20, 2009 8:33 AM
I'm from NY, and I can assure you, we have iced tea. Sweet tea, no. Iced tea, yes. Here's a thought.......how about being specific when you order something and don't assume that everywhere is like where you live. I used to wait tables and would find it really rather annoying when someone wouldn't be specific when they ordered and then would get mad at me when I didn't bring them what they wanted.
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Monica, your ignorance of us "damn Yankees" is appalling.
Posted on May 20, 2009 8:44 AM
"and that no matter how attractive your first cousin is, you still can't marry her."
Unless, of course, you are a "her" yourself. In which case, all bets are off.
Posted on May 20, 2009 1:35 PM