Just a Crazy Woman

Dec 16, '07 10:21 PM
for everyone

Category:		Beverages
Servings:		Gallon

Description:
Take a sip of this and you'll be talking with a strong southern slang in no time flat.

Ingredients:
3 to 4 cups water
3 family-sized tea bags
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 to 1⅓ cups of sugar

Directions:
Bring 3 to 4 cups water to a boil.
Add baking soda and tea bags to the water.
Remove from heat and cover.
Allow to set for 10 to 15 minutes.
Pour into a gallon pitcher and add sugar.
Add cold water to make 1 gallon.
Refrigerate.

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15 Comments

astranavigo wrote on Dec 16, '07

Y'know -- being as I'm from the Northwest, we did our best to do away with all gratuitous sugar and salt in our diets back in the '70's.

That means that a lot of Northwest every-day-fare is like eating cardboard - but we like it that way....

justacrazywoman wrote on Dec 16, '07

well, you and your cardboard lovin friends can fix your tea just the way you have for the past 30 years. we southerners will stick to the sugar loaded stuff. does that make us happier people?

astranavigo wrote on Dec 16, '07

Oh, hell - I dunno. It's a regional difference!!!!

Put another way -- it's all good, hon.......;)

westofeden wrote on Dec 16, '07

That is the One biggest thing I miss about living in the south...You cant get sweet tea in any sit down dining place at all in nebraska!!...thank God I can make it at home!

imacountrygirl wrote on Dec 17, '07

That baking soda is interesting....ummm...what's it for? On account of I don't usually put that in mine.

mandaj1973 wrote on Dec 17, '07

ditto countrygirl's inquiry.

justacrazywoman wrote on Dec 17, '07, edited on Dec 17, '07

i've never put baking soda in sweet tea either. not sure what the purpose is. i did some research and found several other sweet tea recipes that called for baking soda. all i know is that it's really really good :)

bugjuice1000 wrote on Dec 19, '07

Made a lot sweet tea in my day , never heard of baking soda either. Now I make with splinda, diabeties um wonder if that's... Naw!

mickeymouse927 wrote on Dec 20, '07

hey westofeden...go get gold peak iced tea, its made by coke and i swear they got the southern tea down pat, thats one of the biggest things i miss about the south too

complicatedadventure wrote on Feb 26

I have never added the baking soda, I am going to try it that way to see what makes the differance.

HUGS

justacrazywoman wrote on Feb 26

i was amazed at how good it was.

astranavigo wrote on Feb 26

I was in Greenville, South Carolina on business once - I asked for a glass of iced tea before lunch, and was greeted with something which would have done double-duty on pancakes as syrup.

After choking the first sip, I asked the waitress if they had anything without sugar.

She looked at me funny, and said, "Y'all must be from Up Nawth". I admitted my guilt in that regard, and she brought me tea-sans-sugar.

Lesson: If you're from the Northern Tier, ask for unsweetened tea. The default is tea-flavored-pancake-syrup.....

mickeymouse927 wrote on Feb 26

im fro up nawth and i loved their pancake syrup, man thats some good stuff

justacrazywoman wrote on Feb 26

i normally don't get sweet tea because when it's bad, it's reeeaaallly bad.

nebulosity wrote on May 31

The baking soda is to cause the tea to be smooth tasting. Baking Soda is a base, so it neutralizes the natural acids in the tea (just like the kids "volcano" expiriment with baking soda and vinegar). It really does make a difference. However, most recipes don't call for enough to make that difference. I add 1/2 t. of baking soda to a gallon of water (and 1 1/2 c. of sugar and 12 tea bags)

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