SC - Feast Beverages

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Mordonna wrote:
>For those new to the list, we had a discussion on here not so very long ago
>on the proper way to sweeten tea.  Most of us born in the South who learned
>to cook in the South aqreed that it must be at room temperature or warmer to
>be properly sweetened.  Colder temperatures result in having undisolved sugar
>crystals and having to use much more sugar to get the proper degree of sweet
>taste.

I don't remember that thread, but then i rarely drink iced tea, even 
in "real" life. Only when i'm compelled to eat in a fast food 
restaurant by the members of the Puritan guild i'm in when we're 
working a fair. And then unsweetened with a squeeze of lemon and no 
ice. (i really dislike drinks on ice and i don't have sensitive teeth)

In Indonesia, coffee and tea were always served pre-sweetened and i 
don't care for sugar. It was nearly impossible to get it unsweetened, 
since it was already made and in a pitcher in the kitchen.

An American friend got hepatitis (easy in Indonesia, believe me) and 
the adults in Indonesian family she was staying with just shook their 
heads and said it was because she "kurang makan gula" (doesn't eat 
enough sugar)

As for how to sweeten... One way is to dissolve sugar in warm water. 
Do this in a pot on the stove, doesn't need to boil or anything like 
that, just hot enough for all the sugar to dissolve. Once dissolved, 
remove from stove and cool. Voila! a simple syrup that can even 
sweeten iced tea that's unsweetened but already iced.

I remember a restaurant that used to do that... But i don't remember 
where... or when...

Anahita, losing her mind, well, errr, her memory