I moved to the Columbus, GA and Ft. Benning area from Southern California, yes the land of "fruits and nuts" to the land of "grits and sweet tea". I knew that I had passed into a different place around Mississsippi. That is where I discovered SWEET TEA.
My family had been traveling for at least a week by this time. We would stop at least 3 times a day to eat and at two of those meals I usually ordered iced tea. I grew up in Nebraska and we drink our tea "plain". I feel better about myself when I drink tea because I am avoiding the sugar and preservatives of a soda (or "pop" is what we call it in Nebraska) and it is a little more exciting than water.
I thought nothing of it as I picked up the tall glass with clear amber liquid and cool condensation dripping down the side and took my first refreshing gulp. AUUGH, I nearly spewed it on my husband. I got little sympathy from the waitress when I told her that I wanted tea and this has sugar in it. All she said was "Hawny, yur in the south now, that there is the only tea we've got".
The next morning when we stopped for breakfast there were no hashbrowns on the menu. In their place were grits. Grits weren't too bad, I knew I would take to them faster than SWEET TEA.
Experience makes us better Realtors. Military and Relocation buyers coming to Ft. Benning and Columbus can count on me being sympathetic to what they are going through when they move to this area. I understand EXACTLY what they are going through and I can assure them that they will get used to Grits and Sweet Tea.
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