The Greatest Cultural Contribution of the American South

What is the greatest cultural contribution of the American South? I know what I'd nominate:

Sweet tea.

Goodness how I love living in Texas because of the sweet tea. And when I say sweet tea I mean sweet. Very sweet.

I hate traveling outside of the South and going into restaurants and asking, "Do you have sweet tea?" The servers look at you and say, "No, but there is sweetener on the table."

Huh? Sweeter on the table, are you kidding me?

But you know what? Sweet tea is spreading. More and more, I'm finding it outside of the South. I used to never ask as the answer was sure to be no. But sweet tea is getting around, so it never hurts to ask when outside of the South.

Some people have seen the light.

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