John and Deanna were home earlier this month and we went to a Sunday church social. You know the kind where they have shade trees, quilt raffles, families, and country cooks serving wonderful food.
I've been low carbing since late May, but I totally caved for the first time and ate carbs that day. My food(s) of choice - Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, dressing AND homemade noodles. Also on the table were bowls of fresh homegrown tomatoes, wonderful coleslaw, that I'm still trying to get the recipe for, and pitchers of iced tea.
Oh yeah, I fell off the bandwagon with a huge kerthud, but it was totally worth it. I did, however, pass on dessert, while the rest of the family dived into oatmeal cake, strawberry cake and banana nut cake.
John loved the iced tea, and he doesn't miss a trick, he saw them stirring it up in huge trash cans. Yes, they were clean, they were feeding a lot of people that day, they had to do things in a big way. So John goes over and asks the ladies what kind of tea it was. To our surprise they said Nestea. Now my buddy Ang was with us, she didn't add any sweetener to hers, but the rest of us were jacking ours up with those little pink packets, and she said it was sweet enough without it, so I'm thinking it was the presweetened variety they were using.
But sugar is a no-no in our house, so I found the unsweetened variety at our local grocery store, came home, read the label, 4 Tablespoons per quart and stirred up a batch.
Whoeee, this stuff tasted really STRONG, nothing like they had at the church social. So I decided the next batch to back it off to 3 Tablespoons. I made it, tasted it, a little better, but not much.
So then I get our my glasses and reread the label. Jeez Louise, the label said 4 teaspoons per quart, not 4 TABLESPOONS. No wonder mine tasted strong! So now I'm happily stirring up batch after batch, adding 5 packets of Splenda per quart, chilling it in the fridge before serving it. Yes, I add ice to my glass, but it just tastes better when you start with it cold! And does mine taste as good as what we had at the church social? Not really, but it's still pretty good. And did I mention that it was really cheap????
Happy drinking, it's a hot week in Heavensville, high 90's forecasted thru Sunday. Fun, fun...
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