I put Paula Deen, AND I LOVE HER.

When I worked at a bagel shop down in NC, we had 4 vats of tea. Sweet and unsweet in caf and decaf. Always were pouring out the unsweet when I worked closing. You MUST add the sugar when the tea is still hot. Else you don't get the syrupness. God, we used a lot of sugar.

I picked NASCAR for another thing you'd tail gate for.

And they have some mega setups too.

I left off the Athens restaurant and the tailgate, because I honestly couldn't think of one. Even though we do tailgate at baseball games, it occurs to me belatedly.

And here in St Albans practically a short jaunt from the Canadian border I've found TWO restaraunts that have fresh brewed sweet and unsweet tea!

Little known fact: sweet tea can be pretty readily found in Ontario. God knows why.

That WAS fun.

I put "sweet tea" for flavor of iced tea, which is also cheating, probably.

Call me a cheata'

I, too, said Paula Deen.

I chose French as one of the represented cultures. Thinking of the Acadians.

My father's family came from England, but spent a half century (and beyond) in Mississippi. Hattiesburg, to be specific. I would never consider myself Southern, but many of those answers came pretty easily to me. Something in the genes, I guess.

My choice for a food not eaten in the North...probably wrong, but there you have it...okra.

I also love Paula Deen. She was hysterical on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me a couple of years ago.

You MUST add the sugar when the tea is still hot. Else you don't get the syrupness. God, we used a lot of sugar.

Oh god yeah. I couple of pitchers full for one of those restaurant tea dispenser thingys.

All I could think of for potluck was "covered dish supper" which was stretching it.

Amy, I put covered-dish too. And mentioned horse races for tailgates.

There's a barbeque place near my grandmother's that made the most amazing seven-bean side dish. I swear it's called bergu. But I can't find anything to back me up.

Rose hip iced tea.

My choice for a food not eaten in the North...probably wrong, but there you have it...okra.

That's what I put. And for alcoholic drink, Budweiser.

Amy, I put covered-dish too.

I went with box social, even though it's not really the same thing.

horse races for tailgates.

Good one! Do they tailgate at rodeos?

I chose a particularly Northern alternative to potluck...progressive dinner. I originally thought of 'hot dish' but heard Garrison Kealler's voice in my head and thought better of it.