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.

My problem is that New Orleans does not equal the Deep South. Some of that questionnaire was incomprehensible to me.

Burgoo: [link]

In general the questionnaire was focused on my town, so - North Georgia.

How about meat & three? I never encountered that until NC (though I was from the SW, which is its own insularity.)

Oh! Nora reminds me. What did we put for food people argue about?

I wasn't really sure what they were going for with cultures so I put French (thinking of Cajun), Scottish and African (although I realize it's not one culture). And I picked covered dish, because I've seen it used multiple times in place of a potluck. Most recently at a family get together right before I moved. It was billed as a "covered dish" and different sides of the family brought different sides.