Last week I had a subcontractor up from Alabama. At one point he asked me, “Is Richmond considered the South?”

I’ve been asked that before. I tend to give the same response. See, during the Civil War/War Between the States/War of Northern Aggression the Southern states seceded from the Union. And formed their own country, the Confederate States of America. Of which Richmond was named the capital. Thus, Richmond is now and forever will be considered the South.

So, I told him, “Yes. Capital of the Confederacy right here. Also, the Sweet tea line is in Fredericksburg.”

Now, you may think that the Mason-Dixon line is what defines the South. But, it’s really the Sweet tea line. Sweet tea is a Southern institution. If you are in a restaurant and you order iced tea and they don’t give you a choice, you are getting Unsweet tea and you are in the North. Or anywhere but the South. If they ask “Sweet or Unsweet” you are in the South.

Note: Sweet tea is not the same as Unsweet tea with sugar packets. At all.