Turns out spiked tea pairs best with salty, smoky chocolate chip cookies.
I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where summers are hideously hot and humid, so we often had a pitcher of iced tea in the fridge. Appropriate, apparently, as it seems the beverage was popularized (but not invented — see internet evidence HERE) at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. (Other portable summertime culinary wonders popularized at this fair: the ice cream cone and the hot dog bun.)
Source: struckmeyer-family.com
I am currently packing up my apartment to move, a seriously sweaty task in New York City in August. Around the time I drank my eleventh glass of water one recent afternoon, I wondered why I didn't take a cue from mom and keep some iced tea around. I hit the grocery store, in hopes of finding some Numi Moroccan Mint, which was not available in spite of this wall.
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