I guess it's an American thing. Southern hospitality has the connotation that your host will give you the shirt of his back if you need it, all while feeding you and asking when you're going to have kids.

[A laugh] Maybe not the kids part. Let me get you some of the tea, but I warn you, the "sweet" isn't misleading.

[Small have a glass of delicious liquid sugar. How do southerners live past 40?]