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Pimento cheese is a common food in the Southern United States. The basic recipe has few ingredients: sharp cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, pimentos (also spelled "pimientos"), salt and pepper, blended to either a smooth or chunky paste.[1] There are a multitude of regional ingredients, which include but are not limited to: cream cheese, Velveeta cheese, Louisiana-style hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper, paprika, jalapeños, onions, garlic, and dill pickles.[2][3]
Pimento cheese can be served as a spread on crackers or celery, scooped onto corn chips or tortilla chips, mixed in with mashed yolks for deviled eggs,[4] added to grits, or slathered over hamburgers or hotdogs.[5] Pimento cheese can also be used to replace the sliced cheese in a grilled cheese sandwich.
The primary way pimento cheese is eaten, however, is as a sandwich on soft white bread, and is considered a Southern comfort food.[6] A pimento cheese sandwich may be a quick and inexpensive lunch for children, or it may be served as a cocktail finger food (with crusts trimmed, garnished with watercress, and cut into triangles). Pimento cheese sandwiches are a signature item at The Masters Tournament.[7][8] It is also a common snack in the Philippines, where it is referred to as cheese pimiento.[9]
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[edit] Pimento cheese types
[edit] References
- ^ NPR: Pimento Cheese: It's a Southern Thing
- ^ NPR: Pimento Cheese: It's a Southern Thing
- ^ Pimiento Cheese: One of Life's Simple Pleasures
- ^ Pimiento Cheese: One of Life's Simple Pleasures
- ^ NPR: Pimento Cheese: It's a Southern Thing
- ^ A Southern Tradition–Pimento Cheese
- ^ Perfecting pimento: gourmet gives us our own recipe - The Masters 2003: notebook - Brief Article | Golf Digest | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ Augusta Georgia: Features:Pimento cheese is soul food of the South 04/14/02
- ^ Homemade Cheese Pimiento in a Philippine online recipe database
