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Pimiento Cheese
May 27, 2016 by Judith Hanneman Leave a Comment
Often called “southern caviar,” pimiento cheese is great as a spread, dip and veggie filling. Try it for grilled cheese too!
Pimiento cheese is very popular in the southern United States. Of course like any other great southern creation, it’s made it’s way up north.
There’s literally thousands of recipes for pimiento cheese. Each cook will make it differently from the next.
While sharp or extra-sharp cheddar cheese is the basic cheese in all recipes, you will find recipes using either just cheddar or a combination of cheeses where one of the cheeses is always cheddar. And of course, they all have pimientos as the main ingredient. You can also…
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