I love pimento cheese. I love it on crackers as a snack. I love it between bread as a sandwich for lunch. It's the quintessential "munchy" that combines the creamy, smooth texture of cheese with the pungent bite of roasted red pepper. It is also one of the foods I remember most fondly growing up. It was just always there ... in Mom's refrigerator, in Grandma's refrigerator ... I always had access to it.
I always have some in my refrigerator, too.
Then, one day, I didn't.
And I was craving it.
So, I made some! Problem solved!
It was so good! I tried to remember why I had never made it from scratch before ... now I remind myself that the store-bought variety just doesn't compare to the "real thing".
The folks over at Serious Eats have a great article on the history of pimento cheese spread written by Robert Moss ... apparently, it all started in New York!
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