pimento cheese

noun

: a Neufchâtel, process, cream, or occasionally cheddar cheese to which ground pimientos have been added

Examples of pimento cheese in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Tickets to the Masters have always been difficult to obtain, but once fans get inside Augusta’s grounds, the free parking, $1.50 pimento cheese sandwiches and complimentary pairings sheets are downright reasonable. Kevin Draper Doug Mills, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024 Fried Green Tomatoes: battered tomato slices layered with pimento cheese for dipping sauces. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024 Add the remaining pimento cheese mixture, and place the slice of tomato on top. Michelle Gross, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2024 Plus, this gift box even comes with pimento cheese and two types of jam. Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2024 Pimiento Peppers: bacon wrapped, jalapenos filled with pimento cheese. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024 Diners in Atlanta can soon make plans to feast on enormous beef ribs served with nuoc cham, while in New York, sesame milk bread slathered with pimento cheese will be in the spotlight at a promising chef’s first solo restaurant. Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 28 Mar. 2024 From pimento cheese and egg salad to chocolate chip cookies, Masters fans can get all their concession stand favorites delivered from Augusta National Golf Club right to their door in time for the tournament to being on April 11. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2024 The deli, which will be open Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., will offer breakfast sandwiches (such as a goetta, egg and cheese) and a biscuit sandwich slathered with his grandmother's pimento cheese recipe. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pimento cheese was in 1910

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“Pimento cheese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pimento%20cheese. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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