the south's cheese
Mar. 31st, 2010 12:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
keryxNow and then, something will remind me that I'm a poor excuse for a Southerner. For instance! I did not know what pimento cheese was. Is. My not-knowing is in the past, but the cheese is in both the past and the present.
It's made out of mayonnaise, shredded cheese (usually sharp cheddar) and those tasty little peppers people stuff in green olives.
I tried to find out something about its history, in part because I'd love to have my theory confirmed. My theory being: someone wanted to make ham salad, but had no ham. And it was snowing. But! They had a block of cheddar cheese. I think the stuff tastes just like ham salad would if it were made of cheese and not ham.
There isn't much of a history on the internet, but it is definitely an Official Southern Thing. They serve it at the Master's Tournament. They also serve it, handmade by my very own roommate & Richmond's finest cheesemonger, at the local organic grocery.
It's made out of mayonnaise, shredded cheese (usually sharp cheddar) and those tasty little peppers people stuff in green olives.
I tried to find out something about its history, in part because I'd love to have my theory confirmed. My theory being: someone wanted to make ham salad, but had no ham. And it was snowing. But! They had a block of cheddar cheese. I think the stuff tastes just like ham salad would if it were made of cheese and not ham.
There isn't much of a history on the internet, but it is definitely an Official Southern Thing. They serve it at the Master's Tournament. They also serve it, handmade by my very own roommate & Richmond's finest cheesemonger, at the local organic grocery.