Pimiento Cheese?

[asta]

One of my guilty pleasures is a lightly grilled pimento cheese sandwich with bread and butter pickles.

 

[Cadiewampus]

I don't have a good recipe for it, but it is a guilty pleasure of mine. I tried making it before using like miracle whip, velveeta and pimentos. It was OK, but I found it cheaper to buy it pre-made.

Just OK? Well your first mistake was using Miracle whip. Only thing that needs to go into is the trash can.

 

[aprilchem]

I'm not a fan of it in general, but we used to go to this restaurant that had pimiento cheese fritters as an appetizer. They'd make balls of the cheese, deep freeze them, bread them, and then deep fry them. OMG, SO good. I was so sad when that place went out of business.

 

[Mizzoufan]

As kids we had to eat them all the time as kids. I'm not sure I could anymore

 

[firecracker725]

This southerner uses cream cheese, and I'm pretty proud of it.

 

[powellrj]

I use Paula Deens recipe and she uses cream cheese. If it’s good enough for her, I will use it too! LoL

 

[leebee]

I guess my pimiento cheese won't be authentic because there's no way I could use Duke's mayo- I live in NEW ENGLAND and have never heard of Duke's mayo! Up here it's Cain's or Hellman's, but I'm usually good with store brand. Still not sure about the cream cheese... yes or no? (hard to believe that anything wouldn't be improved by the addition of cream cheese, LOL!)

 

[saucymb]

I guess my pimiento cheese won't be authentic because there's no way I could use Duke's mayo- I live in NEW ENGLAND and have never heard of Duke's mayo! Up here it's Cain's or Hellman's, but I'm usually good with store brand. Still not sure about the cream cheese... yes or no? (hard to believe that anything wouldn't be improved by the addition of cream cheese, LOL!)

I feel so bad for all y'all New Englanders who don't have Dukes. Next time you are in FL, you should pick some up!

Regarding the cream cheese or no cream cheese debate... I think it is largely a matter of texture preference.

Pimiento Cheese without cream cheese is more likely to be tangy, slightly acidic, a little "crumbly" (that's not exactly the word, but it'll have to do) and well, to be blunt, full of awesomeness.

Pimiento Cheese with cream cheese is going to be creamier, more of a spread-type texture, but lacking the awesomeness.

My brother, also raised in the South like me, prefers the creamier, store-bought versions. I obviously prefer the (vastly) superior tangy, non-creamy version.

Don't get me wrong...I do enjoy cream cheese, as long as it is used appropriately!


And, I really feel like this thread is useless without samples.