pimento cheese

noun

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

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Grab an addictive pimento cheese biscuit at Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit. Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 What to order: A quesadilla ($11) with pimento cheese ($1.50), of course. Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025 Get the recipe > Pimento Cheese Burgers Skip the ketchup and mustard and slather your burger patties with pimento cheese instead. Saveur Editors, Saveur, 5 Feb. 2025 Another option to fill your belly with warmth: a Pinky Burger topped with that housemade pimento cheese and beef chili. Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pimento cheese

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 3 Mar. 2025.

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