pimento cheese
noun
: a Neufchâtel, process, cream, or occasionally cheddar cheese to which ground pimientos have been added
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Multiple perishable foods without date marks were also discovered, with goat cheese, pimento cheese, seared tuna and cut tomatoes holding temperatures above 41 degrees.
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Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 May 2025
Start with the pimento cheese plate, then follow it up with any of his excellent entrees (like the Lamb Burger Helper).
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 May 2025
At any time of year eating Kentuckians’ favorite foods is easy but requisite during Derby Week, not least pimento cheese and country ham and biscuits, which will be found at every party, with puffy split buttermilk biscuits with a thin slice of rosy, salty, thinly sliced country ham on the table.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Food and drink prices are happily stuck in the 1970s — $1.50 for a pimento cheese sandwich — a charming holdover from yesteryear.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 May 2025
Start with the pimento cheese plate, then follow it up with any of his excellent entrees (like the Lamb Burger Helper).
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 May 2025
At any time of year eating Kentuckians’ favorite foods is easy but requisite during Derby Week, not least pimento cheese and country ham and biscuits, which will be found at every party, with puffy split buttermilk biscuits with a thin slice of rosy, salty, thinly sliced country ham on the table.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Food and drink prices are happily stuck in the 1970s — $1.50 for a pimento cheese sandwich — a charming holdover from yesteryear.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pimento cheese
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“Pimento cheese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pimento%20cheese. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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