Pimento Cheese

[kaiser715]

I've been experimenting with Pimento Cheese variations. Fixed a really good batch tonight.

(With my red meat/mammal allergy, I haven't been eating cheese since 2020. Lately, I have found that I have been less reactive over all, and re-introduced cheese. So far, so good. Only about half of people with alpha-gal are reactive to any dairy products. Some, like I seem to be now, are OK with cheese, but not milk/butter/etc. Depends on how it's made.)

Tonights batch:

8 oz finely shredded mixed cheddar
(I used store-bought this time, but it is better if you grate it yourself...no cornstarch, cellulose, whatever else they add to keep it from clumping)
1 4 oz jar pimientos, drained
paprika
1 glob (maybe a tablespoon?) Badia Minced Garlic & Red Chili Pepper (Food Lion with the mexican foods)
Dukes mayo (not too little, not too much)
1/2 sweet onion, chopped fine
"enough" Texas Pete

 

[kaiser715]

 

[VortecJeep]

I never liked pimento cheese as a kid, but a couple years ago I discovered I like it when I had it on a fried chicken and homemade pimento cheese sandwich at a local restaurant at the beach.

Your recipe sounds great.

 

[justjeepin86]

I love pimento cheese. I've never had it with peppers and onion though.

Conrad and Hinkle in Lexington has the best to me.

 

[Ron]

This right here:

Slathered on some pork rinds is my guilty pleasure

 

[/dev/ram]

That’s the closest to homemade of any store bought pimento cheese. I mix in some Texas Pete, little black pepper, and tastes just like granny’s. ;-)

 

[Noel]

Once I learned how easy it is I make my own like that. Dice some jalapeños in there. I think many people don’t like pimento cheese due to the other style like Conrad hinkles.

 

[kaiser715]

Dice some jalapeños in there.

I will try that. I used to make jalapeno poppers with pimento cheese on the grill.

 

[justjeepin86]

Once I learned how easy it is I make my own like that. Dice some jalapeños in there. I think many people don’t like pimento cheese due to the other style like Conrad hinkles.

My aunt used to make it when we were at the coast when I was a kid. She used velveeta, and it was very similar to Conrad. That's just how it should be, lol.

I'm not against the other stuff though, sounds good.

I get this when I come to the coast. It's killer, but different.

 

[Noel]

My aunt used to make it when we were at the coast when I was a kid. She used velveeta, and it was very similar to Conrad. That's just how it should be, lol.

I'm not against the other stuff though, sounds good.

I get this when I come to the coast. It's killer, but different.

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Yea I like it both ways. But I get why some people don’t like the original type

 

[Noel]

Yall had me craving and the Harris teeter didn’t have any pimentos lol

 

[Lizooki]

OK ... hear me out on this one.
Pork rinds ... using pimento cheese as a dip.

 

[justjeepin86]

OK ... hear me out on this one.
Pork rinds ... using pimento cheese as a dip.

I felt like I heard this somewhere before.......