pimento cheese

noun

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

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Customers who might feel less inclined to camp but still want a taste of Gaddy’s homestyle creations can find her delicious pimento cheese at Pasta & Provisions and the Salted Melon. Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2025 Burnt nuggets are actually tasty pimento cheese bites. Annemarie Dooling, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 June 2025 Some items haven't had their prices changed since 2002, including the egg salad and pimento cheese sandwiches, per USA Today. Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025 As a bonus, the lunch menu also features pimento cheese, which is served with pepper jelly, fresh herbs and Blue Dog seeded crackers ($12). Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 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 5 Aug. 2025.

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