Recipe: Tasty My South Carolina State Famous Pimento Cheese

My South Carolina State Famous Pimento Cheese. Just wanted to tell you I tried the Pimento cheese spread for the first time yesterday. It was like having my mothers Pimento cheese spread from when I was a kid. The absolute BEST I have ever had!

You can enjoy pimento cheese "in almost any restuarant you stop in," according to Experience Columbia, SC, so it was only a logical Yes, you read that correctly—a pimento cheese passport. You can download it on Experience Columbia SC's website, and use it as a roadmap to create your own. Why is pimento cheese considered Southern? You can have My South Carolina State Famous Pimento Cheese using 10 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of My South Carolina State Famous Pimento Cheese

1. Prepare 1/2 lb of sharp cheddar cheese ( cracker barrel).
2. You need 1/2 lb of extra sharp cheddar cheese (cracker barrel).
3. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of mayonnaise.
4. Prepare 1 of jar diced pimentos., drained.
5. You need 1 of to 2 Tbsp onion juice.
6. It's 1 tsp of salt.
7. It's 1 tsp of ground black pepper.
8. You need 1/2 of to 1 teaspoon white pepper.
9. Prepare 1/2 of to 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper.
10. It's 1 of jalopeno peppers, chopped; if desired.

Some claim it started with subsidized cheese as a cheap form of protein during the Depression. What do you wonder about North Carolina? Help us find and investigate stories that matter to you. But Columbia, South Carolina, can likely claim the title of the first and only city with a pimento cheese passport.

My South Carolina State Famous Pimento Cheese instructions

1. Grate the cheese. DO NOT USE PROCESSED GRATED Cheese. It does not soften. Add in 1 1/2 cups mayo; add in slowly to see if you need the whole amount. Mix in the rest of the ingredients. Don't over mix. Use a fork. Let set overnite to blend..
2. I have used extra sharp cheddar cheese for entire recipe and it's awesome!.

Experience Columbia SC, the city's destination marketing office, introduced the pimento cheese passport program (The passport states "Everyone who eats pimento cheese is a winner.") Out of all the iconic foods in the South, pimento cheese is one of the most famous. In the cuisine of the Southern United States, pimento cheese is a spread or relish made with cheese, mayonnaise and pimentos. Elsewhere, different ingredients may be used. It is served on bread, crackers and vegetables, or in sandwiches. Southern Pimento Cheese is an essential recipe you'll find at nearly every event in the south.