If you're going to make pimento cheese, there is one critical mistake that you could be in danger of making. Here's what to know, and how you can avoid it.

The popularity of pimento cheese sandwiches Pimento cheese is believed to have been invented in 1870, around the time that both cream cheese and canned pimento peppers were becoming mass produced.

If there is one concession item the Masters is known for, it’s pimento cheese. For those lucky enough to be onsite at Augusta National this week, the famous sandwich is still available for only ...

And pimento cheese is served at all of them: weddings, wakes, football games, baptisms, board meetings, baby showers. It’s the kind of dish that travels well and keeps longer than most.

Next came the egg salad — the other sandwich besides the pimento cheese with a Masters reputation that precedes itself — and the biggest revelation to that point. I gave it a 6.

A patron eats a pimento cheese sandwich during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo ...

The sandwich is still available in Chick-fil-A restaurants, but starting Monday, customers can get a side of just the pimento cheese starting at $3.99, or for a larger catering order, starting at ...

And while Southerners may still claim it as their own, these days pimento cheese is everywhere, although it’s changed from the original version. Grated cheddar replaced the cream cheese, and ...

This was how a pimento-cheese hand pie — here evolved into a majestic slab pie — was born, when two chefs took two nearly perfected recipes, years in the making, and created one thing together.