It might be a southern thang, I'm not sure. All I know for a fact is I ate this stuff weekly growing up and none of that so-called pimento cheese you can buy at the grocery store tastes a thing like it.
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Mama's Velveeta Pimento Cheese
Big block of Velveeta
Small jar of pimentos
Miracle Whip (not Mayo)
Salt and Pepper to taste
First you need an old-fashioned potato masher. You know the one that if Granny picked it up with a certain irritated gleam in her eye the boy cousins knew to run and find something constructive to do.
Take that potato masher and mash up the block of Velveeta until it looks like cheese curds. For convenience you can grate the block of Velveeta but your arm muscles won't receive the same work out.
Next you take that small jar of pimento and drain them and then chop them up. How fine you chop them is up to you. I prefer mine confetti size as opposed to it looking like someone dropped a jar of red glitter into the bowl. Mix the cheese and pimento together.
Once you have that mess prepped, you mix in about a half to three-quarter cup of the Miracle Whip to start with. How much more you add is all personal taste. Some people like their pimento cheese on the dry side and some like it super creamy. Same way people are about their cottage cheese.
To serve it you can spread it on bread for a sandwich, on crackers for a canape, or you can even broil it on tomatoes, bread, or anything else for that matter.
Yum yum ... but certainly not the budget item that it was when I was growing up. Those blocks of Velveeta are getting dang expensive.
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Mama's Velveeta Pimento Cheese
Big block of Velveeta
Small jar of pimentos
Miracle Whip (not Mayo)
Salt and Pepper to taste
First you need an old-fashioned potato masher. You know the one that if Granny picked it up with a certain irritated gleam in her eye the boy cousins knew to run and find something constructive to do.
Take that potato masher and mash up the block of Velveeta until it looks like cheese curds. For convenience you can grate the block of Velveeta but your arm muscles won't receive the same work out.
Next you take that small jar of pimento and drain them and then chop them up. How fine you chop them is up to you. I prefer mine confetti size as opposed to it looking like someone dropped a jar of red glitter into the bowl. Mix the cheese and pimento together.
Once you have that mess prepped, you mix in about a half to three-quarter cup of the Miracle Whip to start with. How much more you add is all personal taste. Some people like their pimento cheese on the dry side and some like it super creamy. Same way people are about their cottage cheese.
To serve it you can spread it on bread for a sandwich, on crackers for a canape, or you can even broil it on tomatoes, bread, or anything else for that matter.
Yum yum ... but certainly not the budget item that it was when I was growing up. Those blocks of Velveeta are getting dang expensive.
