Pimiento Cheese

Any true southern mother of the Loveless generation has her own recipe for pimiento cheese, Tom declares. "It's something like pool hall slaw'- a sour slaw made with mustard and vinegar- in that it is something people made because it lasted. Before processed cheese, I was a chore to make your own pimiento cheese. Processed American cheese made it easier to mix, but I believe that making it is becoming a lost art. People ask me, Why make it? My answer is that it should be made. It is a tradition. When I fix a grilled cheese sandwich, it wouldn't be right without pimiento cheese."