Did You Know…(Pimento Cheese Edition)
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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 15: A burger from Black Iron Burger on display at the Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival Presented By Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola Backyard BBQ presented by National Beef hosted by Andrew Zimmern and Pat LaFrieda at Pier 92 Rooftop on October 15, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for NYCWFF)
In 1953, a family-owned kitchen on Wilkinson Blvd. began mass-producing and selling pimento cheese to local grocers. Ruth’s Salads is now the top pimento cheese producer in the country, and makes 45,000 pounds per week of the tasty Southern spread!
Perhaps this is why almost every restaurant in Charlotte features some sort of variation of the dish, from pimento cheese fries to pimento cheese-topped burgers.
And now Bojangles released the Pimento Cheese Biscuit…
I can’t wait to eat some cheese! You?