Pimento cheese is the Southern spread of grated sharp cheddar, mayonnaise and chopped pimento peppers, eaten on crackers, biscuits or a country ham sandwich.

Pimento cheese spread arrived in the South in the early 20th century as canned pimento peppers became cheap and widely available through the Atlanta-based Pomona Products cannery. Charlotte's mill villages adopted it as a working-class sandwich filling, and the spread has stayed on Carolina tables for over a century, now appearing at Haberdish and on every Charlotte Southern brunch menu.

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