Since Ginny challenged me to start my own thread, and cause she and I
are such genteel southern ladies, I thought I would start something on
southern foods. Especially those served by genteel southern ladies
and gents. Wayne, are you out there??

Of course, you non southern gents and ladies can post too..

So to start, I will repost my pimento cheese recipe, which is not
really mine. I got it from the venerable James Villas and his book My
Mother's Southern Cooking. His mother was very much a southern lady,
in that she entertained a lot and made wonderful southern foods to
serve at her functions.

Exported from MasterCook *

Pimiento Cheese

Recipe By :James Villas

1/2 pound extra sharp cheddar cheese -- grated
1 4 ounce jar pimientos -- drained and finely chopped
1/2 cup green olives (optional) -- finely chopped
1/2 cup mayonnaise -- homemade or Hellmans
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
black pepper to taste
Tabasco sauce to taste

Add pimentos to grated cheese in mixing bowl, and optional olives. Mix
well. Add the mayonnaise, lemon juice,Worcestershire sauce, pepper
and Tabasco Sauce. Using a fork, stir and mash the mixture til blended
and almost a chunky paste. Scrape the mixture into a crock and serve
with crackers as a canape. Keeps up to a week in the fridge.

This is often served in celery sticks, as a predinner cocktail snack.
It is the "pate" of the south!

Christine, who now has to go out to Kinkos and get her contract
printed out..