Ode to Pimento Cheese

Here is a poem I wrote about pimento cheese.  For those of you that aren't familiar with pimento cheese, it is a 'salad' the way chicken salad and egg salad are 'salads,' it is shredded cheese and chopped pimentos held together with a little bit of mayonnaise, sometimes there is shredded onion added, a small amount of mustard, or some of the pimento juice added.  It is a wonderful savory snack that can be a dip, an appetizer topping, or a sandwich spread.  Hooray pimento cheese!  My sister attended an event recently where they had fried green tomatoes topped with a dollop of pimento cheese- fantastic!

Ode to Pimento Cheese

Oh, Pimento Cheese,

I used to be too scared to try you,

Until you were made for me by someone from the Bayou.

Now I enjoy your salty taste,

And sample your varieties without haste!

I have had you as a dip and as a spread,

As a tea time sandwich between two slices of bread.

As I contemplate your elegant simplicity in my mouth,

I know now why you are the pate of the South!