Few foods stir up Southern pride quite like pimento cheese — and few spark more debate. Duke’s or Hellmann’s? Should it have cream cheese or not? Served on white bread with the crusts cut off or ...

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Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Transfer the pimento cheese to a plastic container or bowl, cover tightly, and store in the refrigerator. Pimento cheese will keep in the refrigerator for one week.