We love to give gifts of pimento cheese. It isn’t a “thing” in the Northeast, where we live. We can’t remember the last time we saw it in a cheese department. Yet it’s such a versatile cheese, to use on bagels, burgers, hors d’oeuvre, crackers and beer, and so much more.

> Here are 20 ways to use pimento cheese.

Pimento cheese is typically made with cheddar, but can be made with any cheese you can grate: jack, gouda, etc. Sometimes it’s mixed with cream cheese for super-spreadability.

For a cheese lover, a gift of pimento cheese can be an eye-opener.

Birdie’s Pimento Cheese, of South Hill, Virginia, is a venture that began as many small food businesses do: selling in local farmers markets.

After continually selling out their stock, Robin and Glenn Allen sold their 25-year-old printing business and set forth to make pimento cheese full-time.

You can buy a dozen different gifts online—all pimento cheeses with accompaniments from artisan crackers to charcuterie to nut mixes and pretzels.

Personally, we’d go for one of every pimento cheese flavor:

 
Then, all you need is beer, wine, cocktails, or whatever to start the party (or the afternoon snack or the pre-dinner appetizers).
 
 
> Head to BirdiesPimentoCheese.com to buy pimento cheese.

> The History Of Pimento Cheese
 
 
PIMENTO CHEESE RECIPES

[1] The pimento cheese is currently available in five flavors (all photos © Birdie’s).

[2] One of 12+ gift options.

[3] You pick the flavors with each item you order.