THE GURGLING COD

Open Table bullies?

Not much to add to this piece on the pitfalls of Open Table. But stay tuned for an important pimento cheese announcement.

Homer brings Pimento Cheese SCIENCE

Friend of the program Homer offers this heroic effort:

	Paula Deen		Ruth Reichl		The Penguin “plus”		Dallas Junior Forum
8 oz	Shredded sharp cheddar	8 oz	Exsharp Vermont white cheddar	16 oz	Grated cheddar	2 lbs	Velveeta, grated
8 oz	Shredded exsharp cheddar	8 oz	Exsharp NY orange cheddar	8 oz	Grated pepper jack	8	Sweet pickles, chopped
4 oz	Pimentos w/ juice	7 oz	pimentos	4 oz	pimentos	8	Hard boiled eggs
¼  cup	mayo	2/3 cup	mayo	1/3 t	granulated garlic	6 oz	pimentos
	S & P to taste		Black pepper	1/3 t	granulated onion	2 cup	mayo
			cayenne	½ t	pepper	3 T	mustard
				pinch	cayenne	3 T	sugar
				½ t	Green pepper sauce		S & P to taste
				2/3 cup	mayo
				½ t	Pickapeppa
				1 T	White worcestershire
				½ cup	beer

 "So the question is – Is it just mixty glop (Paula/rural), tarted up mixty glop (Ruth/metro), unique American comfort food (Penguin/regional) or a protein delivery medium (Dallas/west)? N.b. grating velveeta must be a bitch."

None of these seems like the Thing to me. Readers? 

   

 

Pimento cheese update

An FOC we will call Wooly Bully checks in with a pimento cheese bisque. Bisque? Unorthodox, but not mad at this: 

In honor of the month, and all, I made this yesterday for my dinner co-op group. Recipe from 'Sundays at the Moosewood,' a relic of my vegetarian college days . The book has a 'southern United States' chapter (though not northern - what of that?) which includes pimiento cheese soup. It's a base of onion & celery sauteed (and I added celery seed and pimenton plus S&P) and then diced sweet potatoes (i have a GLUT from our CSA) and "vegetable stock or water" (I used chicken stock), simmered. Then shredded sharp cheddar (i used cracker barrel b/c it was 2 for $5 at waldbaums) and cream cheese softened in the hot soup. then the thing is pureed with a handful of diced pimentos (goya) and some more diced pimentos are mixed in. delicious.

Also: 

Pimento Cheese Awareness Month: Red Mule Grits with Pimento Cheese

The Cod has been falling down on the PCAM job of late, but the folks at Garden and Gun make it easy with a pimento cheese and Red Mule grits receipt from the folks at Dogwood. It's available as part of a "grits flight," which flirts rather boldly with too fancy, but you can't stay mad at folks promoting pimento cheese awareness on the cold, hard streets of Atlanta. 

NOVEMBER IS PIMENTO CHEESE AWARENESS MONTH

The Cod has had it up to here with pink cleats and pink chinstraps, and has issues with the whole project. More here. But! The Cod has always been a glass half full kind of Gadus Morhua, so we are getting all excited here for Monday, 1 November, which will mark the start of Pimento Cheese Awareness Month. We will be sharing menus, recipes, and resources all month long. Did you know that millions of Americans go without pimento cheese every day? Raising awareness is the first step towards making sure that all Americans get the pimento cheese they deserve. Let us know what you are doing -- if you serve it at your restaurant, if you have a favorite receipt for pimento cheese, if you have any other pimento cheese information to share, please holler.