Pimiento/Pimento Cheese (1910); Bologna Cake

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PIMIENTO CHEESE

   I have a special request for "pimiento cheese."  OED has 1922 for "pimiento cheese" and 1916 for "pimento cheese."  There's not a NEW YORK TIMES in sight in the early hits.  The ProQuest search gave the same results for both "pimento" and "pimiento."
   The 1910 citation had other cheeses that specifically said "imported," so it appears that this cheese is American.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
  Display Ad 29 -- No Title; Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file), Boston, Mass.; Mar 8, 1913; pg. 9, 1 pgs
("Speedwell Pimiento Cheese, pkg  .10, Speedwell Pimiento Cheese, jars .15" are listed in the "American" cheese section in an ad for S. S. Pierce Co., Importers and Grocers.)

  FACTS AND FANCIES IN WOMAN'S WORLD; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; May 21, 1912; pg. 11, 1 pgs
("Pineapple Salad.--Soak some slices of canned pineapple in olive oil until tender, then spread with cream and pimento cheese, and smother in little pickled onions.")

  Display Ad 14 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Feb 20, 1912; pg. 7, 1 pgs
("Pimento Cheese" is sold by G. G. Cornwell & Son, Importing Grocers.)

  DISHES MADE FROM LEFT-OVERS; Little pastry proves a great addition; Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file), Boston, Mass.; Jan 17, 1912; pg. 6, 1 pgs
("Another novelty, which may accompany a salad or may be served with stalks of celery stuffed with pimento cheese as an entree, is made as follows:...")

  Display Ad 1 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Dec 29, 1910; pg. 2, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 2 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Dec 28, 1910; pg. 2, 1 pgs
("Pimento Cheese in Glass")

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BOLOGNA CAKE

   This is another item someone asked about.  "Bologna cake" is in the movies!  It appears to be a regional, Alabama dish, but it's not in DARE.
   (OT:  SWEET HOME ALABAMA is not on AMERICAN FILM SCRIPTS ONLINE, which is none too good.  The first F-word is 1972.  I couldn't get an early "middle finger," either.)


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2 February 2003
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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> "Sweet Home Alabama" (PG-13) / Grade: C
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None of this makes "Sweet Home" a better movie. It's still a flighty, often cliched Southern comedy bolstered by the very talented Witherspoon.

One more thing: Tennant does claim that his film's reference to a "bologna cake" is authentic. He says his co-writer's wife makes it with layers of bologna slices and cream cheese. The concoction is topped with olives.

It sounds like a perfect description for his movie, too.

--- Bob Longino

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