End of the Holidays

The Holidays are just about over--a few more college football bowl games are about all that's left. Around this time of year, I suppose we all get a little nostalgic, remembering our earlier days with family and friends. As a child Christmas was always magical and special. Our family always gathered together for a big dinner of the most delicious Southern dishes with the most wonderful desserts on earth. I was raised in a small mill town where everybody was poor. In fact, one year we were so poor that at Christmas my mother cut a hole in my pants pocket so I would have something to play with... We had a few friends over for a New Year's Day brunch today and one of my longtime friends asked about one of the dishes I'd made, pimento cheese. Here is the recipe: Pimento cheese 1 sixteen oz. block of sharp cheddar cheese, grated 1 8 oz. jar of pimentos, drained 1/4 cup green olives, chopped 1/4 cup dark olives (with red jalapeno peppers), chopped 2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 1/2 cup Hellman's mayo Secret Herbs and Spices to taste (Message me if you would like to know what they are.)