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A State-By-State Guide to American Comfort Food

Whether it's Pennsylvania's Philly cheese steaks, Carolina shrimp and grits, Florida's key lime pie or Georgia peach ice cream, we love American comfort food from sea to shining sea. Cook your way around the states with these iconic dishes.

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Alabama: Southern Pimiento Cheese Spread

Alabama: Southern Pimiento Cheese Spread

A classic Southern comfort food, this spread is used as an appetizer with crackers, corn chips or celery. It is also smeared between two slices of white bread for sandwiches and as a topping for hamburgers and hot dogs. —Eileen Balmer, South Bend, Indiana

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