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Augusta favorite named a top sandwich to eat before you die

By Rachael Nichol
Sept 1, 2016
An Augusta favorite has been named as one of the 50 Sandwiches You Should Eat Before You Die by Thrillist. The pimento cheese sandwich offered during the Masters Golf Tournament at The Augusta National Golf Course made the list thanks to its low price tag (only $1.50) and "simply Southern" appeal. 

The sandwich, made of cheese, pimento chili peppers, mayonnaise, and white bread and only available during the tournament, is quite famous among anyone that has ever attended the Masters. A quick Google search reveals thousands of recipes from food and sports bloggers across the web believing they have stumbled upon the sandwich's secret original recipe, including Golf.com.

In 2013, ESPN chronicled the various changes to the recipe while investigating the minor controversy over the different taste of that year's sandwiches. The change was a result of the tournament making the sandwiches in-house at the Augusta National clubhouse. Previously, Augusta's Wife Saver restaurant supplied the sandwiches for the tournament. Wife Saver's owner, Ted Godfrey, claims to have used the original recipe for the sandwiches and did not share that recipe with Augusta National.

As with anything popular in the zeitgeist, there are always those that don't believe the hype. Fox Sports reports, "the sandwich itself isn't anything special" while SB Nation recommends the egg salad sandwich over the pimento sandwich. Deadspin even claims to have a recipe that is better than Augusta National's.

Still, any sandwich that can cause this amount of press is surely one to try. Augusta National’s famous pimento cheese sandwiches will be served at next year’s Masters Golf Tournament, scheduled for April 4- 10, 2016. 

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