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["Appalachian Acres in Tallmansville, West Virginia, is owned and operated by Donnie Tenney and Lorelie Nicolas-Tenney. On September 28, 2017, they gathered with family and friends, including Nicolas-Tenney's mother Liz Villegas, seedsaver and farmer Charlie Radabaugh (of Radabaugh Farm in Buckhannon, WV), and seedsaver, farmer, and chef Mike Costello (of Lost Creek Farm in Lost Creek, WV), to harvest, process and boil sorghum into syrup."]%

1. Charlie Radabaugh cuts tops off of sorghum stalks with a weedeater

Identifier:
4224.AppalachianAcresSorghum.Video.003.9.28.17
Title:
Charlie Radabaugh cuts tops off of sorghum stalks with a weedeater
Date:
2017-09-28
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Food habits, Sorghum syrup, Farms--West Virginia, Sorghum as food, foodways
Location:
Upshur County (W. Va.)
["Appalachian Acres in Tallmansville, West Virginia, is owned and operated by Donnie Tenney and Lorelie Nicolas-Tenney. On September 28, 2017, they gathered with family and friends, including Nicolas-Tenney's mother Liz Villegas, seedsaver and farmer Charlie Radabaugh (of Radabaugh Farm in Buckhannon, WV), and seedsaver, farmer, and chef Mike Costello (of Lost Creek Farm in Lost Creek, WV), to harvest, process and boil sorghum into syrup."]%

2. Liz Villegas feeds sorghum cane through press as sorghum juice drips into a bucket

Identifier:
4224.AppalachianAcresSorghum.Video.004.9.28.17
Title:
Liz Villegas feeds sorghum cane through press as sorghum juice drips into a bucket
Date:
2017-09-28
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Food habits, Farms--West Virginia, foodways, Sorghum syrup, Sorghum as food
Location:
Upshur County (W. Va.)
["Appalachian Acres in Tallmansville, West Virginia, is owned and operated by Donnie Tenney and Lorelie Nicolas-Tenney. On September 28, 2017, they gathered with family and friends, including Nicolas-Tenney's mother Liz Villegas, seedsaver and farmer Charlie Radabaugh (of Radabaugh Farm in Buckhannon, WV), and seedsaver, farmer, and chef Mike Costello (of Lost Creek Farm in Lost Creek, WV), to harvest, process and boil sorghum into syrup."]%

3. The sorghum press is powered by a John Deere tractor motor

Identifier:
4224.AppalachianAcresSorghum.Video.005.9.28.17
Title:
The sorghum press is powered by a John Deere tractor motor
Date:
2017-09-28
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Sorghum as food, Sorghum syrup, foodways, Food habits, Farms--West Virginia
Location:
Upshur County (W. Va.)
["Appalachian Acres in Tallmansville, West Virginia, is owned and operated by Donnie Tenney and Lorelie Nicolas-Tenney. On September 28, 2017, they gathered with family and friends, including Nicolas-Tenney's mother Liz Villegas, seedsaver and farmer Charlie Radabaugh (of Radabaugh Farm in Buckhannon, WV), and seedsaver, farmer, and chef Mike Costello (of Lost Creek Farm in Lost Creek, WV), to harvest, process and boil sorghum into syrup."]%

4. Liz Villegas feeds sorghum cane through press

Identifier:
4224.AppalachianAcresSorghum.Video.006.9.28.17
Title:
Liz Villegas feeds sorghum cane through press
Date:
2017-09-28
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Sorghum as food, Food habits, Farms--West Virginia, Sorghum syrup
Location:
Upshur County (W. Va.)
["Appalachian Acres in Tallmansville, West Virginia, is owned and operated by Donnie Tenney and Lorelie Nicolas-Tenney. On September 28, 2017, they gathered with family and friends, including Nicolas-Tenney's mother Liz Villegas, seedsaver and farmer Charlie Radabaugh (of Radabaugh Farm in Buckhannon, WV), and seedsaver, farmer, and chef Mike Costello (of Lost Creek Farm in Lost Creek, WV), to harvest, process and boil sorghum into syrup."]%

5. Emily Hilliard feeds sorghum cane through the press

Identifier:
4224.AppalachianAcresSorghum.Video.007.9.28.17
Title:
Emily Hilliard feeds sorghum cane through the press
Date:
2017-09-28
Creator:
Costello, Mike
Subject:
Sorghum as food, Farms--West Virginia, Sorghum syrup, Food habits, foodways, Hilliard, Emily
Location:
Upshur County (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

6. Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh makes flatbread bread with zaatar on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 1 of 3

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Video.001.8.11.18
Title:
Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh makes flatbread bread with zaatar on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 1 of 3
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wheeling, W.Va., Lebanese Americans, Festivals, Cooking, Lebanese, Food habits, Bakers, Bread, foodways, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.)
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

7. Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh makes flatbread bread with zaatar on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Video.002.8.11.18
Title:
Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh makes flatbread bread with zaatar on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 2 of 3
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Bakers, Bread, Cooking, Lebanese, Festivals, Food habits, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), Lebanese Americans, Wheeling, W.Va.
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

8. Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh makes flatbread bread with zaatar on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 3 of 3

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Video.003.8.11.18
Title:
Woman from the Maronite Catholic Church in Pittsburgh makes flatbread bread with zaatar on a saj (convex griddle) during the Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park, 3 of 3
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Food habits, Bread, Wheeling, W.Va., Lebanese Americans, Festivals, Cooking, Lebanese, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), foodways
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church has been hosting its annual Mahrajan Festival at Oglebay Park for over 85 years. The festival began in 1933 as a fundraiser to rebuild the church, which had been lost to fire the year prior. Activities at the Mahrajan festival include a vast spread of Lebanese food--including kibbee, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, saj bread, and various Lebanese cookies and desserts, a sale of handcrafted Lebanese items, live music, Lebanese dancing, and a liturgy.To learn more about Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, visit their website: http://www.ololwv.com/Also see interviews with church elders Carol Dougherty and Nick Ghaphery in the West Virginia Folklife Collection. The Dougherty interview is excerpted here: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/02/23/field-notes-carol-dougherty/"]%

9. Woman tosses dough for saj bread at the Mahrajan Festival in Oglebay Park

Identifier:
4224.MahrajanFestival.Video.006.8.11.18
Title:
Woman tosses dough for saj bread at the Mahrajan Festival in Oglebay Park
Date:
2018-08-11
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Food habits, Bread, foodways, Cooking, Lebanese, Bakers, Lebanese Americans, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), Wheeling, W.Va., Festivals
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Every July, the Mens Club of the Steubenville, Ohio Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church hosts an annual picnic at their picnic grounds along Kings Creek in Weirton, West Virginia. The event serves as both a fundraiser for the Mens Club and a homecoming for Weirton and Steubenvilles Serbian Community. The event features Serbian music, dance, food, and drink. Mens Club members roast chickens and lambs on spits over open wood fires and sell them to picnic attendees. The spits were constructed out of material from Weirton Steel by Mens Club members and Weirton Steel employees in the 1960s. Other food served at the picnic includes pogacha (a type of Serbian bread), haluski or cabbage and noodles, cevaps (a pork, lamb, and beef sausage), strudel, nut rolls, beer, and Slivovitz.In 2017, state folklorist Emily Hilliard attended the Serbian picnic with Brynn Kusic, whose fathers family is part of the Weirton Serbian community. Learn more about the Annual Picnic via the Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church: https://www.hrsoc-steubenville.org/annual-picnicSee the short video and audio documentary about the Chicken Blasts, produced by the West Virginia Folklife Program and West Virginia Public Broadcasting: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/01/27/weirtons-serbian-heritage-is-a-chicken-blast/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpGF-MFUlhYhttps://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/weirtons-serbian-heritage-is-a-chicken-blast"]%

10. Members of the Serbian Men's Club pull roasted chickens off of the spit at the Serbian Annual Picnic

Identifier:
4224.SerbianAnnualPicnic.Video.004.7.23.17
Title:
Members of the Serbian Men's Club pull roasted chickens off of the spit at the Serbian Annual Picnic
Date:
201-07-23
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Cooking, Serbian, Picnic grounds, Orthodox Eastern Church, foodways, Food habits, Cooking (Chicken), Serbian Americans
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)
["Every July, the Mens Club of the Steubenville, Ohio Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church hosts an annual picnic at their picnic grounds along Kings Creek in Weirton, West Virginia. The event serves as both a fundraiser for the Mens Club and a homecoming for Weirton and Steubenvilles Serbian Community. The event features Serbian music, dance, food, and drink. Mens Club members roast chickens and lambs on spits over open wood fires and sell them to picnic attendees. The spits were constructed out of material from Weirton Steel by Mens Club members and Weirton Steel employees in the 1960s. Other food served at the picnic includes pogacha (a type of Serbian bread), haluski or cabbage and noodles, cevaps (a pork, lamb, and beef sausage), strudel, nut rolls, beer, and Slivovitz.In 2017, state folklorist Emily Hilliard attended the Serbian picnic with Brynn Kusic, whose fathers family is part of the Weirton Serbian community. Learn more about the Annual Picnic via the Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church: https://www.hrsoc-steubenville.org/annual-picnicSee the short video and audio documentary about the Chicken Blasts, produced by the West Virginia Folklife Program and West Virginia Public Broadcasting: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/01/27/weirtons-serbian-heritage-is-a-chicken-blast/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpGF-MFUlhYhttps://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/weirtons-serbian-heritage-is-a-chicken-blast"]%

11. Lamb roasting on a spit at the Steubenville Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church's Annual Picnic in Weirton

Identifier:
4224.SerbianAnnualPicnic.Video.005.7.23.17
Title:
Lamb roasting on a spit at the Steubenville Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church's Annual Picnic in Weirton
Date:
2017-07-23
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Cooking, Serbian, foodways, Picnic grounds, Orthodox Eastern Church, Serbian Americans, Food habits, Cooking (Lamb and mutton)
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)
["Every July, the Mens Club of the Steubenville, Ohio Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church hosts an annual picnic at their picnic grounds along Kings Creek in Weirton, West Virginia. The event serves as both a fundraiser for the Mens Club and a homecoming for Weirton and Steubenvilles Serbian Community. The event features Serbian music, dance, food, and drink. Mens Club members roast chickens and lambs on spits over open wood fires and sell them to picnic attendees. The spits were constructed out of material from Weirton Steel by Mens Club members and Weirton Steel employees in the 1960s. Other food served at the picnic includes pogacha (a type of Serbian bread), haluski or cabbage and noodles, cevaps (a pork, lamb, and beef sausage), strudel, nut rolls, beer, and Slivovitz.In 2017, state folklorist Emily Hilliard attended the Serbian picnic with Brynn Kusic, whose fathers family is part of the Weirton Serbian community. Learn more about the Annual Picnic via the Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church: https://www.hrsoc-steubenville.org/annual-picnicSee the short video and audio documentary about the Chicken Blasts, produced by the West Virginia Folklife Program and West Virginia Public Broadcasting: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/01/27/weirtons-serbian-heritage-is-a-chicken-blast/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpGF-MFUlhYhttps://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/weirtons-serbian-heritage-is-a-chicken-blast"]%

12. Chicken roasting on a spit at the Steubenville Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church's Annual Picnic in Weirton

Identifier:
4224.SerbianAnnualPicnic.Video.006.7.23.17
Title:
Chicken roasting on a spit at the Steubenville Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church's Annual Picnic in Weirton
Date:
2017-07-23
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Weirton (W. Va.), Cooking (Chicken), Weirton Steel Corporation, Serbian Americans, Picnic grounds, Cooking, Serbian, foodways, Orthodox Eastern Church
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)