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["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. In 2019, Hilliard attended with a WVPB film crew to capture additional video footage and audio tape for a short video documentary (see below).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"]%

1. Pogacha (Serbian bread), cevaps (pork, lamb, and beef sausage), and beer sold at the 2019 Serbian Annual Picnic in Weirton, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.SerbianAnnualPicnic.Photo.018.7.27.19
Title:
Pogacha (Serbian bread), cevaps (pork, lamb, and beef sausage), and beer sold at the 2019 Serbian Annual Picnic in Weirton, 1 of 2
Date:
2019-07-27
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Picnic grounds, Food habits, Cooking (Sausages), foodways, Cooking, Serbian, Bread, 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. In 2019, Hilliard attended with a WVPB film crew to capture additional video footage and audio tape for a short video documentary (see below).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"]%

2. Pogacha (Serbian bread), cevaps (pork, lamb, and beef sausage), and beer sold at the 2019 Serbian Annual Picnic in Weirton, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.SerbianAnnualPicnic.Photo.019.7.27.19
Title:
Pogacha (Serbian bread), cevaps (pork, lamb, and beef sausage), and beer sold at the 2019 Serbian Annual Picnic in Weirton, 2 of 2
Date:
2019-07-27
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Serbian Americans, Cooking, Serbian, Picnic grounds, Cooking (Sausages), Bread, Food habits, Weirton (W. Va.)
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. In 2019, Hilliard attended with a WVPB film crew to capture additional video footage and audio tape for a short video documentary (see below).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"]%

3. Meal of roasted chicken, pierogi, cabbage rolls, pogacha, and beer at the 2019 Serbian Annual Picnic in Weirton, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.SerbianAnnualPicnic.Photo.032.7.27.19
Title:
Meal of roasted chicken, pierogi, cabbage rolls, pogacha, and beer at the 2019 Serbian Annual Picnic in Weirton, 1 of 2
Date:
2019-07-27
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Serbian Americans, Cooking (Chicken), Picnic grounds, Food habits, foodways, Cooking, Serbian, Bread
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)
["Every summer Wednesday since 1969, members of the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church Mens Club have hosted a Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds along Kings Creek outside of Weirton, West Virginia. They roast 300-400 chickens per week as a fundraiser for the maintenance of the picnic grounds. The spits, an industrial brick oven, and walk-in coolers were constructed in the 1960s out of material from Weirton Steel by Mens Club members, most of whom were Weirton Steel employees. Each week, the choir also sells pogacha (a type of Serbian bread), haluski or cabbage and noodles, corn on the cob, strudel and other desserts. The bar at the picnic grounds is also open, serving beer and Slivovitz.See 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"]%

4. Pogacha (Serbian bread) sold at a Wednesday Chicken Blast, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.SerbianChickenBlast.Photo.016.8.8.18
Title:
Pogacha (Serbian bread) sold at a Wednesday Chicken Blast, 2 of 2
Date:
2018-08-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bread, foodways, Picnic grounds, Orthodox Eastern Church, Cooking, Serbian, Serbian Americans, Food habits
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)
["Every summer Wednesday since 1969, members of the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church Mens Club have hosted a Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds along Kings Creek outside of Weirton, West Virginia. They roast 300-400 chickens per week as a fundraiser for the maintenance of the picnic grounds. The spits, an industrial brick oven, and walk-in coolers were constructed in the 1960s out of material from Weirton Steel by Mens Club members, most of whom were Weirton Steel employees. Each week, the choir also sells pogacha (a type of Serbian bread), haluski or cabbage and noodles, corn on the cob, strudel and other desserts. The bar at the picnic grounds is also open, serving beer and Slivovitz.See 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"]%

5. Bags of pogacha to be sold at the Serbian Chicken Blast event

Identifier:
4224.SerbianChickenBlast.Photo.017.8.8.18
Title:
Bags of pogacha to be sold at the Serbian Chicken Blast event
Date:
2018-08-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bread, Orthodox Eastern Church, Cooking, Serbian, Serbian Americans, Food habits, foodways, Picnic grounds
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)
["Every summer Wednesday since 1969, members of the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church Mens Club have hosted a Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds along Kings Creek outside of Weirton, West Virginia. They roast 300-400 chickens per week as a fundraiser for the maintenance of the picnic grounds. The spits, an industrial brick oven, and walk-in coolers were constructed in the 1960s out of material from Weirton Steel by Mens Club members, most of whom were Weirton Steel employees. Each week, the choir also sells pogacha (a type of Serbian bread), haluski or cabbage and noodles, corn on the cob, strudel and other desserts. The bar at the picnic grounds is also open, serving beer and Slivovitz.See 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"]%

6. Customer at the concession booth during a Wednesday Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds

Identifier:
4224.SerbianChickenBlast.Photo.052.8.20.19
Title:
Customer at the concession booth during a Wednesday Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds
Date:
2019-08-20
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bread, Cooking (Chicken), Picnic grounds, Food habits, Cooking, Serbian, foodways, Serbian Americans
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)
["Every summer Wednesday since 1969, members of the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church Mens Club have hosted a Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds along Kings Creek outside of Weirton, West Virginia. They roast 300-400 chickens per week as a fundraiser for the maintenance of the picnic grounds. The spits, an industrial brick oven, and walk-in coolers were constructed in the 1960s out of material from Weirton Steel by Mens Club members, most of whom were Weirton Steel employees. Each week, the choir also sells pogacha (a type of Serbian bread), haluski or cabbage and noodles, corn on the cob, strudel and other desserts. The bar at the picnic grounds is also open, serving beer and Slivovitz.See 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"]%

7. Customer buys pogacha (Serbian bread) and cabbage and noodles at a Wednesday Chicken Blast event, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.SerbianChickenBlast.Photo.053.8.20.19
Title:
Customer buys pogacha (Serbian bread) and cabbage and noodles at a Wednesday Chicken Blast event, 1 of 2
Date:
2019-08-20
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Cooking, Serbian, Serbian Americans, Cooking (Chicken), Food habits, Picnic grounds, Bread
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)
["Every summer Wednesday since 1969, members of the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church Mens Club have hosted a Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds along Kings Creek outside of Weirton, West Virginia. They roast 300-400 chickens per week as a fundraiser for the maintenance of the picnic grounds. The spits, an industrial brick oven, and walk-in coolers were constructed in the 1960s out of material from Weirton Steel by Mens Club members, most of whom were Weirton Steel employees. Each week, the choir also sells pogacha (a type of Serbian bread), haluski or cabbage and noodles, corn on the cob, strudel and other desserts. The bar at the picnic grounds is also open, serving beer and Slivovitz.See 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"]%

8. Customer buys pogacha (Serbian bread) and cabbage and noodles at a Wednesday Chicken Blast event, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.SerbianChickenBlast.Photo.054.8.20.19
Title:
Customer buys pogacha (Serbian bread) and cabbage and noodles at a Wednesday Chicken Blast event, 2 of 2
Date:
2019-08-20
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Food habits, foodways, Picnic grounds, Serbian Americans, Cooking, Serbian, Bread, Cooking (Chicken)
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)
["Every summer Wednesday since 1969, members of the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church Mens Club have hosted a Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds along Kings Creek outside of Weirton, West Virginia. They roast 300-400 chickens per week as a fundraiser for the maintenance of the picnic grounds. The spits, an industrial brick oven, and walk-in coolers were constructed in the 1960s out of material from Weirton Steel by Mens Club members, most of whom were Weirton Steel employees. Each week, the choir also sells pogacha (a type of Serbian bread), haluski or cabbage and noodles, corn on the cob, strudel and other desserts. The bar at the picnic grounds is also open, serving beer and Slivovitz.See 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"]%

9. Dinner of roasted chicken, corn, cabbage and noodles, and pogacha (Serbian bread) at a Wednesday Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.SerbianChickenBlast.Photo.056.8.20.19
Title:
Dinner of roasted chicken, corn, cabbage and noodles, and pogacha (Serbian bread) at a Wednesday Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds, 1 of 2
Date:
2019-08-20
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bread, Food habits, Serbian Americans, Cooking (Chicken), Cooking, Serbian, Picnic grounds, foodways
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)
["Every summer Wednesday since 1969, members of the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church Mens Club have hosted a Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds along Kings Creek outside of Weirton, West Virginia. They roast 300-400 chickens per week as a fundraiser for the maintenance of the picnic grounds. The spits, an industrial brick oven, and walk-in coolers were constructed in the 1960s out of material from Weirton Steel by Mens Club members, most of whom were Weirton Steel employees. Each week, the choir also sells pogacha (a type of Serbian bread), haluski or cabbage and noodles, corn on the cob, strudel and other desserts. The bar at the picnic grounds is also open, serving beer and Slivovitz.See 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. Dinner of roasted chicken, corn, cabbage and noodles, and pogacha (Serbian bread) at a Wednesday Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.SerbianChickenBlast.Photo.057.8.20.19
Title:
Dinner of roasted chicken, corn, cabbage and noodles, and pogacha (Serbian bread) at a Wednesday Chicken Blast at the Serbian Picnic Grounds, 2 of 2
Date:
2019-08-20
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bread, Serbian Americans, foodways, Cooking, Serbian, Picnic grounds, Cooking (Chicken), Food habits
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)