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["On February 25, 2020, Amy Loughs (b. 1975, Murray, Kentucky) Hardy County ESOL class in Moorefield hosted an Ethiopian/Eritrean coffee ceremony and potluck. Students, who are of Haitian, Burmese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, and Puerto Rican dissent brought in food dishes from their respective cultural traditions, to share with the class and state folklorist Emily Hilliard. The majority of the ESOL students work at Pilgrims Pride chicken plant in Moorefield. Dishes students brought to class include Mohinga, a Burmese soup with chili; a Burmese tea leaf salad; and Yuzana, a Burmese pickled tea; Ethiopian Doro Wat; Puerto Rican bread pudding; Haitian fried pork with gratin; and Himbasha, an Ethiopian bread with black sesame seeds or black cumin."]%

1. Kelem is an immigrant from Ethiopia, homecook and baker, worker at Pilgrim's Pride chicken plant, and a student in the Hardy County ESOL class

Identifier:
4224.MoorefieldESOL.Photo.007.2.25.20
Title:
Kelem is an immigrant from Ethiopia, homecook and baker, worker at Pilgrim's Pride chicken plant, and a student in the Hardy County ESOL class
Date:
2020-02-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, foodways, Bakers, Cooking, Ethiopian, Food habits, Ethiopian American cooks
Location:
Moorefield (W. Va.)
["On February 25, 2020, Amy Loughs (b. 1975, Murray, Kentucky) Hardy County ESOL class in Moorefield hosted an Ethiopian/Eritrean coffee ceremony and potluck. Students, who are of Haitian, Burmese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, and Puerto Rican dissent brought in food dishes from their respective cultural traditions, to share with the class and state folklorist Emily Hilliard. The majority of the ESOL students work at Pilgrims Pride chicken plant in Moorefield. Dishes students brought to class include Mohinga, a Burmese soup with chili; a Burmese tea leaf salad; and Yuzana, a Burmese pickled tea; Ethiopian Doro Wat; Puerto Rican bread pudding; Haitian fried pork with gratin; and Himbasha, an Ethiopian bread with black sesame seeds or black cumin."]%

2. Hardy County ESOL teaching assistant and student cut Ethiopian bread

Identifier:
4224.MoorefieldESOL.Photo.012.2.25.20
Title:
Hardy County ESOL teaching assistant and student cut Ethiopian bread
Date:
2020-02-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Cooking, Ethiopian, foodways, Bakers, Ethiopian American cooks, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Food habits, Bread
Location:
Moorefield (W. Va.)
["These photos were taken of a traditional Eritrean/Ethiopian coffee ceremony hosted by Trihas and her family at their home in Moorefield, West Virginia on June 26, 2021. Trihas and her family are immigrants from Eritrea and work at Pilgrims Pride chicken plant in Moorefield. Trihas friends and coworkers, Azeb and Kelem, who are Ethiopian immigrants, as well as Hardy County ESOL teacher Amy Lough were also guests at the ceremony. Inside Appalachia Folkways producer Clara Haizlett and West Virginia state folklorist Emily Hilliard are working on a radio piece about the coffee ceremony for West Virginia Public Broadcasting."]%

3. Trihas, Kelem, and Azeb (L to R) in Moorefield, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.MoorefieldEritreanCoffeeCeremony.Photo.026.6.26.21
Title:
Trihas, Kelem, and Azeb (L to R) in Moorefield, 1 of 2
Date:
2021-06-26
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Ethiopian Americans, Eritreans--United States, Ethiopian American cooks, Immigrants--United States
Location:
Moorefield (W. Va.)