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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."]%

49. 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, Food habits, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Bread
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."]%

50. Himbasa bread and popcorn are often served as part of a traditional Eritrean coffee ceremony

Identifier:
4224.MoorefieldESOL.Photo.016.2.25.20
Title:
Himbasa bread and popcorn are often served as part of a traditional Eritrean coffee ceremony
Date:
2020-02-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
foodways, Cooking, Eritrean, Food habits, Bread, Eritreans--United States, Coffee, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
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."]%

51. Himbasa bread and fruit served as part of a traditional Eritrean coffee ceremony

Identifier:
4224.MoorefieldEritreanCoffeeCeremony.Photo.006.6.26.21
Title:
Himbasa bread and fruit served as part of a traditional Eritrean coffee ceremony
Date:
2021-06-26
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bread, Eritreans--United States, Coffee, Cooking, Eritrean, Immigrants--United States, foodways
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."]%

52. Injera prepared by Trihas as part of an Eritrean coffee ceremony

Identifier:
4224.MoorefieldEritreanCoffeeCeremony.Photo.008.6.26.21
Title:
Injera prepared by Trihas as part of an Eritrean coffee ceremony
Date:
2021-06-26
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bread, Eritreans--United States, foodways, Cooking, Eritrean
Location:
Moorefield (W. Va.)

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53. Oral history of Morgan Rice

Identifier:
4224.RiceMorgan.AudioInt.4.30.16
Title:
Oral history of Morgan Rice
Date:
2016-04-30
Creator:
Rice, Morgan
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Helvetia (W. Va.), Wild leek, foodways, Bread, Restaurateurs, Swiss American women, Food habits, Cooking, Swiss
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)
["Morgan Rice was born in Helvetia, West Virginia in 1999. She is the daughter of Hutte cook Henry Rice, and great-granddaughter of town matriarch and co-founder of the Hutte restaurant, Eleanor Mailloux. Ms. Rice is a member of the Helvetia Farm Womens Club and works part-time as a waitress at the Hutte restaurant. In 2015 she created a petition to save Helvetias Ramp Supper.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]%

54. Transcript of oral history of Morgan Rice

Identifier:
4224.RiceMorgan.IntTranscript.4.30.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Morgan Rice
Date:
2016-04-30
Creator:
Rice, Morgan
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Swiss American women, Food habits, Wild leek, Bread, Helvetia (W. Va.), Cooking, Swiss, foodways, Restaurateurs
Location:
Helvetia (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"]%

55. 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"]%

56. 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"]%

57. 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"]%

58. 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, Orthodox Eastern Church, Picnic grounds, 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"]%

59. 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"]%

60. 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, foodways, Cooking, Serbian, Serbian Americans
Location:
Weirton (W. Va.)