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
Description:: 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
Subject:: Cooking, Serbian, Picnic grounds, Orthodox Eastern Church, foodways, Food habits, Cooking (Chicken), Serbian Americans
Rights:: In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Location:: Weirton (W. Va.)
Format:: video/mov
Source:: A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection