Are you interested in supporting the Underhill Jericho Land Trust (JULT) and trying traditional Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine in a lovely evening setting? The Chef and Founder of A Taste of Abyssinia will provide a dinner on June 22, 2023 at 8 Edgmont Rd., Underhill Center. Seatings are 5-6:30 p.m. and 7-8:30 p.m. The cost is $100/couple + a donation to JULT. Payment will be made by check only to Mansfield House for the dinner. A tax-deductible donation to support JULT's land conservation work is welcome separately. Table groups can be reserved for 4-6 people per table.

One table per seating will also be available for a 2-person reservation. This authentic Ethiopian & Eritrean cuisine is served on platters for eating with traditional Injera, a fermented flatbread, used as a utensil. The menu is as follows:
1. Curried chicken - tender chicken simmered with onion, garlic, ginger, tomato and Eritrean seasoned butter
2. Spiced beef - beef braised in spicy berbere*, onion tomato, garlic, ginger and seasoned butter
3. Collard green - green slow-cooked with red onion, fresh tomato, celery, jalapeno, garlic and ginger
4. Lentil - split orange lentils cooked with onion, tomato, garlic, ginger and curry seasonings- mild spice
5. Ginger cabbage - cabbage sauteed in red onion, garlic and ginger
* Berbere – a powder made from dried red hot pepper seasoned with coriander, ginger, garlic, cumin and shallots
Fruit salad for dessert. Coffee BYOB

Checks to reserve your dinner seating may be sent to Betsy Evans, P.O. Box 57, Underhill Center, VT. 05490. Donation checks to JULT may be sent to JULT, P.O. Box 80, Jericho, VT. 05465 or collected at the dinner. Please contact Betsy with any questions and reservation requests at betsy@kidsandconflict.com. You will receive a confirmation reply.

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