An amazing small production unit set up in Hirut's home. Peanuts are bought roasted, checked and ground into Peanut Butter. The peanut is very hot as it goes into the plastic jars so it must go into a warm water bath to cool slowly. She markets locally to grocery stores. People love her product.

2. Hirut’s Home Is The Location of her Peanut Butter Factory
and her Spice Grinding Business

3. Hirut’s Business Card in English and Amaraic

5. Before the Roasted Peanuts Go Into The Electric Grinder, they are
Cleaned and Any Discolored Peanuts Are Removed.

6. Plastic Jars Ready For Hot Peanut Butter Fresh From The Grinder

7. Very Hot Peanut Butter Coming Out Of The Grinder

9. The Hot Peanut Butter Is Placed In A Water Bath To Cool Slowly
So The Jar Will Retain Its Shape

10. Hirut Showing Explaining How The Shape Of The Bottle
Remains OK if Cooled Slowly.

11. Packaged Peanuts Ready For The Grocery Store
(Note: No Label)

12. Berbere
The staple chili sauce of choice, berbere is made from ground red
chilies and a combination of at least 20 other spices, including
cinnamon, cumin, ginger, coriander, garlic and many more.

13. Peanuts, Pumpkin Seeds and ?????? Labels are Needed.

14. Herut and VA Allan. Herut is a member of EWEA. She employs
4 full time, 1 temporary and she as owner works full time!

15. Talk about guests being treated like royalty! Best described by us as mede.
Notice the amount Hirut has. She added mineral water to Allan’s.

16. We came to the living room to find Hirut’s
Mother making traditional Ethiopian Coffee.
Notice the frying pan containing the beans she
has just freshly roasted on the traditional
charcoal stove where the coffee pot now sits
waiting for the steam to tell her the coffee is
ready. How special is this!

17. Hirut had Injera
(melt in your
mouth Injera)
Served with rice,
green beans,
berbere, greens
and beets.
Delicious!

18. An Expensive Treat: Chico-Butter + Grain and Spices

19. Seneff Kollo: (yegebse kolo (roasted
barley mixed with chickpeas
and nuts)
Often served with coffee or at the
end of a meal or at a bar as a snack.