Feeding the needy with an 800 year old recipe in Lima

Record ID: 904921

  • Title: Feeding the needy with an 800 year old recipe in Lima
  • Date: 3rd August 2017
  • Summary: PRIEST BLESSING CAULDRONS OF FOOD WITH HOLY WATER PRIEST SHAKING HOLY WATER INTO CAULDRON VOLUNTEERS PREPARING FOOD IN CAULDRONS PRESIDENT OF THE PERUVIAN GASTRONOMIC SOCIETY STIRRING A CAULDRON WITH ANOTHER MAN (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PRESIDENT OF THE PERUVIAN GASTRONOMIC SOCIETY BERNARDO ROCAREY SAYING: "We wanted to not only make a place for Peruvian food - to look at its roots and value its roots, what we want is to go a step beyond that and value our future by looking at a contemporary food with our roots. We've achieved this over the past 10 years, Mistura (a gastronomic festival) is a brand, today among the top two most important of 'Peruanity.'" VOLUNTEERS SERVING "PUCHERO" TO ATTENDEES BOWLS WITH SOUP
  • Embargoed: 17th August 2017 03:31
  • Keywords: Lima Peru religious festival stew puchero
  • Location: LIMA, PERU
  • City: LIMA, PERU
  • Country: Peru
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Human Interest / Brights / Odd News
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036SLPVER
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds of needy individuals were fed in the Peruvian capital on Wednesday (August 2) during a religious festival that mixes the divine with the gastronomic. Fifteen massive cauldrons were used to concoct the traditional stew of La Porciuncula at the convent of the parish of Our Lady of the Angels in the Rimac district of Lima.
    This dish has been prepared for over 800 years to feed thousands of people and includes carrots, squash, green beans, peas, fava beans, potato, corn, as well as chicken, beef and lamb.
    Traditionally, this feast is made for the less fortunate so they can satiate their hunger in preparation for the Day of the Plenary Indulgence. The Order of the Franciscans who organized the event Wednesday (August 2) indicated that all the ingredients were donated this year.
    In addition to the religious aspect, Peru's prestigious Gastronomic Society also participated in the preparation of La Porciuncula this year.
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