Neighbors, volunteers and even deployed soldiers and police Picanya I was able to eat this Saturday’homemade and warm“Thanks to the solidarity of Faitha municipality in the Valencian region of Horta Nord which installed its traditional rice boilers in one of the municipalities of Valencia affected by the dana.
Fifteen large steaming pots, arranged in an almost perfect line on the three tons of firewood brought for the occasion, made it possible to cook in the courtyard of the Ausiàs March public school – which also hosts these Army operational days – until 3,000 freshly prepared servings of fragrant rice broth.
The traditional cauldrons of the Festivities of the Mare de Déu d’Hivern (Virgin of the Winter Patronage) were moved in solidarity from Foios to Picanya, which more than two weeks after the tragic flood working tirelessly to return to normalcy.
The Foios Festivals Department, which runs Husband Carmen Cabodecided to suspend the festive events planned in this city for the second weekend of November due to the mourning caused by the dana and thought it would be wise to take the boilers to one of the municipalities concerned.
The mayor, Sergi Ruiz, explained to Efe that this morning they left very early, around 6 a.m., to make this generous and nutritious gesture of solidarity possible, in which the Town Hall took care of all the logistics, which involved the transport of the 1,500 liters of water and the rest of the ingredients for the food.
Rice and sweets
In addition to the rice broth, which was very well received by all those who came to pick it up from the school where it was cooked, the Town Hall asked for the collaboration of citizens to accompany this dish with a homemade dessert.
It is for this reason that the neighbors, volunteers and operators present also received wrapped candy individually, who have finished a meal that, for many, “tastes divine”.
“It is a very typical Valencian dish, we want to convey solidarity, that is why we gave up celebrating these calderas in our city and decided to bring it to someone so that affected by DANA“, explained the city councilor.
As one of the architects of this action commented, Ivan-Albertthe rice required about six hours of cooking to “find the point” so it could be served with beef, pork and lamb, vegetables, spices, water and salt.
“This rice is wonderful», Summarizes one of the neighbors who came to collect his rice: “We are delighted with the solidarity of the people. “I had five (people) come and empty my storage room so I could eat.”
“Without this support and these people, we wouldn’t be able to eat hot meals,” said Mercedes Aroca, another neighbor, who also noted the help provided by many people from out of town.
“It’s a way of giving people a little bit of normalcy back, we all need it“says Carmen González, another neighbor who can’t help but get angry.
