The singer of Bacilos, Jorge Villamizar, knows that with the arrival of Holy Week, a widely known fan comes to Ecuador. Although he is a close neighbor, because he is originally from Colombia, the artist was able to spend enough time in Ecuador to try and get to know the dish.

“How I miss the good Fanesca!!” he tweeted yesterday and immediately several Ecuadorians started responding showing their own preparations. “The first tamale to her name,” they sent her along with a photo of a pot in which grain soup is being cooked.

He then went on to explain to his international followers what the dish consists of: “For my Latin Americans who don’t know, fanesca is an Ecuadorian Easter dish. It is super elaborate, based on seven different hand-shelled grains, codfish and other delicacies. It’s different and delicious.”

There, one Twitterer corrected him by telling him he had twelve beans, while another suggested, “Send the location to ship this dish,” to which he replied, “Is that dish in Miami?”, implying that they were sending it to the U.S. City. .

The artist added that “the most interesting thing about fanesque, and therefore Ecuadorians, is that they do it only during Holy Week. It’s not a commercial dish, it’s a culture. It’s not pop, it’s folklore”.

In addition to reminiscing about Ecuadorian gastronomy, translator The face of the moon He also used the moment to mention the situation in the country: “I see divisions among my Ecuadorian friends. But I’m sure we all want ORDER in the country to have some PEACE, don’t we? We’re not talking about subjective stories so much as objectively painful gifts for everyone, right? (AND)