Sponsors Breakfast Report: Where were the bakes?
The prestigious Sherbourne Center
Where were the bakes? That is the question I asked when I attended the “Sponsors breakfast” yesterday morning at Sherbourne Center hosted by the Government and NCF.
In case you don’t know, the “Sponsors Breakfast” is an annual event where the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) invites sponsors to breakfast with the objectives of wooing them with highlights of the coming Crop Over season and hopefully acquire their financial support through sponsorship.Or the government gives sponsors some hot tea in an effort to help them “brek de air” and “brek some money” at the same time…
The presentation of the ‘Breakfast event” was impressive, the entertainment was excellent especially the multimedia piece performed by Merle Niles and Jennifer Walker. Prime Minister David Thompson was there along with Minister of Culture Steve Blackette, the NCF Chairman, CEO and a cadre of government ministers.
NCF Corporate Communications officer Wayne Simmons performed M.C duties and along with media specialist Doug Hoyte presented the 2008 Crop Over theme for this year “We Ready”.
Will go into what the Prime Minister said tomorrow but today I want to focus on a more important point. The food served at the event was excellent with eggs, fried plantain, fruit and other breakfast gastronomical delicacies. Except for one thing, look as I may I could not find any bakes….! Fish cakes were there, but no “bakes” that popular bajan delicacy from years ago made with flour and water.
Come to think about it I have never been to a function and been served “bakes”, that needs to change. NCF being the vanguard of our culture needs to take the lead in this indigenous food matter. Next time we have a traditional Bajan breakfast, I want to see some bakes…!
Otherwise Great Event, Can’t wait for Crop Over 2008!
Tomorrow; The PM say dat…….. (to be continued)
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April 16th, 2008 at 10:17 am
bakes not good for ya health man. too much cholesterol and flour
April 16th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Man they ain’t nuttin that taste as good as bakes for breakfast. However as much as we hate to admiit it, bakes are considered “low class” food. That is why you will never see it at a bigup corporate event.
April 17th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
jdid
i agree wid yuh
“bakes not good for ya health man. too much cholesterol and flour”
definitely too much fat -on the road
i was going to say de same ting when i read the blog but i did not want to hog de show
April 18th, 2008 at 10:01 am
de brekfuss was good fuh trute, but doan fuhget dat flour gone up and becausen duh had summuch a’ peetle at de ‘brekfuss’ it woulda cost dem tuh much money! (an’ yuh know guv’munt woulda know de cos’ did risin’ efo’ any body else????
on anudduh note doh, de ministers o’ dis guv’munt really supportin’ duh one anudduh! I like dah baddd! AN” I en see a minister o’ culture at a openin’ event fuh crop ova or anyting else fuh eons… “10 p’ints fuh dem” ‘coring to de deputy chairman!
Uh would like to give kudos to the organising staff o’ de NCF and special mention to Dorsie Boyce too…he do a’ excellent job pon de techies!’ dah team ready yuh hear? now leh dah same efficieny continue t’roughout de festival…
Wait wuh batman and uab saying?? dem happy dis year??
GUV.MUNT READY! NCF READY! DE SPONSORS READY! ALL DE CULTURAL PEETLE READY! DE TECHNICAL PEETLE ENTITIES READY! in short…..WE READY!
nuff said!
April 20th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Serving a bajan accented breakfast without Bakes is totally unacceptable. If we are going to prepare and serve bajan breakfast then my only suggestion is to do it the right way, bakes must be leading the menu. Yes! i must admit the average person believes it’s a poor man’s meal….but what is the criteria of a poor man’s meal? Just because we are talking of merely flour, sugar and water doesn’t mean it should bee absent from the menu. Bakes are very appealing at breakfast time especially when being served from an enamel bowl and it wouldnt hurt for the bowl to have a bounce on the side either, I mean we are talking tradition here…lets do it the right way…….please don’t deprive me of the true essence and served me a bake on crystal ware…i simply don’t want it. Yes people say it’s not healthy dis and dat, but i have never heard a doctor told any one to stay off the Bakes . 99% of we bajans were raised on the flour substance it wasn’t a complaint back then, the only complaint that surfaced was when a man say WAit! “all de bakes gone already”I remembered how happy I would get ,when a full served meal was substituted for bakes …ya kiddn me…man i love the bake don’t mentioned if the rim was a little burned……..i would have negotiated any thing just to hear the crunch on my molars….. please Keeep the bakes on the TABLE