- Flour is central to we culture but now Water More Dan Flour

Can you believe it ? The price of wheat is threating one of Antigua's culture.
Well to borrow a line from the poem No Culture!(Posted Yesterday)

"Our culture is cooking any ting wid flour.
Our culture is eating bread fu breakfast, lunch or dinner."

We also love our dumplin, either boil, fry, roast or yabba dumpling. Of course my favourite petata dumplin or ducuna. Flour is also use in the droppars - a soft dumpling drop from a spoon- for soups and pepperpot.

Like Nosey Nelly Say 'Flour central to we culcha."

Enjoy the recent poem Water More Dan Flour

Water More Dan Flour



What is dat me a hear in Antigua?
De miggle a February we go be outta flour?
Gyal Bacchanal a go be in Antigua
Cause flour is central to we culchar
For we eat bread, fuh breakfust, lunch and dinna.
Is We feeling the pinch Mr. Importa.
Help us now cause water more dan flour!



Subn go so fuh tru sista
E pan radio and ina news pearpa.
We go soon, soon run outta flour.
Carn meck dumpling, pangcake or duccuna
Wha people go eat ina Easta?
Is We feeling the pinch Mr. Flour Produsa.
Help us now cause Water more dan flour!



True, as a Caricom member,
We haffu support each odder!
Our flour come from St. Vincent and Grenada
Cause dem dey a de O.E.C.S supplier.
But dat price a agony fu all dem Antiguan bayka
Is We feeling the pinch Mr. Trade Coordinator
Help us now cause Water more dan flour!



Good! All governments coming together
Cause E need all heads fu study dis matta
A hope We de people is represented as one stake holder
For this matta goin affect mostly We de consumer
Ah awe feeling de heat, for We in de line of fire
Is We feeling the pinch Mr. Minista
Help us now cause Water more dan flour!



So E say! Awe no ina non danger
For de price na affect February orda.
But dem betta quickly meck one new structure
For ordering flour in Antigua!
By February 14th E ‘ll settle in fava of We and de baker?
I only hope all dem in de meeting remember
E need fu solve now, cause flour is central to we culchar.





Tarl ana true Mr. Radio Announcer!
Carn be! I feel dat man no memba
Dat, dat a de day fu de meeting bout de flour.
Eh! Eh! you intend fu go de C.C J fuh settle de matter
Sign me Nelly as number one witness fu de Consumer.
Mr. Minista, Coordinator, Producer, Supplier, Importa, Bayka
Solve it now! Cause in Antigua, Water more dan flour!




Fransene Massiah-Headley © ( from de files of Nosey Nelly © )