Duck curry competitions and other bullshit like this. Nonsense that adds no substance to our society.
Ask this dummy to ensure there are pumps throughout the country that can get rid of water into the ocean or ensure those pumps are redundant and have redundant power so they can be maintained properly etc.
Nah too much to ask. But a cook out? wid some rum? hells yeah, bring dat shit on mutha suckers......Ramsammy is the most useless tool on the planet. Is there anyone more dumb than this chap in the PPP.
Agriculture ministry launches cook-off to push local produce
Posted By Staff Writer On August 9, 2014 @ 5:07 am In Local News | No Comments
By Dacia Whaul
The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday hosted its inaugural cook-off competition to launch its calendar of activities for Agriculture Month in October.
The compound of the Ministry of Agriculture was transformed into an arena of aromas for more than ten competitor agencies and departments, who displayed meals and beverages prepared with mostly local ingredients. Meals ranged from metemgee to cassava flour cakes and beverages ranged from lemon grass and passion fruit concoctions to a callaloo drink.
Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy announced that the annual event would be used to promote local foods and recipes. “We want to ensure that we support our farmers, [and] agro-processors and, therefore, support a development programme that creates employment and entrepreneurial opportunity,” he stated. He reiterated the Ministry’s call for the consumption of local produce, as he pointed out that the support of imported products aid employment in those countries and therefore make it more difficult for the development of local products.
Minister of Agriculture Leslie Ramsammy sampling the prepared local produce from the Administration Department of his ministry yesterday at the inaugural cook-off. (Photo by Arian Browne)
Ramsammy said that the cook-off was a new way of launching Agriculture Month, which will focus on every day agriculture matters. He further mentioned that on World Food Day, October 16, all of Guyana will be urged to cook meals with minimum amounts of imported ingredients as a new feature of the annual observation. He explained that things like salt would still be needed but reiterated that the goal is to cook a meal in Guyana that has nothing that is imported. “Wherever food is prepared…,” he said, “we will encourage them to use recipes that makes maximum use of local products.”
He added that restaurants, both small and large, will also be asked to support the initiative by having a special menu that makes maximum use of local products. He said that the only products that are imported in our meals for that day must be products that cannot be replaced at that time. He also said that a survey will be done on World Food Day to indicate what percentage of meals were in fact composed of imported material so that the ministry can keep those records and will be in a position to say each year whether the percentage has been reduced.
