Proper Bajan Coconut Turnovers

Bajan Coconut Turnovers (Photo by Cynthia Nelson)

Hi Everyone,

Bajans (Barbadians) use the word ‘proper’ to signify that some thing, place or person is of the highest standard, quality and calibre. It is not a word lightly stated. In fact, the word ‘proper’ has been used to such great effect in a marketing and advertising campaign to sell pork, that when we hear of ‘proper’ pork, we know exactly where the meat comes from and we know of its quality.

In a day and age where there is much mediocrity and a certain lack of standards, it really helps to have handles by which one can identify the quality of something. I am sure that the same is true for Guyana and elsewhere.

A couple of weeks ago I spied a van outside one of the busy shopping centres here (in Barbados), where a man was