Antigua

History
This is Betty's Hope . Betty's Hope was one of the earliest sugar plantations, dating to 1651. Like other large plantations, Betty's Hope was an agricultural as well as an industrial enterprise, and home to a large number of people.

This is some of Antigua's Famous and

Favorite foods. We enjoy these meals

because they taste very good.

Antigua's National Dish is Fungee and

Pepper Pot. Fungee and Pepper is Anti-

gua's national dish because the origins

of the dish are believed to be West

Africans, brought over by enslaved

people during the transatlantic slave

trade. Over time, the recipe evolved

and was adapted by the Antiguan and Barbudan people to suit local ingredients and flavors.

Keeping Things Running