Run down, also referred to as rundown, run dun,Jamaica: A Visitor's Guide - Harry S. Pariser - Google Books
p. 64. rondón, fling-me-far, and fling mi for, is a

stew A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. A stew needs to have raw ingredients added to the gravy. Ingredients in a stew can include any combination of vegetables and ...

dish in Jamaican cuisine and Tobago cuisine. The traditional Jamaican dish is eaten in several Latin American countries that share a coast with the Caribbean Sea. It consists of a soup made up of reduced

coconut milk Coconut milk is an opaque, milky-white liquid extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts. The opacity and rich taste of coconut milk are due to its high oil content, most of which is saturated fat. Coconut milk is a traditional food i ...

, with different types of seafood (fish, crabs, small lobsters or shellfish), plantain,The Food of Jamaica: Authentic Recipes from the Jewel of the Caribbean - John Demers, Eduardo Fuss - Google Books
p. 62.

yam Yam or YAM may refer to: Plants and foods *Yam (vegetable), common name for members of ''Dioscorea'' * Taro, known in Malaysia and Singapore as yam * Sweet potato, specifically its orange-fleshed cultivars, often referred to as yams in North Amer ...

, tomato, onion, and

seasoning Seasoning is the process of supplementing food via herbs, spices, salts, and/or sugar, intended to enhance a particular flavour. General meaning Seasonings include herbs and spices, which are themselves frequently referred to as "seasonings". Ho ...

s.Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage, and Culture - Google Books
p. 99.

Mackerel Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment. ...

and salted mackerel are often used in the dish. Other fish are also used, including locally caught fish,

cod Cod is the common name for the demersal fish genus '' Gadus'', belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus ''Gadus'' is commonly not call ...

, salt cod,

shad The Alosinae, or the shads,Alosinae

, other oily fish,Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World - Mark Kurlansky - Google Books
p. (unlisted). red snapper,

swordfish Swordfish (''Xiphias gladius''), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfis ...

,Caribbean – Bruce Geddes – Google Books
p. 133 pickled fish, bull pizzle, and cassava. Traditionally, the dish is served with side dishes of

dumpling Dumpling is a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of dough (made from a variety of starch sources), oftentimes wrapped around a filling. The dough can be based on bread, flour, buckwheat or potatoes, and may be filled with meat, fi ...

s or baked

breadfruit Breadfruit (''Artocarpus altilis'') is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry and jackfruit family (Moraceae) believed to be a domesticated descendant of ''Artocarpus camansi'' originating in New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, and the Philippi ...

. Run down is typically available in Jamaican restaurants,Ebony – Google Books
p. 142. and is also a traditional Jamaican

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dish. It is a common dish in the Antilles, insular

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, Panama,

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, Nicaragua and Venezuela, also.

History

Rondón originated in Jamaica and was exported to Latin America by the Afro-Jamaican immigrant workers who migrated in the early 19th century to build projects such as the Panama Canal and the Costa Rican railroads. The dish is unique to the island, which its population, having left their homes in Africa, Europe, and Asia, were forced to use the limited amount of goods (for example, fish and coconut milk) that were wildly available. Although most Jamaicans are of mixed African descent, the dish is not consumed on the African mainland nor on any other continent. It is now, however, consumed by small minorities on the island of Tobago as well as areas of South and Central America that have Jamaican expatriates. ''Rondón'' is a Jamaican Patois anglicism of the words "run down", which describes the "runny" or "liquefied" nature of the sauce. The name could also originate from the manner in which the fish is thoroughly cooked until it falls apart, or "runs down".Jamaica - Montego Bay, Port Antonio and Ocho Rios - John Bigley - Google Books
p. (unlisted).

Preparation

Since rondón is a traditional dish shared by different countries, the ingredients may vary from region to region. However,

is an essential ingredient in all the variants. In Nicaragua, the meat used might be fish, beef, pork or even turtle meat—a common ingredient in Caribbean cuisine but also illegal in some countries—to which seasonings are added. It might include bell peppers, onion, bananas, cassava, elephant's ear and argan. On the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, the ingredients include cassava, taro,

, plantain and green bananas. The meat might be fish, lobsters or crabs and spices such as thyme, garlic, onions and yellow lantern chilli or "chile panameño", an important ingredient in Costa Rican cuisine. It can be served with flour dumplings. On the Colombian isle of San Andrés, the ingredients used are fish, snails, other seafood or pork. The vegetables include cassava, taro, plantain, potatoes and the spices used include basil, oregano, peppers, onion, garlic and poultry seasoning. In Panama, the seafood prepared with coconut milk can be served with rice, tostones or "patacones", and salad. In coastal areas of

, "rundown" refers to

conch Conch () is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point at both ends). In North Am ...

stew. This dish may be prepared with conch meat, salt pork, root vegetables, breadfruit and

plantains Plantain may refer to: Plants and fruits * Cooking banana, banana cultivars in the genus ''Musa'' whose fruits are generally used in cooking ** True plantains, a group of cultivars of the genus ''Musa'' * ''Plantaginaceae'', a family of flowerin ...

cooked in coconut milk. In Trinidad,

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, and Barbados,Beyond Gumbo: Creole Fusion Food from the Atlantic Rim - Jessica B. Harris - Google Books
pp. 235-236. a similar dish that utilizes

palm oil Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 33% of global oils produced from ...

is referred to as "oil-down", which is generally prepared with salted beef or pork, breadfruit, palm oil and seasonings boiled in coconut milk until it reaches a thick consistency. This dish is similar to ''yumma'', a Koongo dish.

References

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*Jiménez Acuña, Ana Carolina (2007)
Sazonando la olla
Universidad Estatal a Distancia. p. 234. (Spanish) *Barthley, Ricardo (2003)
Rondón de Mariscos
Retrieved on February 5, 2016. (Spanish) *Smith, Sara (2013)
Caribbean Rondon Soup
Retrieved on February 5, 2016.
Sky Juice and Flying Fish: Tastes Of A Continent - Jessica B. Harris - Google Books
p. (unlisted).
Passionate Vegetarian – Crescent Dragonwagon – Google Books
p. 206.
Frommer's Jamaica - Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince - Google Books
p. 9. Caribbean cuisine Colombian cuisine Costa Rican cuisine Fish stews Foods containing coconut Jamaican stews Latin American cuisine Nicaraguan cuisine Panamanian cuisine Trinidad and Tobago cuisine Venezuelan cuisine

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