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Jamaican Patois · Food and cooking

Rundung

Coconut milk stew

Computer-generated pronunciation guide, not a native-speaker recording.

Say itRUN-dung

Also written
Rundown, Run dung

What “Rundung” means

Rundung is a stew of fish, usually mackerel or saltfish, simmered down in coconut milk with seasonings. It's also commonly spelled rundown.

Examples

Mi cook rice an peas, oxtail, fry plantain, an mi famous rundown.

I cooked rice and peas, oxtail, fried plantain, and my famous rundown.

How to use it

An everyday food word. It's home cooking, often eaten with boiled dumplings, green banana or breadfruit.