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BLESSING FOOD
When somebody thinks about blessing food, many people could relate it with the
wonderful food given by God to his people a long time ago for surviving in the
desert. Although, blessing food as the Mana fell from the heavens, we can obtain
our food from the ocean and land. In the following paragraphs we are going to
explain more details about why we consider Rundown as a blessing dish and a
cultural heritage in three aspects.

First of all, it is not a secret that food represents one of the most important
inherited values of these islands culture because food has played an important
role of joining its families together especially the Rundown which was passed
d0wn from generation to generation.

Second, we are convinced that the Rundown is the most typical dish of Providence
and Santa Catalina islands due to the fact that the family members meet to
prepare this dish around a bonfire of firewood and also with its incomparable
taste. Another reason is that people from the islands enjoy preparing it because
they usually dance, sing and share about their daily routines.
On the other hand, the Rundown commemorates the crops, fruits and fish that
they cultivate or fish from the islands. As a result, this dish is a treasure for the
families because they make it together. Although, the Rundown was cooked only
with fish, the natives were trying with other ingredients by adding conches, crabs
and pigtails.

As a conclusion, we could say that Rundown is a blessing dish because all of its
ingredients are found around the islands; besides, people keep the recipes in their
hearts from generation to generation as a treasure and it is also a cultural heritage
which represents Providence and Santa Catalina when talking about food.