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Default Green Papaya Salad (Som Tum)

James Silverton <not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not> wrote:

> The recipe for Green papaya salad that Judy Bolton posted in
> r.f.recipes looks good since I like the salad in restaurants. I
> am told that shredded papaya can be bought in some stores and I
> wonder if anyone can suggest any likely places. A whole papaya
> is much more than I want.


You can try it with canned shredded green papaya but I am not
overly optimistic.

I usually make it with a combination of green papaya, ripe
papaya and shredded ginger (young ginger is ideal), and
consequently it is a large dish and so I mainly only ever take
it to potlucks.

Steve