Green Papaya Salad (Som Tum)
zxcvbob wrote on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:19:00 -0500:
> James Silverton wrote:
>> Hello All!
>>
>> 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.
>>
> I've seen it at that new Asian food store on 7th street.
> (seriously)
> Call your local Asian and Oriental markets, especially ones
> that cater to the Vietnamese, Hmong, etc. There's only one
> here that keeps it shredded in stock, but you might can buy a half a
> green papaya and shred it yourself.
Thanks! In which town is seventh st. located? I don't want to seem
racist but I generally find that I have to ask face to face. The phone
just doesn't work :-(
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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