On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:29:24 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:

> James Silverton wrote:
>> 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?
>
> It's in Minnesota, so it might be a bit far... :-)
> I didn't see that your .sig said where you live. (It was funny when it
> was just "7th Street" with no other geography even implied. The joke
> kind of falls apart when you give it more information)
>

shit, you got my hopes up. 7th st. runs through d.c.'s chinatown, which
hasn't had a decent asian market in fifteen-odd years.

you pal,
blake