About seven years ago, we hosted an exchange student from Thailand named Pop for a year. In addition to being a sweet, lovely girl, she is an outstanding cook. Her parents own a restaurant and she spoiled us well with all she learned from them. Now, it's rather hard for us to eat out in Thai restaurants due to the memory of Pop's incredible home cooking. Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam) is my favorite Thai salad and I've adapted it from notes Pop graciously left for me. If green papaya is unavailable, shredded carrots can be substituted.

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