Title: Bean thread salad (yum woon sen)
 Categories: Thai, Salads
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
           Stephen Ceideburg
    1/4 c  Large dried shrimp
      2 oz Mung bean thread noodles
      4    Or 5 medium raw prawns,
           -shelled, deveined
      3 tb Fresh lime juice
  2 1/2 tb Fish sauce
    3/4 ts Sugar
      1    Or 2 medium button
           -mushrooms, thinly sliced
      1    Celery stalk, thinly sliced
           -at an angle
      1    Green onion, sliced into 1
           -1/2-inch lengths
      1 tb Coarsely chopped coriander
           -leaves
           Red lettuce, washed and
           -drained
 
  This salad is very easy to make, and combines the sour, sweet and
  salty flavors typical of Thai cuisine.