3 smoked fish sauce salad Recipes

spicy brown mustard (such as gulden s), fresh lemon juice, dry mustard, vegetable oil, sugar, divided, drained capers, minced shallot, fennel bulbs, trimmed (fronds reserved), quartered, cored, thinly sliced crosswise (about 2 cups), persian or japanese cucumbers, thinly sliced on diagonal (about 2 cups), butter lettuce, assorted smoked fish (such as salmon, trout, whitefish, sturgeon, and black cod), caper berries, lemon wedges, hard-boiled eggs, peeled, sliced (optional)

unsalted dry-roasted peanuts, asian fish sauce (preferably tiparos brand), chili powder, cayenne, winesap or gala apples (3 to 4), mutsu (also called crispin) or golden delicious apples (3 to 4), slab bacon , any rind discarded, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch lardons (sticks), fresh lime juice, canned lychees (from a 20-oz can), drained and quartered, at warm room temperature, chopped scallions at room temperature