22 cold string Recipes

butter, onion, finely diced, bay leaf, flour, white crab stock , recipe follows, milk, cream, paprika, cooked atlantic blue crab meat, divided, crab roe, divided, salt and pepper, to taste, sherry, chopped chives, french bread, cold water, onion, peeled and halved, garlic bulb, halved, turnip, split, celery stalks, split, bouquet garni (4 sprigs fresh parsley, 4 sprigs fresh thyme, 2 bay leaves and 1 leek -- tied together with string), lemon , juice, crab boil seasoning, whole white peppercorns, white wine, sea salt , to taste, live atlantic blue crabs

whole boneless skinless chicken breasts , cut into strips, cornstarch, egg, beaten, very cold water, bleached all-purpose flour, essence , recipe follows, peanut oil, for frying, plum sauce , recipe follows, ginger stir-fried vegetables , recipe follows, paprika, salt, garlic powder, black pepper, onion powder, cayenne pepper, dried leaf oregano, dried thyme, plum preserves, rice wine vinegar, minced shallots, light brown sugar, minced garlic, minced fresh ginger, red pepper flakes, spice powder, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, vegetable oil, ginger, minced, sliced carrots , cut on the bias 1/4 inch thick, snow pea pods, stringed, fresh thinly sliced, stemmed fresh porcini mushrooms, fresh thinly sliced, stemmed shiitake mushrooms, sliced green onions , cut on the bias 1/4-inch thick