8 platter blue Recipes

great hill blue , point reyes original blue, or cowgirl creamery s red hawk, pierre robert , bingham hill s poudre puff, or sally jackson s guernsey, cheshire , cabot creamery s vintage choice cheddar, or grafton village cheese company s four star cheddar, red or green grapes pears , apples or clementines, assorted breads and crackers

fruit spread, dried figs, chopped, hazelnuts, chopped, apricot preserves, fruit, grapes, strawberries, pears, oranges, peaches, dried apricots, brie cheese, port wine , du salut, blue cheese, french baguette, whole wheat crackers

sour cream, mayonnaise (do not use salad dressing), crumbled blue cheese (can use more for a stronger taste), minced yellow onion, minced fresh garlic, dry ranch dressing mix, dried dill weed, worcestershire sauce, buttermilk, tabasco sauce , to taste (optional), carrot (peeled and sliced into sticks), celery (cut ribs into 3-inch long sections), cucumber (cut into about 1-inch thick slices), tomatoes (use small cherry and leave whole), white button mushrooms (leave whole , slice off bottom of stem and wipe clean using a dry paper towel), green onion (cut off small hanging roots on white part and remove any damaged leaves, trim to uniform length), sweet pepper (cut into strips or rings), radish (cut off stem and root end, the long radishes may be cut into an accordion shape by slicing almost th), broccoli (cut into small florets leaving a small stem attached), cauliflower (cut into small florets ), crusty breadstick (use the long s), lettuce leaves (to be placed under the dip bowl)

heads romaine lettuce , cut crosswise into 1-inch strips, store-bought rotisserie-cooked chicken , meat thickly sliced, ripe peaches, roughly chopped (peeled , if desired), blue cheese, crumbled, almonds, roughly chopped, white wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt, black pepper

crushed ice, raw oysters on the half shell, raw littleneck clams on the half shell, cooked lobsters, cut in 1/2, cooked jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined, with tails on, cooked blue claw crabs, lemons, halved, mustard sauce , recipe follows, mignonette sauce , recipe follows

sliced prosciutto, lettuce leaves, melon balls or cubes, fresh pineapple cubes, almonds, toasted, olive oil, white balsamic vinegar, crumbled blue cheese