Ingredients:

1/4 cup margarine

1/4 cup celery, chopped

1/4 cup flour

6 to 10 drops hot pepper sauce

5 cups skim milk

1 pound fresh lump crabmeat

1/4 cup scallions, sliced

Salt to taste

Directions:

Melt margarine in large saucepan. Add celery, cook 3 minutes.Add flour and stir over low heat until frothy. Cook additional 3 minutes, stirring often.Add hot pepper sauce. Gradually stir in milk. Increase heat and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer. Allow to simmer and thicken 10 minutes.Add crab meat and scallions. Taste with salt. Serve immediately.

Ingredients:

4 pounds lobster shells and/or bodies

10 cups water

2 bay leaves

1/2 bunch fresh parsley

2 medium onions, finely chopped

2 large carrots, peeled and chopped

2 stalks celery, peeled and chopped

6 whole peppercorns

6 clove garlic, chopped

1 cup dry white wine

1/3 cup olive oil

3 tablespoons tomato paste

Salt to taste

Directions:

Put all the ingredients in a large pot and bring to boil. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 30 minutes. Remove the stock from the heat. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve. Return the liquid to the stove and simmer until the liquid is reduced by half. Let the stock cool down, then refrigerate or freeze.