2 tb Vegetable oil

      1 lb Fresh crab meat, diced

      2    Cloves garlic, crushed

    1/2 lb Fresh snow peas

      1 cn (8 oz) water chestnuts (OR

      1 c  Jicama, cut in 1/2" cubes)

    1/4 c  White wine

      1 tb Soy sauce

      1 tb Arrowroot

    1/4 c  Water

      4 c  Rice, freshly cooked

  Heat oil.  Add crab and simmer, stirring, 2 minutes.  Add garlic, snow peas
  and water chestnuts; simmer 5 minutes.  Stir together wine, soy sauce,
  arrowroot and water until arrowroot is dissolved.  Pour into cooking crab
  mixture and simmer another 2 minutes.  Serve immediately over hot rice.