How To Make Peking Duck For Chinese New Year's

Ingredients

• 1 long island duck (white pekin duck) - approx. 5 pounds
• 8 cups water
• 1/4 cup honey
• 4 slices of ginger root, cut 1/8 " thick
• 2 scallions
• 1/2 cup beach plum jam
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon brown rice vinegar
• 1/2 tablespoon ginger root
• 1 teaspoon thai pepper (fresh) - jalapeno may be substituted
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup boiling water
• 3 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon sugar (optional)
• 2 scallion bunches (trimmed and cut to look like paint brushes)
• 1 cucumber (peeled and sliced lengthwise in 1/2 inch by 3 inch sticks)