using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.IO;

using System.Linq;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var ListToSend = new List<List<string>>();

        List<List<string>> ListToReceive;

        ListToSend = SimulateData().ToList();

        using (var stream = GetStream(ListToSend))

        {

            var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

            ListToReceive = formatter.Deserialize(stream) as List<List<string>>;

        }

        Printer(ListToReceive);

        Console.WriteLine("Done");

    }

    private static void Printer(List<List<string>> data)

    {

        Console.WriteLine("Printing");

        foreach (var row in data)

        {

            foreach (var cell in row)

            {

                Console.Write(cell + "\t");

            }

            Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------------------------------------------------");

        }

    }

    private static Stream GetStream(object data)

    {

        var binFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();

        var mStream = new MemoryStream();

        binFormatter.Serialize(mStream, data);

        mStream.Position = 0;

        return mStream;

    }

​

​

    private static IEnumerable<List<string>> SimulateData()

    {

        Random randomizer = new Random();

        for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)

        {

            var row = new List<string>();

            for (var j = 0; j < 1000; j++)

            {

                row.Add((randomizer.Next(100)).ToString());

            }

            yield return row;

        }

    }

}

​