I think there's a bit of overthinking going on here. You either kick it straight at the last second (decrab in the flare, bank if needed) or fly a forward slip (Boeing's preferred technique-in mine, at least). You certainly don't do what the OP is doing. I like doing max crosswinds in the sim; they are close enough to the real aeroplane to not matter, and you can certainly get the hang of the technique, whichever one you use, so when you do one for real, it's not that difficult.