COOKING IN MAXIMUM SECURITY

Some of the contents of CMS phase 1 publication,

The Bread from Room 263

Material

broom handle, camping stove, anti-adherent saucepan, salad bowl, television, small pot, small table, plastic knife, round cake tray c. 20 cm diameter.

Ingredients

1 kg “00” flour, salt, 1 cube of brewer’s yeast.

Procedure

Evenly cut a piece of broom handle measuring 25-30 cm in length, clean it well and immerse it in a pot of boiling water to eliminate any impurities – it will serve to roll out the dough. Place the flour, a teaspoon of salt and the yeast (diluted in warm water) in the salad bowl to avoid dirtying the room with flour. Combine all the ingredients until one mass is formed. Place it on a table and continue working the dough until it is smooth and lump-free. Put it back in the salad bowl and cover well. Allow the dough to rise by placing it on a television set that has been turned on for about 2 or 3 hours, depending on the heat that it emanates. Remember to close the window to reduce air currents. Cut the dough into 80 g balls and roll them out with the broom handle-rolling pin, place the dough on the cake tray and trim the edges so that all of loaves will take the same form. Cook them in the saucepan over the camping stove, one at a time. They will swell like balloons.

Keep in an unbroken plastic bag so that they remain soft.

Hot to make a phony Martini

Material

1.5 l plastic bottle, plastic knife.

Ingredients

1.5 L red or white wine, 250 g sugar, 5-6 cloves, 1 lemon, cinnamon.

Procedure

Pour the wine into the bottle and add the sugar, 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon, the grated lemon rind and the cloves. Screw the cap on the bottle and turn it upside down several times. Let it rest and do not touch for 20 to 30 days. After this procedure, carefully pour the liquid into another container and your Phoney Martini is ready to be enjoyed.

Serve chilled.

Cosimo’s Hot Chili Peppers in Oil

Material

1.5 L plastic bottle, Bic razor blade or Chicco children’s scissors, camping stove, pot, colander.

Ingredients

whole chili peppers, olive oil, vinegar, water.

Procedure

Boil equal parts of water and vinegar and immerse the peppers in the liquid, letting them boil for two minutes. Extinguish the camping stove and leave the peppers in the pot for another two minutes, drain them and leave them to dry for 24 hours. With the Chicco children’s scissors or the Bic razor blade, cut the plastic bottle above the halfway mark, using the bottom section as a container and the upper portion as the lid. Arrange the chili peppers in the container part of the bottle, filling it with olive oil. Cover with the upper lid. The peppers should always be coated with oil. The same procedure can be used with button mushrooms.

Excellent even after one year.

How to obtain an Ice-cold Beer

In order to prepare ice-cold beer it is necessary to procure a bucket (approx. 10 L) and fill it halfway with water, then pour in 1 kg of salt and immerse the beer. Proceed by extracting the fully loaded cylinder from the gas cooker (before doing so make sure that there are no open flames around) and direct the flow of the gas within the bucket of water. Contemporaneously, stir vigorously  with a wooden spoon in order to create a vortex (like a centrifuge). In a few minutes the water will reach a near zero temperature and hence the beer will be ice-cold.