Gnocchi

Another food update:

I tried to make gnocchi yesterday, using the recipe that Hot Yam used a few weeks ago. It was very labor-intensive, even with R. helping (thanks!). And in the end, I discovered that I need a different kind of flour and a finer potato-masher to make them properly.

Now I have a lot of misshapen gnocchi in the fridge and freezer.


This post's theme word: argillacious, "clayey."

Raspberry-pear pie

I made another pie. In this picture, it looks like a certain trademarked silhouette of a cartoon mouse:

This post's theme word: haruspex, "a religious official who interprets omens by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals." I wonder if there's an analog for an official who interprets omens by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial vegetables.