“I can do this.” I told myself as I stared at the 4 ingredients listed on the page. I began peeling potatoes and taking pictures to document how great this dinner recipe was working out. Potatoes mashed, flour and egg incorporated, finished off with only 2 pinches of salt, I saw a hot mess. The verbal directions were to roll the dough into lengths “like this” and then cut into sections “like this,” which was completely impossible with this batch of dough clinging to each of my fingers. Even rolled on a floured board using floured hands, it was not happening! Ok, maybe it’s supposed to be like this. I’ll just try to roll it off the fork like Rosario demonstrated. Umm, nope, it didn’t roll. Instead, half of the dough stuck to the fork and the rest dangled from the end of the fork, eventually plopping into the boiling water.
Juliette ate the first few I gave to her, and then one by one began bringing them back to me. Brady licked it and decided he would starve instead of eating dinner. All of my hard work, all the great intentions ended up a mushy mess. Getting a picture didn’t cross my mind, but I wish I had so I could have had a “nailed it” (Pinterest addicts will understand) moment. In the end, I cooked some dried pasta and will need some serious help the next time gnocchi graces our menu!
*Sidenote* I explained my gnocchi disaster to Rosario and he said to add more flour until the dough is easy to handle. His mom said to let the dough rest for an hour before attempting to roll it out, but Rosario said he never lets it rest and it turns out fine. An argument between the two ensued, leaving me with the directions of let it rest… or not.
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