" ¢Â " Gnocchi , " a variety of traditional spud dumpling , mean " lumps " in Italian ( how … appetizing ) . It can bedifficult to pronounce(just require Katie Couric ) , but is more or less " gno - key . "
" ¢ Everyone hump potato dumplings , includingWashington ’s eliteandRussell Crowe(who liked the gnocchi at the DC eatery Spezie so much he ordered it for an entire film gang ) , but apparently Italian priests have had some difficulty with them … at least , according to the definition of the gnocchi - noodle stragolapreti , also sleep with asPriest Stranglers .
" ¢Â Gnocchi and dumplings willfloat to the topof the green goddess when they are quick because of air snare within the simoleons , but also because of bake powder , whose alkaline leavening agent reacts with Lucy in the sky with diamonds from the amylum to produce carbon dioxide bubbles . Yummy .

" ¢Â During Carnival celebration in Verona , " bacanal del gnoco" has continued since the Middle Ages ; each year an erstwhile man with a long white beard and a carmine trump sticks a golden ramification into a gnocco ( the funny form of gnocchi ) and rides around on a mule , together with other helper , giving out confect and packages of gnocchi . It ’s like dump Mardi Gras !
" ¢Â It may not turn this month , but starting March consider adhering to the Argentine tradition of eat gnocchi on the twenty-ninth forgood fortune .
" ¢Â sub your craving for fag with pasta - after the smoking ban in 2003 a NY restaurant , Serafina Sandro , began to offer a card that flavoreddishes with tobacco(including gnocchi)Â"¢Â Gnocchi can also be used as a weapon : In 1967 , helicopters transport ghastly and injured soldier from Vietnam to hospital in Germany were met by Helmet Wnter , who chased low - flying aircraft off with Bavarian dumpling fired from ahomemade ill-tempered - bow .  The US and West German Air Forces agreed to keep pilots above 1,500 feet when flying over the Munich suburb . Â"¢Â Do n’t be dupe though , the Germans really do honey gnocchi . you’re able to even visit thePotato Dumpling Museumin Germany and study such thing as " Erotic Facts about Gnocchi and Dumplings " … if you dare !
" ¢Â Need more dumpling ? Consider making your ownÂPotsticker Girls(how does this form of thing sell out ? )
" ¢Â From the Department of Veiled Insults : Yeltsin was nickname Pelmeni ( a minor dumpling ) by his general staff an apparent address to hispuffy featuresand tortured articulation . Â
" ¢ I only discovered what gnocchi was about two geezerhood ago - later bloomer ! What are some of your favourite way to run through it , and where have you found the best gnocchi around your townspeople ? ( unless it ’s your grandmother ’s kitchen ! )
" ˜Dietribes ' look every other Wednesday . Food exposure taken byJohanna Beyenbach . You might remember that name from our billet about hercolorful diet .