Saturday, December 13, 2008

Weekend Unconsciousness... Slept a Lot and Wondrous Gnocchi

WELL THEY SAY THE 7TH DAY IS A DAY OF REST and that's what I did. I slept and slept and slept all day until the X-factor final was on at 7 o'clock (at night).

Then I hungrily got up, fried onions upon which I dumped chopped canned tomatoes with some pepper and oregano. The tomatoes sizzle down wonderfully in the wok. I'm so glad I got that: it's just as good for Italianesque as Chinese. (I always call my pasta-cooking "Italianesque" as it's probably more German than truly "Italian" in style.... anyway so I made a simple sauce. This ended up getting tossed over... freshly boiled-up gnocchi. Which are potato dumplings of the most extraordinary kind. I'd never tried 'em before. With tomato sauce and grated cheese on top they came out lovely.

Apart from that there's nothing to tell. I've nary a clue who's won the X-factor, though my favourite judge is Cheryl, a "Girl Aloud" who won her own popstardom through a similar such competition. (Question: why must all TV talent competitions feature Simon Cowell? Is he exec-producer-in-chief or something?)

Righty-ho: gotta go. Have a charming weekend, y'all!
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6 comments:

  1. Puss-in-Boots14 December 2008 at 00:20

    No, Simon Cowell is a TV tart...can't resist the attention.

    I adore gnocchi...it's very easy to make too, Gleds. I have a recipe for the dumplings and if you want it, give me a hoi and I'll send it to you.

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  2. Mizpeh14 December 2008 at 03:06

    Syco is a company founded by record executive and television producer Simon Cowell in 2002.Syco Music automatically signs the winner of The X Factor and Sony BMG has first choice on all contestants who made it to the live shows. Syco's first project was The X Factor for ITV. (extracts from Wikipedia).

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  3. Vincent14 December 2008 at 08:54

    Good cookin' mate!

    Did you purposely made the left side background colour of your blog white by the way? I like it :-)

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  4. Gledwood14 December 2008 at 16:38

    PussInBoots o go on then!

    Mizpeh I noticed that name "Syco" at the end credits... he's an A&R man for Sony isn't he. I never truly understood what A&R people actually do... "find & nurture talent" seems to be the size of it. I know they get pd a good percentage for doing so...

    Vincent white on purpose? o yeah. I only kept it blue for so long bc someone called the colour "vulgar" which I liked. I think it looks way better in white. After all about half the pics I use have white backgrounds deliberately to fade into infinity. Against blue they never quite work...

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  5. Liz Hinds15 December 2008 at 14:51

    Mmm, I love gnocchi.

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  6. Gledwood16 December 2008 at 13:59

    I'd never tried them till then. Thought they were glorified mashed potato for some reason...

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