My Easter Showstopper: $23 for a thimbleful of gluey gnocchi

April 9, 2026 — 1:30pm

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Potatoes. Flour. Egg. Salt. Parmesan cheese – the fancy type, presumably. The kind that comes with its own set of paperwork from the Italian government, attesting to the fact that it was faithfully attended to by a choir of meditating Franciscan monks, who chanted to it daily as it aged for three decades.

It must have been the cheese.

Without it, the thimble-sized bowl of gnocchi I bought from the Royal Easter Show might’ve involved five bucks’ worth of ingredients, with the wind at its back. Throw in another five for parts, labour, and the silly white chef’s hat worn by the guy behind the counter, who (hopefully for his future employment prospects) actually had nothing to do with its preparation.

Ask anyone: I am not a person noted for her ability to do maths or make gnocchi.........

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