The Lemon Fool

Gnocchi, like instantiations of objects in object-oriented programming are capable of letting you know when they are ready to use.

Chris

In the same way that witches could be identifed?

VRD

Mine gnocchi are definitely in cahoots with Lucifer and the Powers of Darkness as they never really sink but just hover near the surface.

.... and I think next time I will attempt an exorcism:

Deprecare Deum pacis, ut conterat satanam sub pedibus nostris, ne ultra valeat captivos tenere homines, et Ecclesiae nocere.
Offer nostras preces in conspectu Altissimi, ut cíto anticipent nos misericordiae Domini, et apprehendas draconem serpentem antiquum, qui est diabolus et satanas, ac ligatum mittas in abyssum, ut non seducat amplius gentes
(Apocrypha 20)

and watch which gnocchi sink. The others will be cast with further dire imprecations into my kitchen abyssum.