Experiments: The Gnocchi Debacle

So it would not be right to call myself a geek if i did not experiment with food. The kitchen is like a laboratory. Stuff can either turn out miraculous, or it can blow up in your face.
Yesterday I tried making gnocchi for the first time. It seems really simple. Ingredients are Potatos, Egg, Flour, Salt.
It bombed.
Too much flour. It left the gnocchi hard and felt uncooked. This inspite my leaving it to boil for 20 minutes almost, when the recipe says it shouldnt have taken more than 2-3 minutes.
So next time I make gnocchi, Ill keep an eye on the flour.

Here is the tip for anyone following this blog:
More potato:- the gnocchi becomes softer. However, too soft, and it will fall apart when boiling.
More Flour: it becomes harder, chewier, and basically feels uncooked.

Ill put up the completed recipe when I perfect it.

Recipe: Really easy sour cream

So I have been searching for sour cream, or an easy way to make it. Mostly because I want to make a baked new york style cheese cake, which requires sour cream. Most recipes online have buttermilk in them and I wasn't quite convinced of the idea.
Then I found this article online.

Requirements:

1) Normal Cream (1/2 cup)
2) 2 tablespoons of white vinegar

Thats it!!!! Just add the cream in a jar, add the vinegar, give it a shake. Leave it to chill in a refrigerator.
Ive tasted it and it seems to do the job quite well. Looks like my last excuse to not make a Baked cheese cake just went out the window.

Edit: You might want to add a little lemon if you want to increase the sourness.

P.S. I also tried this with heavy cream (had a little bit left over to spare). It separated to butter pretty quickly.