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Rolling Pin

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Back in the day, I was a professional pastry chef. I became accustomed to using a traditional French rolling pin, which is somewhat thicker in the center and tapers towards the ends.

It’s been 10 years since I’ve worked in a kitchen, and I don’t do much at home, maybe a few to a half-dozen times a year I bust out the measuring cups and spoons and cover the kitchen in flour.

I’ve never owned a French Pin, I’ve been using a straight sided pin, about 1” in diameter that I bought at a yard sale for 50 cents.

This is red oak, about 16” long and 1 5/8” diameter in the center, tapering down to about 1 3/8” at the ends. Sanded to 400 grit, and finished with Catskill’s Butcher Block Oil.

-- Ryno


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Woodbutchery

82 posts in 482 days


posted 410 days ago

I own a french rolling pin, don’t do much with it yet, but I’m starting to get a hankerin to do … something.

Pasties are starting to sound intriguing.

-- Making scrap with zen-like precision - Woodbutchery

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MsDebbieP

14160 posts in 1057 days


posted 410 days ago

wait a minute… a professional pastry chef and no one gets to drool over your creations because you only make something a few times a year? Rick’s sweet tooth would be going into withdrawal. :)

I’ve never used such a rolling pin but it makes sense for pie crusts.
Looks beautiful as well. Now….... what’s on the menu?

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Budgie

117 posts in 834 days


posted 410 days ago

I need to make one of these for my daughter. She will be going to PCI next year. Do you have any plans/writeups for sizes,etc. Looks good.

-- Bud, NY, http://tpww.libsyn.com/

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sharad

716 posts in 701 days


posted 410 days ago

Rolling pin is a very common item in Indian kitchen and is used for variety of of preparations and Indian women are masters in using them. But our rolling pins have a much steeper tapers on both sides for using it more efficiently in certain preprations. You have made a nice rolling pin but the taper could have been a little steeper and a little decorative with a small round groove at both ends.
Sharad

-- patanjali

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lew

4490 posts in 651 days


posted 408 days ago

I really like this!

Does the taper start at the center or is there a “flat” area in the center?

Lew

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