This rolling pin has always driven the kids crazy, and last Christmas during the cookie making they bought me a new rolling pin--a kind of exciting wooden one with ball bearings in the handles. The first time I went to use it, the dough stuck horribly. Then it occurred to me that it is new wood, not "seasoned." Well, I can't give it the patina of a pin that has been in use since 1920, but I sprayed it with nonstick cooking spray. Nonstick cooking spray is a product I seldom use because I admire the charms of real butter, but it worked wonderfully in this case. Tonight I sprayed it again and rolled out the crescent rolls for Thanksgiving really slickly. The wood appears to be getting a titch darker. It's getting seasoned! So about 2050 it will be an heirloom too.
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(2) Mon Nov 22 2004 20:43 Heirloom In the Making:
I have a maple rolling pin that my grandmother received for a wedding gift in 1920. She gave it to me when I went to college, and I've used it ever since even though one of the handles is broken off. This is fixable by someone who has the proper woodworking tools, but I don't know anybody like that.
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Posted by Leonard at Tue Nov 23 2004 07:14
It only drove me crazy because you kept using it even though the handle was broken. Maybe I will learn woodworking and fix it for you.
Posted by Frances at Tue Nov 23 2004 12:28
It occurs to me that I do know somebody--Jonathan. So I will take it to Utah with us next month.