SC - Re: rolling pins

[James F. Johnson]

Jessica Tiffin wrote:

> This is the _best_ shape for a rolling pin!  I have two which are
> actually granite drill-cores, swiped for me by my mother and her
> significant other from a dam construction site somewhere in rural
> Zimbabwe... :>  They're solid stone cylinders about 3cm in diameter,
> with pretty patterns because it's granite, and come in lengths up to
> several metres... (mine are about 40-50cm).  They heft nicely in the
> hand for the threatening of kitchen perpetrators, and you can chill
> them for temperamental pastry work.  (The big secret is not to let
> members of the household use them for mock rapier battles - the
> granite breaks quite easily if you tap the pins together more than
> very lightly...)

Ooooo....hard core rolling pin.....:->

Got any more?

Seumas