[Sca-cooks] cannoli tubes/forms

[aeduin]

Since all of the recipes I've seen for cannoli shells involves frying 
them on the form so they retain their shape I don't think a solid 
wood dowel would work as well.

aeduin

At 12:11 PM 12/6/2007, you wrote:
>hello;
>
>i would like to experiement with homemade ricotta cheese and
>cannoli. the homemade ricotta cheese i have a good handle on
>, it is the cannoli tubes/forms that are the problem. i have
>aluminum flashing that would make fine cannoli tubes, i also
>have several 3/4 inches hardwood dowels that would also make
>the size of cannoli i am wanting to make. the aluminum tubes
>would take me sometime to make given my limited mobility.
>cutting the dowels to the desired length would not take that
>long. i would be able to use my jeweler's saw in the kitchen
>to cut the dowels. getting someone to haul one of the large
>beach vise / make shift anvil to make the aluminum tubes is
>not that easy. putting a large bench vise on my parents olde
>dinner room table just does not seem appropriate. ;-)
>
>would anyone on the e-mail list have tried using wood dowels
>to form cannolis? would anyone on the e-mail list have tried
>to make aluminum cannoli tubes/forms?
>
>the reason for making them is i have supplies on hand to make
>the cannoli tubes, i am just wondering if the additional time
>and effort to make the aluminum cannoli tubes/forms is worth it.
>
>--
>terry l. ridder ><>