A Heavy Rolling Pin

by

rollingpinI never knew I needed a stone rolling pin until after I got one at the Salvation Army thrift store. When I bought it, a guy on line was staring at me, and he followed me out of the store when I left. He asked me what I was going to use it for. I don’t know, maybe he had is eye on it and I picked it up first, or maybe he had his eye on me, which was the way I was feeling, so I told him I might need to knock someone out with it. He walked off in the other direction after that. So far I never knocked anyone out with it, (or anything else,) but I’m sure it would do the job very well.

I have never used my wooden rolling pin since acquiring this marble one. I’m not making anything fancy, or fancier because I have it, but it works very well for the bread, pizza dough and occasional cinnamon rolls, that I make regularly or occasionally. I’ve found the pastry shaper to be a nice acquisition too. I think I found it in a bucket at the Salvation Army as well. They start at about $10 at a gourmet kitchenware type of place. It comes in handy when I’m rolling dough, both to shape the edges alternately with rolling, and to lift dough off the rolling board or counter. I probably use it most heavily for the occasional homestyle puff pastry.

Related Posts:


  • EP29-Shirley Ancheta, M. Evelina Galang

    EP29-Shirley Ancheta, M. Evelina Galang

    we feature a Manang from Manilatown, poet, Shirley Ancheta and novelist M. Evelina Galang, who has a newly published collection of short stories entitled When the Hibiscus Falls. We also feature a set of poetry celebrating John Coltrane on the occasion of his birthday, and a spoken word set that includes Dr. Maya Angelou in… Read more

  • Basketball, Bagoong and Bayanihan in Albany, Georgia

    Basketball, Bagoong and Bayanihan in Albany, Georgia

    In Albany the Filipino community is holding a basketball tournament with teams from the local Filipino league competing. The tournament is a fundraiser for children in the Philippines, children in need of school supplies. This is one of several basketball tournaments of the Filipino basketball league in the Southern part of the US that has… Read more

  • This Afternoon on WPVM Radio

    This Afternoon on WPVM Radio

    Please join host, Martha Cinader, for the Listen & Be Heard Radio Show on WPVM. We will play two interviews from Tony Robles: Shirley Ancheta and M. Evelina Galang. Also, a poetry tribute to John Coltrane on the occasion of his birthday, and as always, some spoken word. Read more

  • John Coltrane Sunday Morning

    John Coltrane Sunday Morning

    Tony Robles recites poem, John Coltrane Sunday Morning in Hamlet, North Carolina, Birthplace of John Coltrane On The Day After His Birthday Read more

  • Pilgrimage to Hamlet, North Carolina, Birthplace of John Coltrane on His Birthday

    Pilgrimage to Hamlet, North Carolina, Birthplace of John Coltrane on His Birthday

    Peggy Harris shows Listen & Be Heard Contributor Tony Robles the John Coltrane Mural in Hamlet, North Carolina. Peggy was born and raised in Hamlet and graciously guided Tony to the mural while telling stories of her birthplace and what John Coltrane means to the community. Read more

  • Think BIG. Start small.

    Think BIG. Start small.

    Have BIG plans? AWESOME! Where would you like to begin? THIS one simple question can often derail our plans before we even make a plan! When our dream is so big that we have no way to even imagine the full picture, we often have no idea how to get started moving in the direction of… Read more

%d bloggers like this: