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Medival style rolling pin.
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 6:10 pm
by Baron Conal
My gift to my wife for mother's day gift.
I like making things myself.....
It's cherry.
It's pretty hefty too... I might have to behave myself.
Re: Medival style rolling pin.
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 6:12 pm
by Maeryk
"YOU GOT ME A STICK???"
No dear.. it's a medieval rolling pin!
I'm guessing you turned it.. if so.. NICE LINE DUDE! making things round isn't really a trick.. making them consistantly so.. that's tougher.
Re: Medival style rolling pin.
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 6:15 pm
by Baron Conal
Maeryk wrote:"YOU GOT ME A STICK???"
No dear.. it's a medieval rolling pin!
I'm guessing you turned it.. if so.. NICE LINE DUDE! making things round isn't really a trick.. making them consistantly so.. that's tougher.
I make a DIY caliper out of scrap 3/8" plywood..... I picked this project
because if the consistent size requirement..... that and my wife likes to cook.
I figured it would be good practice.
Re: Medival style rolling pin.
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 6:17 pm
by Maeryk
Baron Conal wrote:Maeryk wrote:"YOU GOT ME A STICK???"
No dear.. it's a medieval rolling pin!
I'm guessing you turned it.. if so.. NICE LINE DUDE! making things round isn't really a trick.. making them consistantly so.. that's tougher.
I make a DIY caliper out of scrap 3/8" plywood..... I picked this project
because if the consistent size requirement..... that and my wife likes to cook.
I figured it would be good practice.
Yeah.. a really well filed edge on your tool-rest and fine hand with the skew make all the difference..
Re: Medival style rolling pin.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 8:06 pm
by Baron Alcyoneus
Because I really don't know... Is there anything that specifically makes this a "medieval" rolling pin? I've seen "French" rolling pins that simply had tapered ends, but I have no idea if that is really a French style, or just marketing. I've read that a lot of "French" cooking comes from Catherine de Medici's bringing Italian cooking with her to France.
Re: Medival style rolling pin.
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 11:01 am
by Thomas Powers
Rather common round these parts as they are used to roll out tortillas. Putting a smooth curve on the ends makes them more user friendly.
Re: Medival style rolling pin.
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 3:54 pm
by Baron Conal
Baron Alcyoneus wrote:Because I really don't know... Is there anything that specifically makes this a "medieval" rolling pin? I've seen "French" rolling pins that simply had tapered ends, but I have no idea if that is really a French style, or just marketing. I've read that a lot of "French" cooking comes from Catherine de Medici's bringing Italian cooking with her to France.
I'm trying to locate the image with the rolling pin I used as inspiration for this one....
Re: Medival style rolling pin.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 7:29 am
by Baron Conal
Found it.....
Link to the entire painting ( at least I think it is the whole painting )
http://www.wga.hu/art/c/campi/vincenzo/2kitchen.jpg I was told by a fairly well informed SCA cook that the French style rolling pines that are being
sold today were developed to deal specifically with the pastry doughs that have a lot of butter
in them.
