How was your Wednesday? Mine was terrific, Sean spent the whole day with me, we started with coffee then each of us went on a run. We had some pho for lunch, did a bunch of errands, stopped for some wine tasting followed by a food truck dinner with some friends. It was a wonderful day of hanging out with my husband and during track season, there isn't a lot of time to just hang out if you know what I mean.
If you haven't read why I am doing this, How to Master Your Kitchen, series it is because I believe that having the right tools in the kitchen will help each of you be a better cook or maybe even want to cook a bit more frequently. You have certain tools at work that you have to make your job a bit easier and functional, I feel the same goes with kitchen tools. This was the inspiration for this series. The previous installments in this series are: whisk, stand mixer, garlic press, tongs, citrus juicer, steamer, zester, food processor, Dutch oven, and a box grater.
For this next installment of How to Master Your Kitchen, I am talking about a rolling pin, a baker staple. How else do you think I roll out sugar cookies at Christmas time or pie crusts made throughout the year? A rolling pin is a must for any baker's kitchen. Rolling pins can be made out of wooden, marble, silicon or plastic. Some rolling pins will have handles, while others are a tapered piece of wood.
Want some other uses for a rolling pin other than just rolling out dough?
1. give someone a back or leg massage, just roll the rolling pin up and down their back or legs, applying a little bit of pressure to massage out the muscles. Ideally keep one massage exclusively for the kitchen and one for massaging.
2. crushing items - use the rolling pin to pound out graham crackers, chips or cookies. Put the items in a bag and then crush them with the rolling pin.
3. roll out candle wax to make candles
4. flatten bread - if you have bread that is too thick and you are making sandwiches, you can flatten the bread slightly with a rolling pin
12 comments:
For the longest time I didn't have a rolling pin! Still not sure how that happened but it really is one of those tools that even if you don't use all the time, you need one!
These are great tips! I never thought to use one for a massage but of course! Thanks for sharing :)
xoxo Jamie
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I think I've only used my rolling pin so far to crush up things!
-Sharon
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Sa-weet! Another item I actually own! :-) And I did use it once, a few years ago. LOL. Your day sounds so amazing, I'm extremely jealous. I just worked a 10 hour day and then headed home to errands and chores. But I'm off on vacation today and I can't wait!
I have a teensy-tiny kitchen so I've only got room for stuff we use all the time & we don't have a rolling pin. One of these days when we get our dream kitchen, we will stock up!
always, koru kate
I use a rolling pin so often it's a little crazy!! Because before I had it...rolling out sugar cookies with a mason jar just didn't quite work out so well =) And your Wednesday sounds so like it was filled with so many good things...what a blessing!!
so i loved this.
I have that very top one, french rolling pin? Is that what it's called? ;)
-wHiT
i use old wine bottles for a rolling pin, haha!
I sometimes use mine as a makeshift meat tenderizer because I just can't talk myself into buying such a thing!
<3becky
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So glad you and Sean got to spend QT together this week, sounds like a great day!!
I am guilty of using my rolling pin as a meat tenderizer hahaha
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