HALP. QUICK. Rolling pin!

[moa]

Oh, you all, I am such a doofus.

I had the OH-SO-BRILLIANT idea to make cinnamon buns, but here I am now with a big fat DOUGH and no way to actually MAKE THE BUNS. Because I do not own a rolling pin. There must be something else I can use? Something cylindrical, but I cannot think of WHAT.

Any ideas?! I AM DESPERATE. Common household item... I tried a glass, but it's sort of cone shaped and it.. just didn't work...

Comments

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

You want a curtain rod or other pole-type thing, I think!

(also, HEE. We miss you and love you, omfg.)

[stereo-m.livejournal.com]

A curtain rod. You know, even if I had one (which I don't, strange as it may seem), it wouldn't fit in my kitchen. LOL.

(I miss you too, this much! >---------O---------< )

[karet.livejournal.com]

If you have any kind of wooden dowel you can use that (short closet rods), just cover the dough with plastic wrap or paper.

Another way would be an empty paper towel tube; fill it with rice (to keep it from collapsing) and wrap it up well with saran wrap. You'd need to cover the dough with paper, otherwise the wrap would stick.

You don't really need a rolling pin, though. If you let the dough rest for a couple minutes in between stretching you can stretch/pat it out.

[stereo-m.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that was really helpful. I didn't have any paper towel tube because I just threw all that stuff away earlier today, so I ended up patting it out. But it worked quite well! :D

[therealmarajade.livejournal.com]

Do you have a glass bottle, like a wine bottle or beer bottle? You have to clean it first, and then you can use it.

[stereo-m.livejournal.com]

I thought of that too, but I threw it all out earlier today. Bad timing. :P But I patted it out, that worked too! :)

[cabari.livejournal.com]

Just stretch it into shape!

[stereo-m.livejournal.com]

I did! And patted! It worked! Thanks! :D Heh.

[sarka.livejournal.com]

For future reference: Empty wine bottles (or full ones!), hairspray containers - most spray containers are spherical, you just need to make sure you can't accidentally hit the nozzle, soda (or beer!) aluminium cans, a coffee thermos, the paper tube from inside a roll of tissues, an ordinary tin can (take paper off!) or jar (make sure lid is tightly screwed on!).

Also, I have a spherical flower vase perfect for rolling dough, and a friend of mine used to use one of her spherical candle holder thingies.

Why, can you tell that I've done this a LOT?

Also, as I can tell you've found out, with a bit of patience, dough can always just be prodded into shape. Any shape. Srsly.

[sarka.livejournal.com]

And my head is screwed on wrong tonight - it's probably the sherry.

Please equate the word 'spherical' in the above comment with the word 'cylindrical'.

*facepalm*

[stereo-m.livejournal.com]

Hee! I was wondering a little as I read it, especially about the spherical spray container, but thought, hey, maybe you can roll the dough out with a sphere somehow. ;)

But thanks, I never even thought to check the bathroom, or to use a thermos. Now I know. For future reference. I thought I'd have to buy a rollin pin, for future use, but I now realise it would be totally... superfluous. :p

[sarka.livejournal.com]

LOL.

The main reason none of us ever bought a rolling pin was because we were living in student housing, most of us going back to their parents, at least for a while, once we graduated. Also, the student flats were pretty badly outfitted, and we preferred to spend money on more-frequently-used things. Like, pasta sieves, can and bottle openers, electric kettles and the like.

I can also give directions on how to deal when you don't have an ironing board, building your own single-use barbecue, how to clean thermoses after the coffee has stood in them for 6 months, and how to boil eggs in electric kettles.

Just saying.

[stereo-m.livejournal.com]

I don't have an ironing board! And I really need one, but I don't have anywhere to keep it. Any advice would be muchly appreciated. :D

And. Um. Not because I need it, but how DO you clean out 6-month-old coffee thermos? Because YUCK. EW. EWWW.

[sarka.livejournal.com]

I found this in my inbox and realized I meant to reply!

To deal without an ironing board, one spreads a big towel on an ordinary table and irons on that. It's annoying because you don't have the shape of the ironing board to help you with things like sleeves, but a table corner works okay, too.

And to clean out a 6-month-old coffee thermos, you rinse thoroughly, then put in some moderately hot water, lots of soap and a few spoonfuls of rice. Then shake. Lots.

Don't empty the contents directly into the sink, though - use a sieve or something so you don't get rice all over :D

And yeah, EWWWWW.