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...

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[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.