Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’
I asked the hub to pick up a rolling pin from the store on his way home from the movies on Sunday, because I had plans to make pizza for dinner in the coming week. My poor darling handed me the rolling pin with a flourish, standing on tippytoes in expectation of some well-deserved praise. Except no such words were forthcoming. Bold as brass on the paper wrapper around the wood—I had made the mistake of not specifying a steel roller—was the motto “Made in Thailand.”
A lot of back-and-forth between us ensued about the fuel cost of transportation, non-FSC-certified wood, spousal exasperation, and ingratitude.
I was very tempted to just cave in—it had been a long week, the rolling pin had already gained entry into our home, and it almost didn’t seem worth the hassle of going back to return it. What of just one, harmless rolling pin?
Then it hit me: What if everyone thought like me?
And considering I’m more educated than the average bear about the perils and consequences of unchecked deforestation in Southeast Asia, my inner Jiminy Cricket started screeching its little head off in violent protest. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, even the smallest of choices.
And so we’re returning the rolling pin—we’ll just have to suck it up and find time after work in the next couple of days—and I’m going to borrow a tip I just read in Real Simple and use an empty wine bottle we already have, instead.
Oy.
(Hub just read what I wrote and said, “I THOUGHT WE SETTLED THIS ROLLING PIN THING ALREADY!”)
jasmine said,
May 1, 2006 at 8:44 pm
A full wine bottle works really well because it is a bit heavier than the empty, as long as you aren’t a label saver — I have yet to purchase a rolling pin since having one disappear after a roommate moved out in college. Wine bottles are especially good for pizza since you can then open the bottle of red after and drink it with the pizza. In your case I’d recommend a New York winery — less travel on the wine.
mote said,
May 1, 2006 at 9:15 pm
I highly recommend the kind of rolling pin that is simply a cylinder of wood - or possibly a hollow steel cylinder? I’ve never seen one…
I find that kind of rolling pin, without the handles and nooks and crannies, much easier to control, and more importantly easier to clean.
november said,
May 1, 2006 at 10:18 pm
man im sending this blog post to my bf to read to warn him of future tussles of rollin pins and what nots after we get married! :p ahha alas i think he already expected and would probably said like your hubby “WHAT? THERES MORE OF THIS AHEAD?” lol
Melissa said,
May 3, 2006 at 4:42 pm
i’m just impressed that people out there cook dishes that are complicated enough to necessitate a rolling pin.
jill danyelle said,
May 5, 2006 at 12:37 am
good for you Jasmin! I don’t think I own a rolling pin, but did splurge on some nice bamboo cutting boards.