Rolling Pin Rubber Rings

Dee Randall said:

"Rolling your dough to a uniform thickness is a snap with Roller Rings.
Rubber rings slip onto your standard size rolling pin. Four sets of rings to
provide 1/16", 1/8", 1/4" or 3/8" thickness. (3/8" rings fit minimum 2"
diameter rolling pin)"

I can never get any dough rolled out evenly, NEVER! I saw Alton Brown
touting these on one of his shows. Has anyone ever used these? Are there
any drawbacks?

Yes, they're a an unnecessary crutch. Keep working on it and get
your technique down. You won't need to rely on rubber bands,
and you'll be a better all around cook for it. You can do it! 🙂

Alton is great but he goes too far with the gimmicky gadgets.

--
Reg

I have them. Got them about 5 years. I love them. I don't roll stuff out
enough to work on my technique. When I want cookie dough rolled out to 1/4"
thickness I get it! They are very inexpensive go ahead and get them.

Lynne

"Dee Randall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"Rolling your dough to a uniform thickness is a snap with Roller Rings.
Rubber rings slip onto your standard size rolling pin. Four sets of rings
to provide 1/16", 1/8", 1/4" or 3/8" thickness. (3/8" rings fit minimum 2"
diameter rolling pin)"

I can never get any dough rolled out evenly, NEVER! I saw Alton Brown
touting these on one of his shows. Has anyone ever used these? Are there
any drawbacks?
Thanks,
Dee Dee

Dee Randall said:

"Rolling your dough to a uniform thickness is a snap with Roller Rings.
Rubber rings slip onto your standard size rolling pin. Four sets of rings to
provide 1/16", 1/8", 1/4" or 3/8" thickness. (3/8" rings fit minimum 2"
diameter rolling pin)"

I can never get any dough rolled out evenly, NEVER! I saw Alton Brown
touting these on one of his shows. Has anyone ever used these? Are there
any drawbacks?

I've used a product like them to teach in my cooking classes. I've also
used dowels laid on the work surface as spacers. I've used rolling pins
with built-in spacers. They're good for folks who don't roll out dough
every day. Why struggle with dough if there's a good, easy way to
guarantee its being rolled to proper thickness? They're tools like
everything else in a kitchen.

I haven't seen any drawbacks.

Pastorio

Thanks, Lynne. You convinced me!
Dee Dee

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Quoted message said:

I have them. Got them about 5 years. I love them. I don't roll stuff out
enough to work on my technique. When I want cookie dough rolled out to
1/4" thickness I get it! They are very inexpensive go ahead and get them.

Lynne

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"Dee Randall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"Rolling your dough to a uniform thickness is a snap with Roller Rings.
Rubber rings slip onto your standard size rolling pin. Four sets of rings
to provide 1/16", 1/8", 1/4" or 3/8" thickness. (3/8" rings fit minimum
2" diameter rolling pin)"

I can never get any dough rolled out evenly, NEVER! I saw Alton Brown
touting these on one of his shows. Has anyone ever used these? Are
there any drawbacks?
Thanks,
Dee Dee

Reg said:

Dee Randall said:

"Rolling your dough to a uniform thickness is a snap with Roller Rings.
Rubber rings slip onto your standard size rolling pin. Four sets of rings to
provide 1/16", 1/8", 1/4" or 3/8" thickness. (3/8" rings fit minimum 2"
diameter rolling pin)"

I can never get any dough rolled out evenly, NEVER! I saw Alton Brown
touting these on one of his shows. Has anyone ever used these? Are there
any drawbacks?

Yes, they're a an unnecessary crutch. Keep working on it and get
your technique down. You won't need to rely on rubber bands,
and you'll be a better all around cook for it. You can do it! 🙂

Nonsense. If what's wanted is *rustic* (with it's uneven baking) then
use a rolling pin free hand. But for repeatible controlled accuracy
some sort of guaging tool is necessary. Professional bakers these days
use machines to roll dough, but have been using all manner of
adjustable wooden contraptions for many centuries. Just about every
commercially made product today is machine made, from pies, to
tortillias, to cookies, to pizza, to pasta, just about anything. If
you're against pie dough rolling tools than you have to also be against
pasta rolling machines, mandolins... even the ordinary vegetable peeler
is a guaged device, as is the motorized slicer... why aren't you
peeling your spuds, carrots, cukes, etc. with a paring knife.. why
aren't you slicing your cold cuts free hand... I bet you don't, in fact
I bet you can't. You're [censored] about rolling pin guages yet you
think American Cheese singles are the best thing since ice cubes... why
ain't you chipping ice off a big block, you probably have a built in
icemaker in fridge... oh, wait... you have a fridge, not some
ice-a-box. Reg, you sicko low IQ [censored]!

Folks have been rolling dough with various guages for centurys,
thousands of years... even if using a depression in a stone... see,
even the dumbest Neanderthal was more intelligent than you, Reg.

Sheldon

Hi Dee Dee,

What a neat idea! I sure could have used these over the holidays with all
the "rolling action" I put in!

I googled "Roller Rings" but only got shower hooks, LOL so I did "Rolling
Pin Rings" and got several hits.. here is one of the sites I came up with:
http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=143030 for $6.95, not a
bad price either.

I think you and Lynne convinced me to give them a try too!

Tee 🙂

"Dee Randall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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: "Rolling your dough to a uniform thickness is a snap with Roller Rings.
: Rubber rings slip onto your standard size rolling pin. Four sets of rings
to
: provide 1/16", 1/8", 1/4" or 3/8" thickness. (3/8" rings fit minimum 2"
: diameter rolling pin)"
:
: I can never get any dough rolled out evenly, NEVER! I saw Alton Brown
: touting these on one of his shows. Has anyone ever used these? Are there
: any drawbacks?
: Thanks,
: Dee Dee
:
:

"Tee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi Dee Dee,

What a neat idea! I sure could have used these over the holidays with all
the "rolling action" I put in!

I googled "Roller Rings" but only got shower hooks, LOL so I did "Rolling
Pin Rings" and got several hits.. here is one of the sites I came up with:
http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=143030 for $6.95, not a
bad price either.

I think you and Lynne convinced me to give them a try too!

Tee 🙂

You and Lynne have got me convinced, too.
Can't wait to order them. But I always like to search for more than one
item so as to make the Shipping & Handling worth my while. I'll have fun
'on-line shopping' again tonight. I did my Valentine's shopping yesterday.
Guess I'll treat myself to another present.
Dee Dee

Quoted message said:

"Dee Randall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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: "Rolling your dough to a uniform thickness is a snap with Roller Rings.
: Rubber rings slip onto your standard size rolling pin. Four sets of
rings
to
: provide 1/16", 1/8", 1/4" or 3/8" thickness. (3/8" rings fit minimum 2"
: diameter rolling pin)"
:
: I can never get any dough rolled out evenly, NEVER! I saw Alton Brown
: touting these on one of his shows. Has anyone ever used these? Are
there
: any drawbacks?
: Thanks,
: Dee Dee
:
: