"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>
>> In article >,
>> Sky > wrote:
>> > I am very far from expert, but wouldn't a chilled marble/stone/steel
>> > rolling pin do well to help keep the dough cold as it's worked? Just
>> > wondering.
>> >
>> > Sky, who rarely bakes anything
>>
>> That's the thought but they're expensive, IMO.
>
> Wood is a good insulator. If the dough is properly
> chilled, there's no need to chill it further
> if you don't let it warm up. Styrofoam and cork
> are better insulators, does anybody make pins
> with cores of those materials?
>
> Does anyone make a rolling pin that can be filled
> with ice water? Dry ice? And a board to go with
> it? I suppose one can sell anything to the gullible.

>

Tupperware used to sell a hollow plastic rolling pin you were supposed to
fill with ice cubes or ice water. My mom had one back in the 60's. I don't
remember her ever actually rolling out dough, though

Jill