On Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:50:00 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2010-11-06, koko > wrote:
>
>> This is the tapered rolling pin I use. Don't know if it's French style
>> or not but it works for me.
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/koko181/5150312572/
>
>There can be no doubt that's pretty much what I'm looking for. The
>question is, is the pin flat (cylindrically parallel) in the center
Yes
>and only begin tapering at the ends,
Yes
>or does it begin tapering from the center, like most of that type I've seen described on the web.
No.

There is probably at the most, three fingers width from where it
starts to taper to the end.
>
>"Product Description:
>Ateco's French-style rolling pin is made of solid maple, is 20" in
>length and is tapered from the middle...."
>
>http://www.amazon.com/Ateco-French-R.../dp/B000KESQ1G
>
>If it does begin tapering from the very center, is the taper so
>negligible in the center area that it doesn't really signify?
My rolling pin does not taper from the center.
>The pic you show doesn't look like it tapers from the center, but perhaps
>that's because the taper is so little.
Very slight taper but only on the ends not from the middle.
>nb

This is what I have. I bought it at Bed Bath and Beyond
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/prod...p?SKU=10569044

or
http://tinyurl.com/27ts32e

Hope that helps.

koko
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