On 6/26/2012 12:25 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 26/06/2012 6:00 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>>>
>>> I had no problems with the old straight sided one. For some reason, my
>>> wife got me a tapered on a few years ago. I gave it a try and I was
>>> impressed. We got rid of the old one.
>>
>> You use your palms as well as your fingers with the tapered pins. It's a
>> more tactile experience and I find it more satisfying to use than funky
>> little handles. OTOH, I've used my bare hands to form a crust and it
>> comes out fine.
>
> My old straight sided one had belonged to my mother in law. One of the
> handles had broken off before I got it, so I never used the handles. I
> am thinking that maybe the taper pushes the dough out sideways as well
> as forward.

The rolling pin we had when I was a kid had a red painted handle. The
enamel paint would flake off and I would have to dig the embedded paint
chips out of the crust. I hated it! This might be the reason that I
don't like those things.