In my house I've never gotten round to....

[lizzylemon]

...buying a masher so I always use a rolling pin to mash the potatoes, so we call it 'Smash'

What do you inprovise with and does it have a special name?

[veggiechicken]

I use an empty bottle as a rolling pin. It doesn't have a pet name as its a different one each time.

[Jeanied]

I don't get round to getting dressed early since I don't work ... I sit round in my 'guessing gown' which is nice and fleecy!

[Rocketron]

...buying a masher so I always use a rolling pin to mash the potatoes, so we call it 'Smash'

What do you inprovise with and does it have a special name?

How do you fit a rolling pin into a saucepan?
Or, do you tip the potatoes out onto your work-surface?

[Jeanied]

Use the end in the pan, Rocketron! Like a pestle and mortar.

[veggiechicken]

Not all rolling pins have handles, Rocketron. Some are just rounded off lumps of wood. They're also good for pushing fruit through a sieve.

[Thelma Sanders]

They're also good for pushing fruit through a sieve.

and for tenderising cheap steak

[Jeanied]

Amongst other more disciplinary uses!

[veggiechicken]

We'll soon have a thread about 101 uses for a rolling pin!

[Rocketron]

When my wife and I first lived together we didn't have a rolling pin, so used an empty wine bottle.
One day my young daughter (from a previous marriage) asked why we had 7 rolling pins.

[Snadger]

I usually use a rolling pin to knock tacks into the wall to hang a picture on,as I can never find a hammer when I want one!

[mothhawk]

I usually use a rolling pin to knock tacks into the wall to hang a picture on,as I can never find a hammer when I want one!

Aarrgh!! You'll put dents all over it. Use the doorstop like I do.

[veggiechicken]

That's all very well Mothhawk, but the rolliing pin doesn't keep the door open.

[maytreefrannie]

Some uses for a rolling pin:
Cracking black pepper.
Crushing plain biscuits to make a base for cheesecake.
Bunging corks into bottles when making wine.
Flattening bread slices or rolls which are too fat to for the toaster.
As mentioned above, tenderising meat.
And even...
Rolling out pastry sometimes.

But to get back to the point, there are so many things I haven't got round to; the hall cupboard comes to mind, but if I open it and empty everything out I know I'll end up putting most of it back in again. Meantime, we could do with the storage space if only it were decluttered.

[lizzylemon]

How do you fit a rolling pin into a saucepan?
Or, do you tip the potatoes out onto your work-surface?

turn the pin on it's end and pound the potatoes into submission