Shattering Cookware-ever happen to you? (wine, skillet, frozen, health)
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New Pyrex not as safe as product before 1980- read at least to the point of all the rules about glass cookware. I bet many of us never even knew there were "rules".
I use my old stuff. I still have some, and I replenish it at garage sales & thrift stores. I haven't bought new cookware since 80's...I hate teflon type coating. I remember back in the day...Corelle dishes first came out. And the first time I saw the way it broke was a bit frightening. Seems nothing is as good as the original anymore. Long live my cast iron skillets, and my old granny pyrex dishes....Love em!
Last edited by JanND; 12-21-2012 at 05:06 AM..
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I remember reading a few years ago that Corningware wasn't supposed to be used on the stove-top. Huh? I distinctly remember my (old) Corningware was stove-top safe and over the years, I have used it on the stove-top many, many times. At that point I realized the newer pieces couldn't possibly be made of the same material as the older ones.
I have 4 of my original pieces, three covered pots and one open pan. I was considering buying more, until I read that article. It's a good thing I happened to read it, because I probably wouldn't have read new instructions, since I was already familiar with the product and it's use/care. I won't buy any more.
I'm not a fan of glassware or porcelain on the cooktop anyway, but it is nuts that you have to worry about pulling your lasagna out of the oven, setting it on a damp dishtowel and having it explode. Or putting a frozen dish of enchiladas into a 400 degree oven and it shatters everywhere.
Come to think of it, I haven't seen those glass saucepans in years. I remember some were yellow/taupish, some kind of a cranberry.
Not only is old corningware stop top safe, it came with a snap on handle to make it more like a pot. I lost mine years ago but i will sometimes use corningware on the stove top, especially if it will eventually end up in the oven. I have lots of pre 1980 corningware but that is different from glass anyway.
I have a lot of old metal pans, like 8x13 and some square stuff too. not as pretty as glass or corningware but at least I don't have to worry about it shattering in the oven. I would not use any glass dishes in the oven now since there is no way to date them. Can you imagine the horror of setting a prized dish down on the table only to have it explode at the table??!!
I have a set of old corning wear Stove Top pans. Imagine that glass wear that was intentionally made for the stove top.
I remember an article about this in the 1980's when they changed the material used to make the glass in americn made pans.
However I also remember my grandmother telling me about the rules back in the 1970's and yes we still use her old cookwear as she passed it along to my Wife. She could never bring herself to admit I was technically the better cook.
I have had 2 incidences where a Pyrex glass piece has shattered in the oven. One time it was myself and another time a friend was cooking chicken in the oven for our dinner and it shattered with small pieces all in the chicken. Needless to say we had to throw it all away.
I asked for Pyrex for Christmas. They will be to put left overs in so I won't put them in the oven. I do have some Pyrex that I bought 20+ years ago. The bowls I don't put in the over but do use to warm something in the microwave. The pans I use all the time and never had a problem but don't think I will be buying new ones any time soon.
I didn't know the procedure but seems I have been following it all along.
We made the mistake of putting pyrex baking dish on the stove top, and it shattered EVERYWHERE. We happened to be hugging each other right next to it - luckily are faces were away from it.
Yes, it happened once. I was making chicken cordon blue and after 15 minutes of the chicken cooking I added the chicken broth and wine mixture to the hot glass pan. Big mistake, the pan cracked in half and there was a big mess in the oven. I do not use glass baking dishes for that recipe anymore.
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Imagine that glass wear that was intentionally made for the stove top. 
She could never bring herself to admit I was technically the better cook. 
They will be to put left overs in so I won't put them in the oven. I do have some Pyrex that I bought 20+ years ago. The bowls I don't put in the over but do use to warm something in the microwave. The pans I use all the time and never had a problem but don't think I will be buying new ones any time soon.
