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What? Are you cooking dinner or making meth with these exploding Pyrex dishes?
Oh, no -- it's a real thing. The older Pyrex was made from borosilicate glass, which can withstand temp changes, but the new soda lime glass doesn't do that well. So you cook something in it, put it on your cold granite countertop, the glass explodes. You freeze a casserole, chuck it in the hot oven frozen, and the glass explodes.
With Gas you can still cook if the lights go out. Plus if there is a problem you wll smell it.I have always cooked with Gas and not electric. I would take a gas over electric any day.
Oh, no -- it's a real thing. The older Pyrex was made from borosilicate glass, which can withstand temp changes, but the new soda lime glass doesn't do that well. So you cook something in it, put it on your cold granite countertop, the glass explodes. You freeze a casserole, chuck it in the hot oven frozen, and the glass explodes.
Just another example of how we get fooled... just like the original formula spics and span compared to what is now sold under the same name or even glass wax...
We really did know how to make wonderful things at one time.
Just another example of how we get fooled... just like the original formula spics and span compared to what is now sold under the same name or even glass wax...
We really did know how to make wonderful things at one time.
Whatever technologies China isn't stealing from us we're giving to them. Harbor Freight sells all Chinese tools. They sell wire ties made using Dupont's 66 Nylon. Which is good if really the same. I think the worm is turning though and some manufacturers returning to US. Cheap labor is hard factor for business to overlook.
Many of our gas safety valves for gas stoves/ranges are now made in Mexico. Why? Cheap labor.
I cooked with the stove yesterday, and will again today. I made the tuna casserole, and the only thing that went wrong; the wheat noodles were awful (trying to be healthy) and stuck to the bottom of the pan. We bought new pans that "said" no stick. I don't think it had to do with the flame.
I did not really smell the gas and it started up immediately after the spark, no explosion.
A trick I learned after much trial and error is to use a lower flame with non-stick pans. A lot of the newer ones conduct heat much faster so will stick, unfortunately.
What? Are you cooking dinner or making meth with these exploding Pyrex dishes?
Believe it or not, this is a known issue with the newer Pyrex dishes.
They changed the glass formula and they don't last like they used to.
I have a few pieces that are 30+ years old that are still fine but won't buy new due to this issue.
Just another example of how we get fooled... just like the original formula spics and span compared to what is now sold under the same name or even glass wax...
We really did know how to make wonderful things at one time.
We still do, if people would let us. I am on a buy American kick so I can keep Americans employed.
But I don't buy much anymore. Fiestaware is still made here. All Clad is still made here. KitchenAid stand mixers are still made here. You have to do a little research. My Toyotas? Made in America... and while the company is Japanese, the people in the factories making them are here, spend their money here.
With Gas you can still cook if the lights go out. Plus if there is a problem you wll smell it.I have always cooked with Gas and not electric. I would take a gas over electric any day.
Yes! I've had to do that. There's nothing more welcome than some hot food or a cup of tea when you have no heat in February.
Recently I set one on a towel that I didn't realize was slightly damp and it... well, it didn't explode, but let's say it "shattered violently".
Yes, that happened to me once ... and the bowl was full of hot strawberry Jell-O. It ran down the cupboard doors and seeped under the refrigerator ... I was scraping that goop from all over the kitchen for days.
We should be careful with any glass bakeware, really, no matter who made it or when it was made.
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It ran down the cupboard doors and seeped under the refrigerator ... I was scraping that goop from all over the kitchen for days.
