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It's hard to imagine no Pyrex or Corningware, but when I think about it, mine is really old, that stuff used to be practically indestructible. As far as the InstantPot, I feel like that was more of a trendy cookware-type thingy.
It's hard to imagine no Pyrex or Corningware, but when I think about it, mine is really old, that stuff used to be practically indestructible. As far as the InstantPot, I feel like that was more of a trendy cookware-type thingy.
Bankruptcy does NOT equate to liquidation. Even if the company did liquidate, it is very likely that another company would buy the patents and other intellectual properties.
The Instapot is a replacement for the old style pressure cooker.
It's hard to imagine no Pyrex or Corningware, but when I think about it, mine is really old, that stuff used to be practically indestructible.
The good stuff is PYREX - all caps.
The cheap knockoffs that are of diminished quality are marketed as pyrex - all lower case. And recently, pyrex casseroles have been exploding.
PYREX is made of the more heat-resistant borosilicate glass, which is more resistant to breakage when subjected to extreme shifts in temperature. pyrex is made of tempered glass. Although tempered glass can better withstand thermal shock than regular soda-lime glass can, it's not as resilient as borosilicate.
Today is our fifty-sixth wedding anniversary. So that's how long I've been cooking with Pyrex and Corningware. There are days when I am sick and tired of making meals upon meals.
But there is something immensely satisfying about cooking and baking from scratch and using quality ingredients and cookware. After all that practice I can cook a meal exactly to my family's tastes without even looking at a recipe. And as much as I enjoy eating at a good restaurant they can never match the time and love that's put into a home-cooked meal.
When I cook at home I can have just what I want down to the number of grains of salt!
I'm going to hurt feelings, I know, but I don't buy the excuse that people don't have time to cook. There was a time in my life when I worked two jobs, had young children and was going to school for my Master's Degree and still made my own bread and cooked from scratch. I washed clothes in a wringer washer and hung them on a line. Sewed nearly everything we wore. Don't ask me how I did that, heh, but I did.
If you want to do something you find the time. If you don't, you spend the time on the cell phone, right? I see you guys. LOL
It's kind of sad how few people enjoy cooking anymore and also the often substandard diets they have as a result. It can be a great and fulfilling hobby.
I thought perhaps Corning was bought by Instapot, but it was actually the other way around. That's too bad. I buy Corningware and Pyrex when I find it at a good price and use it daily. My old measuring cups needed to be replaced when the lettering wore off.
You have to be careful buying new Corningware as some is made in China - like the 60th anniversary sets they sold a few years ago! You'd think they would have made those in USA alongside their other products but for some reason they sent them overseas.
But the old stuff was made here and is wonderful for just about everything.
The good stuff is PYREX - all caps.
The cheap knockoffs that are of diminished quality are marketed as pyrex - all lower case. And recently, pyrex casseroles have been exploding.
PYREX is made of the more heat-resistant borosilicate glass, which is more resistant to breakage when subjected to extreme shifts in temperature. pyrex is made of tempered glass. Although tempered glass can better withstand thermal shock than regular soda-lime glass can, it's not as resilient as borosilicate.
If you have PYREX, hang on to it!
Thanks, that was interesting. Mine is the good stuff, I have not bought anything in a long time...a testament to quality and reliability.
They haven’t been ‘good’ since 1998, when Corning sold Pyrex off.
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