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Turns out that PYREX and pyrex are not the same products. The PYREX (original) by Corning Sold a bunch of rights to over seas company. But they have to use lower case pyrex in the name. It's cheaper by a bunch ,but ! There are many cases that it is shattering under normal kitchen use. Be careful when making your purchase. Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | ||
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Good to know, thanks. Fortunately, I have quite a bit of old (and I mean, old) PYREX). | |||
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shop ebay and second hand stores. Buy the ones that are clear. avoid the ones with a blue tint. Want borosilicate glass _________________________ NRA Endowment Member _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis | |||
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Happily Retired |
Good to know. .....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress. | |||
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You can tell the old from new by looking at the corners and edges. Clear/yellowish original, blue/green new stuff. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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I bought some Czech glass from Amazon that's borosilicate glass. Simax borosilicate glass beakers Simax borosilicate glass teapot _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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Same can be said for Corning Ware pyroceram, best known for their white ceramic cookware w/ blue cornflower design.  CorningWare made after c. 2000 is not the same and not as good as vintage Corning Ware. The brand was sold off to World Kitchen. Vintage Corning Ware also used PYREX glass lids/covers. 21st Century Corning Ware uses a different formula borosilicate glass that is less resistant to thermal shock than the original PYREX. | |||
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I’ve been told by someone who used to cook meth that Corning changed the formulation specifically so that you cannot cook meth in them anymore - the temperatures required shatter the new production stuff. The old stuff is sought after by home meth cooks for this reason. How true this is, I’m not sure, but he was clean long enough and brutally honest about enough unflattering things that I believed him when he said he looked into it and that was the reason. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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Yes, my wife blew up a new Pyrex covered storage bowl.She heated it in the microwave and when she touched the glass to remove it, explosion. -------------------------------------—————— ————————--Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right time, even, usually, surpassing knowledge(E.J.Potter, A.K.A. The Michigan Madman) | |||
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I blew one up by putting it directly from the oven onto the marble counter. I blew a second one up by using it under the broiler. Guess I should have read the bottom of the dish where it said “don’t use under broiler”. Now I know and no further harm has come to the remaining pieces my mom gave me when I moved out. | |||
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This makes so much sense. I have the blue tinted baking dishes and I hate them. They are so hard to get clean even when you use a steel scrub. I have been wrongly cursing anything associated with the word pyrex. I've been using the wrong stuff. Beagle lives matter. ______ (\ / @\_____ / ( ) /O / ( )______/ ///_____/ | |||
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Makes sense. Isn't Velcro the trademarked name for hook and loop? _____________ | |||
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My wife's been collecting Pyrex for years, and she has a TON of the stuff. When I built the new kitchen cabinets, they had to be open faced, and well supported, so the Pyrex could be displayed. She hasn't bought much in the past several years because, 1- People at yard sales & flea markets have found out that it's collectable, so the prices have skyrocketed. And 2- She doesn't need any more of the stuff. ------------------------------------------------ "It's hard to imagine a more stupid or dangerous way of making decisions, than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." Thomas Sowell | |||
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Ha! we have a few of what's left of my moms set, we cooked everything in those things, even had the twist grip handle at one time. | |||
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I made sure to grab every bit of old corning and old pyrex pieces from my parents after they passed. Some are from my grandmother my mother got ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live today as if it may be your last and learn today as if you will live forever | |||
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I'm still using all of mine, early 70's stuff. (what was ours from my childhood) Like everything else "rare" and "collectable", some people have lost their minds,asking $2k-3k for the cornflower bowls.  | |||
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On a side note…. Instant Brands the current owner of Pyrex filed for bankruptcy today ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live today as if it may be your last and learn today as if you will live forever | |||
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I have some of the old stuff that my Aunt gave me. Then, some time later, she wanted it back. So I figured someone in the family remembered that soup/gravy bowl and put her up to it. Nope...haven't seen it. But they did pull a fast one and got the whole family farm which should have been divided amoungst the living families.  41 | |||
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You ain't the first nor the last. | |||
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That is absolutely true, but it still really sucks. __________________________ "Trust, but verify." | |||
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