Pyrex

ginwoman

ginwoman

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Got a pyrex loaf pan today. Its heavy glass. Do I need to do anything different when I use it say to make a banana bread? or do I just put the mix in the pan and stick in oven like with a regular loaf pan?
 
BadGirl

BadGirl

I am so very blessed
And because glass retains heat longer than metal pans, it is best to get your cooked item out of the glass pan as quickly a possible or you risk it getting overcooked.
 
Wenchy

Wenchy

Hot Flash
Once upon a time I made this (might have been delicious) labor intensive cheese/potato dumplings to go along with a roast (Roast was in the crock)

I placed the Pyrex dish on the stove top (stove was older and as I found out the heat still came out of the burner grates after it was shut off) I made it in the oven, took it out, went to look after the baby...BOOM.

I learned my lesson and I was not in the kitchen when it happened (Thank God)

We just had the crock roast that night.

I've never tried the dumplings again.
 
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MadDogMarine

New Member
Wenchy said:
O...BOOM.

I learned my lesson and I was not in the kitchen when it happened (Thank God)

We just had the crock roast that night.

I've never tried the dumplings again.
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You need to look for "vintage" pyrex. The good stuff!

"When World Kitchen took over the Pyrex brand, it started making more products out of prestressed soda-lime glass instead of borosilicate. With pre-stressed, or tempered, glass, the surface is under compression from forces inside the glass. It is stronger than borosilicate glass, but when it's heated, it still expands as much as ordinary glass does. It doesn't shatter immediately, because the expansion first acts only to release some of the built-in stress. But only up to a point.
My Pyrex bowl just exploded with no warning! - pyrex explosion | Ask MetaFilter

"It turns out that this mixing bowl is not made by corel, and is not the high quality high temperature glass originally used. Corel sold of it's Pyrex brand to another company called World Kitchen. WK uses common bottle glass for all it's Pyrex line, rather than the 'lab glass' that made pyrex worth buying.

I was forced to purchase a replacement for the 16 year loyal pyrex measuring that finaly broke. It arrived today, complete with defective bubbles and cracks through both the handle and bowl. Return shipping will cost more than the item did to purchase, so I am out of luck.

If you are looking for the quality pyrex that has been used for generations, you are out of luck. It has not been made for a while now."
Amazon.com: C. grey "eat more beans"'s review of
 
Roman

Roman

Active Member
I just LOVE the old Pyrex! I buy it all the time at Thrift Stores, or Antique Shops. One thing that happened with me once, is that I took it out of the Oven, and set it on the Counter, where there was water. It exploded! So be careful of that too.
 
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