On Mar 14, 9:14*am, "john south" > wrote:
> After preparing and partially boiling vegetables and meat, they were then
> put in a large glass bowl and it was placed on top of a gas hob to bring
> them to
> the boil. That was prior to placing it in the oven to make an oven
> casserole.
>
> This practice has been done by me quite a few times before. *I've always
> assumed that a Pyrex bowl can be placed on a gas ring and the contents
> boiled, because someone I know has Pyrex glass saucepans, that they use to
> boil things in.
>
> However the wife doesn't think that these glass bowls should undergo this
> kind of treatment on top of the gas rings.
>
> Today using a smoky dark coloured glass bowl which I don't think I've used
> before,
> but I really thought it was an oven proofed bowl. It suddenly completely
> collapsed into pieces as I placed it in the oven. What a mess.........

What a prat....