"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> Dee Randall wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>> > Sheldon wrote:
>> >> Since you're freezing it, you can use leftover food jars (jam
> jars,
>> >> peanut butter jars, etc.)
>> >> Priscilla
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Freezing food in glass is very dangerous... if you're lucky when
> the
>> >> food expands the entire jar will burst, but often only a thin
>> >> inconspicuous sliver will get knapped off and no one will know
> until
>> >> there's oodles of blood in the toilet.
>> >
>> > I nearly commented about the use of 'Ball Jars' from the original
> post but
>> > figured someone would point it out. I would never store anything
> in glass
>> > in the freezer.
>> >
>>
>> Thanks for pointing this out to me. I do occasionally put food in
> Ball Jars
>> when I know that I will be using the food within a week or 10 days,
> and not
>> leave too much time for the food to remain in the jar. However, I
> think the
>> suggestion about the sliver is enough for me to discontinue this
> practice.
>> Yikes! One could be hurt and also run up a lot of doctor bills while
> they
>> were trying to figure out just where this blood came from.
>> Dee
>
> Professional kithens do not permit any glass whatsoever on the
> premises... when you see restaurant kitchens on foodtv with glass
> bowls, wine glasses, etc. that is NOT a professional kitchen and those
> are NOT professional cooks. In many municipalities it's illegal to
> have glass in commercial kitchens, and insurance companies won't write
> their liaility policies, or will csncel when glass is discovered.
>
> In home kitchens it would be practically impossible to eleminate all
> glass so check all glassware for chips often, discard all chipped
> glassware. Check all food jars as well, jams, mayo, pickles, etc.

Another culprit is the glass visioneer cooking pots and pans. Yesterday
there was some glass on the pull-out drawer where the lid was put on top of
the pot and the drawer must've been slammed back in, and broke the glass.
Usually I put a dishtowel over a visioneer pot before I fit the lid onto it
in order to avoid this, but one cannot monitor all in the household. This
is one little pan that is not being made anymore, the one with the spout on
it for pouring -- oh, so handy for microwave and stovetop for cocoa, etc.

Dee