It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.

http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32

================================================== ====================
ISLAM: Winning the hearts and minds of the world, one bomb at a time.

On 2011-09-11, Ubiquitous > wrote:
> It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
> Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
> campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
> products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>
> http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32

Pretty sad when a mfr has to teach its customers how to use dangerous
products rather than make them safer. How come in cars we gotta
buckle up, buy kid seats, pay for incredibly expensive airbags, etc,
yet Pyrex gets away with selling a MORE dangerous product!? What's
next? Passenger seats in front of the grill and a youtube vid from
Jeff Gordon telling us to drive into a concrete abutment?

If the insurance companies had to shell out more money, you can bet
Pyrex would be making safer glass. I solved the whole problem by
tossing all my exploding soda-lime crap and buying steel pans or
stoneware.

nb

On Sep 11, 10:02*am, notbob > wrote:
> On 2011-09-11, Ubiquitous > wrote:
>
> > It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex ) has hired "Food
> > Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
> > campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
> > products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>
> >http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>
> Pretty sad when a mfr has to teach its customers how to use dangerous
> products rather than make them safer.

Pyrex is not dangerous, you nitwit. All there is to Pyrex is don't
put it on a stove burner or change the temperature of it suddenly.

Some people are such pussies. Everyone has to make everything "safer"
for them, because they can't grasp the concept of common sense.

>*How come in cars we gotta
> buckle up, buy kid seats, pay for incredibly expensive airbags, etc,
> yet Pyrex gets away with selling a MORE dangerous product!? *What's
> next? *Passenger seats in front of the grill and a youtube vid from
> Jeff Gordon telling us to drive into a concrete abutment?
>
> If the insurance companies had to shell out more money, you can bet
> Pyrex would be making safer glass. *I solved the whole problem by
> tossing all my exploding soda-lime crap and buying steel pans or
> stoneware.

Yer a retard.

On Sep 11, 5:28*pm, projectile vomit chick
> wrote:
> On Sep 11, 10:02*am, notbob > wrote:
>
> > On 2011-09-11, Ubiquitous > wrote:
>
> > > It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex ) has hired "Food
> > > Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
> > > campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
> > > products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>
> > >http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>
> > Pretty sad when a mfr has to teach its customers how to use dangerous
> > products rather than make them safer.
>
> Pyrex is not dangerous, you nitwit. *All there is to Pyrex is don't
> put it on a stove burner or change the temperature of it suddenly.
>
> Some people are such pussies. *Everyone has to make everything "safer"
> for them, because they can't grasp the concept of common sense.
>
> >*How come in cars we gotta
> > buckle up, buy kid seats, pay for incredibly expensive airbags, etc,
> > yet Pyrex gets away with selling a MORE dangerous product!? *What's
> > next? *Passenger seats in front of the grill and a youtube vid from
> > Jeff Gordon telling us to drive into a concrete abutment?
>
> > If the insurance companies had to shell out more money, you can bet
> > Pyrex would be making safer glass. *I solved the whole problem by
> > tossing all my exploding soda-lime crap and buying steel pans or
> > stoneware.
>
> Yer a retard.

Years ago I had a few Pyrex pans that I used to cook on my gas
stove.
I still have my Pyrex coffee pot. I read that the original Pyrex
makers
sold the company. The new owners wanted to save money so they
changed the formular. Since them there's been lots of breakage.

Lucille

In article <2d1fe5b7-af03-42a6-93c6-
>, says...
>
> On Sep 11, 5:28*pm, projectile vomit chick
> > wrote:
> > On Sep 11, 10:02*am, notbob > wrote:
> >
> > > On 2011-09-11, Ubiquitous > wrote:
> >
> > > > It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex ) has hired "Food
> > > > Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
> > > > campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
> > > > products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
> >
> > > >http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
> >
> > > Pretty sad when a mfr has to teach its customers how to use dangerous
> > > products rather than make them safer.
> >
> > Pyrex is not dangerous, you nitwit. *All there is to Pyrex is don't
> > put it on a stove burner or change the temperature of it suddenly.
> >
> > Some people are such pussies. *Everyone has to make everything "safer"
> > for them, because they can't grasp the concept of common sense.
> >
> > >*How come in cars we gotta
> > > buckle up, buy kid seats, pay for incredibly expensive airbags, etc,
> > > yet Pyrex gets away with selling a MORE dangerous product!? *What's
> > > next? *Passenger seats in front of the grill and a youtube vid from
> > > Jeff Gordon telling us to drive into a concrete abutment?
> >
> > > If the insurance companies had to shell out more money, you can bet
> > > Pyrex would be making safer glass. *I solved the whole problem by
> > > tossing all my exploding soda-lime crap and buying steel pans or
> > > stoneware.
> >
> > Yer a retard.
>
> Years ago I had a few Pyrex pans that I used to cook on my gas
> stove.
> I still have my Pyrex coffee pot. I read that the original Pyrex
> makers
> sold the company. The new owners wanted to save money so they
> changed the formular. Since them there's been lots of breakage.

The formula changed long before the brand was sold. The "company" is
Corning Glass, they spun off their cookware operation as "World
Kitchen" in 1997, however they had gone to tempered soda-lime glass
instead of borosilicate long before that--according to the current
owners of the factory the change was made in the 1940s. And anyone who
has ever dropped a Bodum drinking glass will tell you that borosilicate
is not particularly durable.

On my list of things to be afraid of "exploding pyrex" comes somewhere
behind "struck on the head by a meteorite".

On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:05:30 -0400, "J. Clarke"
> wrote:

> The formula changed long before the brand was sold. The "company" is
> Corning Glass, they spun off their cookware operation as "World
> Kitchen" in 1997, however they had gone to tempered soda-lime glass
> instead of borosilicate long before that--according to the current
> owners of the factory the change was made in the 1940s. And anyone who
> has ever dropped a Bodum drinking glass will tell you that borosilicate
> is not particularly durable.
>
> On my list of things to be afraid of "exploding pyrex" comes somewhere
> behind "struck on the head by a meteorite".

<laughing> I thought I was the only person who felt that way.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On 9/11/2011 9:05 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> In article<2d1fe5b7-af03-42a6-93c6-
> >, says...
>>
>> On Sep 11, 5:28 pm, projectile vomit chick
>> > wrote:
>>> On Sep 11, 10:02 am, > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2011-09-11, > wrote:
>>>
>>>>> It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex ) has hired "Food
>>>>> Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
>>>>> campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
>>>>> products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>>>
>>>>> http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>>>
>>>> Pretty sad when a mfr has to teach its customers how to use dangerous
>>>> products rather than make them safer.
>>>
>>> Pyrex is not dangerous, you nitwit. All there is to Pyrex is don't
>>> put it on a stove burner or change the temperature of it suddenly.
>>>
>>> Some people are such pussies. Everyone has to make everything "safer"
>>> for them, because they can't grasp the concept of common sense.
>>>
>>>> How come in cars we gotta
>>>> buckle up, buy kid seats, pay for incredibly expensive airbags, etc,
>>>> yet Pyrex gets away with selling a MORE dangerous product!? What's
>>>> next? Passenger seats in front of the grill and a youtube vid from
>>>> Jeff Gordon telling us to drive into a concrete abutment?
>>>
>>>> If the insurance companies had to shell out more money, you can bet
>>>> Pyrex would be making safer glass. I solved the whole problem by
>>>> tossing all my exploding soda-lime crap and buying steel pans or
>>>> stoneware.
>>>
>>> Yer a retard.
>>
>> Years ago I had a few Pyrex pans that I used to cook on my gas
>> stove.
>> I still have my Pyrex coffee pot. I read that the original Pyrex
>> makers
>> sold the company. The new owners wanted to save money so they
>> changed the formular. Since them there's been lots of breakage.
>
> The formula changed long before the brand was sold. The "company" is
> Corning Glass, they spun off their cookware operation as "World
> Kitchen" in 1997, however they had gone to tempered soda-lime glass
> instead of borosilicate long before that--according to the current
> owners of the factory the change was made in the 1940s. And anyone who
> has ever dropped a Bodum drinking glass will tell you that borosilicate
> is not particularly durable.
>
> On my list of things to be afraid of "exploding pyrex" comes somewhere
> behind "struck on the head by a meteorite".

I am quite sure you and I both know the difference between Pyrex and
Corelle. There still is a white glass line called Corelle but it is not
Pyroceram, which started as glass but was partially crystallized and
allowed putting a red hot dish into water without breaking. It could
break if dropped on a hard surface. I don't make coffee that way any
more but but, since the 60's, I have had my white coffee pot with blue
cornflower decoration which was heated directly on the stove.
Incidentally, the dishes were not suitable for use in a microwave since
the blue metallic decoration tended to heat faster than the rest. Tho
you can get away with a few minutes nuking, it is not a good idea.

--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:28:44 -0700 (PDT), projectile vomit chick
> wrote:

>On Sep 11, 10:02*am, notbob > wrote:
>> On 2011-09-11, Ubiquitous > wrote:
>>
>> > It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex ) has hired "Food
>> > Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
>> > campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
>> > products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>>
>> >http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>>
>> Pretty sad when a mfr has to teach its customers how to use dangerous
>> products rather than make them safer.
>
>Pyrex is not dangerous, you nitwit. All there is to Pyrex is don't
>put it on a stove burner or change the temperature of it suddenly.
>
>Some people are such pussies. Everyone has to make everything "safer"
>for them, because they can't grasp the concept of common sense.

Gotta make sure they put on pampers before squeezin' their head.


>>*How come in cars we gotta
>> buckle up, buy kid seats, pay for incredibly expensive airbags, etc,
>> yet Pyrex gets away with selling a MORE dangerous product!? *What's
>> next? *Passenger seats in front of the grill and a youtube vid from
>> Jeff Gordon telling us to drive into a concrete abutment?
>>
>> If the insurance companies had to shell out more money, you can bet
>> Pyrex would be making safer glass. *I solved the whole problem by
>> tossing all my exploding soda-lime crap and buying plastic dildoes!.
>
>Yer a retard.

Yeah, he's ruining the story of Cinderella's glass slipper... speaking
of glass slippers... WOW... almost makes notbob wish he were a girl,
hehe:
http://www.blowfish.com/catalog/toys...tml#t-glw-2245

On 9/11/2011 10:41 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
> Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
> campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
> products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>
> http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>
> ================================================== ====================
> ISLAM: Winning the hearts and minds of the world, one bomb at a time.
>

One of the results of the "walmart culture" where all that matters is
cheap prices.

Too bad they just didn't call their ersatz pyrex "walglass" instead of
buying the pyrex brand. That way it would be less confusing.

On 2011-09-11, George > wrote:

> Too bad they just didn't call their ersatz pyrex "walglass" instead of
> buying the pyrex brand. That way it would be less confusing.

Cuz you buy it everywhere else, too.

nb

On 9/11/2011 11:18 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2011-09-11, > wrote:
>
>> Too bad they just didn't call their ersatz pyrex "walglass" instead of
>> buying the pyrex brand. That way it would be less confusing.
>
> Cuz you buy it everywhere else, too.
>
> nb

That is why I thought "walglass" would be a good name. It isn't
"walmartglass" but clearly conveys the low price whatever the cost
walmart syndrome.

On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:12:07 -0400, George >
wrote:

> On 9/11/2011 11:18 AM, notbob wrote:
> > On 2011-09-11, > wrote:
> >
> >> Too bad they just didn't call their ersatz pyrex "walglass" instead of
> >> buying the pyrex brand. That way it would be less confusing.
> >
> > Cuz you buy it everywhere else, too.
> >
> > nb
>
> That is why I thought "walglass" would be a good name. It isn't
> "walmartglass" but clearly conveys the low price whatever the cost
> walmart syndrome.

Don't worry, the rest of us understood the concept... and he thinks
he's not argumentative. sheesh

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

In article >, lid says...
>
> On 9/11/2011 11:18 AM, notbob wrote:
> > On 2011-09-11, > wrote:
> >
> >> Too bad they just didn't call their ersatz pyrex "walglass" instead of
> >> buying the pyrex brand. That way it would be less confusing.
> >
> > Cuz you buy it everywhere else, too.
> >
> > nb
>
> That is why I thought "walglass" would be a good name. It isn't
> "walmartglass" but clearly conveys the low price whatever the cost
> walmart syndrome.

And yet it's made in the same factory using the same process as the
Pyrex cookware that Corning was selling more than half a century ago, so
I guess Corning should have called it "walglass" in 1950 too.

The Pyrex labware is still borosilicate.

On 2011-09-13, J. Clarke > wrote:

> And yet it's made in the same factory using the same process as the
> Pyrex cookware that Corning was selling more than half a century ago, so
> I guess Corning should have called it "walglass" in 1950 too.
>
> The Pyrex labware is still borosilicate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrex

On Sep 11, 10:41*am, Ubiquitous > wrote:
> It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
> Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
> campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
> products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>
> http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>
> ================================================== ====================
> ISLAM: Winning the hearts and minds of the world, one bomb at a time.

That in itself ought to be a warning NOT to buy. I treasure my ages
old Pyrex and Anchor HOcking.

On Sep 11, 11:35*am, Kalmia > wrote:
> On Sep 11, 10:41*am, Ubiquitous > wrote:
>
> > It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
> > Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
> > campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
> > products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>
> >http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>
> > ================================================== ====================
> > ISLAM: Winning the hearts and minds of the world, one bomb at a time.
>
> That in itself ought to be a warning NOT to buy. *I treasure my ages
> old Pyrex and Anchor HOcking.

As do I. I have some great pieces from the sixties, wonderful stuff.

On 9/11/2011 5:29 PM, projectile vomit chick wrote:
> On Sep 11, 11:35 am, > wrote:
>> On Sep 11, 10:41 am, > wrote:
>>
>>> It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
>>> Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
>>> campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
>>> products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>>
>>> http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>>
>>> ================================================== ====================
>>> ISLAM: Winning the hearts and minds of the world, one bomb at a time.
>>
>> That in itself ought to be a warning NOT to buy. I treasure my ages
>> old Pyrex and Anchor HOcking.
>
> As do I. I have some great pieces from the sixties, wonderful stuff.

It's not about quality control, it's about the microwave generation.
Microwave ovens can induce thermal stress that can explode
old or new Pyrex™ cookware.

==

On 9/11/2011 5:55 PM, Ron Capik wrote:
> On 9/11/2011 5:29 PM, projectile vomit chick wrote:
>> On Sep 11, 11:35 am, > wrote:
>>> On Sep 11, 10:41 am, > wrote:
>>>
>>>> It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
>>>> Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
>>>> campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
>>>> products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>>>
>>>> http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>>>
>>>> ================================================== ====================
>>>> ISLAM: Winning the hearts and minds of the world, one bomb at a time.
>>>
>>> That in itself ought to be a warning NOT to buy. I treasure my ages
>>> old Pyrex and Anchor HOcking.
>>
>> As do I. I have some great pieces from the sixties, wonderful stuff.
>
> It's not about quality control, it's about the microwave generation.
> Microwave ovens can induce thermal stress that can explode
> old or new Pyrex™ cookware.

It's not microwave ovens, it's the use of white glass rather than
Pyroceram, which was great, if under appreciated !


--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

On 9/11/2011 6:41 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> On 9/11/2011 5:55 PM, Ron Capik wrote:
>> On 9/11/2011 5:29 PM, projectile vomit chick wrote:
>>> On Sep 11, 11:35 am, > wrote:
>>>> On Sep 11, 10:41 am, > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
>>>>> Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
>>>>> campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
>>>>> products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>>>>
>>>>> http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>>>>
>>>>> ================================================== ====================
>>>>> ISLAM: Winning the hearts and minds of the world, one bomb at a time.
>>>>
>>>> That in itself ought to be a warning NOT to buy. I treasure my ages
>>>> old Pyrex and Anchor HOcking.
>>>
>>> As do I. I have some great pieces from the sixties, wonderful stuff.
>>
>> It's not about quality control, it's about the microwave generation.
>> Microwave ovens can induce thermal stress that can explode
>> old or new Pyrex™ cookware.
>
> It's not microwave ovens, it's the use of white glass rather than
> Pyroceram, which was great, if under appreciated !
>
>
Pyrex™ is not (and never has been) white glass.

==

On 9/11/2011 5:55 PM, Ron Capik wrote:
> On 9/11/2011 5:29 PM, projectile vomit chick wrote:
>> On Sep 11, 11:35 am, > wrote:
>>> On Sep 11, 10:41 am, > wrote:
>>>
>>>> It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
>>>> Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
>>>> campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
>>>> products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>>>
>>>> http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>>>
>>>> ================================================== ====================
>>>> ISLAM: Winning the hearts and minds of the world, one bomb at a time.
>>>
>>> That in itself ought to be a warning NOT to buy. I treasure my ages
>>> old Pyrex and Anchor HOcking.
>>
>> As do I. I have some great pieces from the sixties, wonderful stuff.
>
> It's not about quality control, it's about the microwave generation.
> Microwave ovens can induce thermal stress that can explode
> old or new Pyrex™ cookware.
>
> ==

Look for the clear Pyrex at garage sales and thrift stores. The
green-tinted stuff they sell as Pyrex now is a different formula and
production process, and not nearly as durable.

--
aem sends...

On Sep 11, 10:41*am, Ubiquitous > wrote:
> It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
> Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
> campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
> products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>
> http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32

That's because what's called Pyrex nowadays isn't what Corning called
Pyrex when they first made it. Real Pyrex (borosilicate glass) as used
in laboratory glassware can be heated directly in a flame, and on an
exposed-coil electric stovetop with just a thin wire spacer. I have a
saucepan and skillet (both Corning Pyrex) that have been used over
direct flame for over 50 years. No explosions.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.

Jerry Avins wrote:
>
> That's because what's called Pyrex nowadays isn't what Corning called
> Pyrex when they first made it. Real Pyrex (borosilicate glass) as used
> in laboratory glassware can be heated directly in a flame, and on an
> exposed-coil electric stovetop with just a thin wire spacer. I have a
> saucepan and skillet (both Corning Pyrex) that have been used over
> direct flame for over 50 years. No explosions.

Just a lot of stuck food.

On Sep 11, 11:59*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Jerry Avins wrote:
>
> > That's because what's called Pyrex nowadays isn't what Corning called
> > Pyrex when they first made it. Real Pyrex (borosilicate glass) as used
> > in laboratory glassware can be heated directly in a flame, and on an
> > exposed-coil electric stovetop with just a thin wire spacer. I have a
> > saucepan and skillet (both Corning Pyrex) that have been used over
> > direct flame for over 50 years. No explosions.
>
> Just a lot of stuck food.

I fry eggs with no problem. Same as cast iron.

Jerry

On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:41:18 -0400, Ubiquitous > wrote:

>It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
>Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
>campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
>products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>
>http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32

Pyrex safety was the lead article in this month's Consumer Digest.

On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:26:52 -0400, Mason Barge >
wrote:

>On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:41:18 -0400, Ubiquitous > wrote:
>
>>It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
>>Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
>>campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
>>products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>>
>>http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>
>Pyrex safety was the lead article in this month's Consumer Digest.

And Consumer Reports also had a recent article about explosions from
newer pyrex glassware. There is definitely a difference between the
old stuff and the new stuff.
--
Best -- Terry

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:55:31 -0500, Terry >
wrote:

>On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:26:52 -0400, Mason Barge >
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:41:18 -0400, Ubiquitous > wrote:
>>
>>>It appears that World Kitchen (which makes Pyrex™) has hired "Food
>>>Network celebrity" Sandra Lee for a nationwide consumer education
>>>campaign. The campaign aims to teach consumers how to safely use their
>>>products so that the glass will not suddenly explode.
>>>
>>>http://pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=32
>>
>>Pyrex safety was the lead article in this month's Consumer Digest.
>
>And Consumer Reports also had a recent article about explosions from
>newer pyrex glassware. There is definitely a difference between the
>old stuff and the new stuff.

So Pyrex is now cheap glassware? How the mighty have fallen. I can
remember when it was the standard as it stood up to almost any abuse.