I just lost another piece of my beloved Corningware.

At some point I had asked for a 2 Qt. casserole as a gift. Imagine my
surprise when I opened the box and discovered my mom's old battle worn blue
cornflower one. I have no clue why but she always seemed to have the notion
that her old used stuff was highly sought after. More than once, when I
asked for a specific gift, she gave me her old one and bought herself a new
one. I am not sure now what became of that one. I did use it for many years
but it got to the point of looking disgusting. You know how white casseroles
will get over time when metal spoons have been scraped through them? Well,
it got those scratches and marks inside and the outside was looking a tad
grayish. At any rate, I no longer have it but I still have the lid.

When we lived on Cape Cod, I took advantage of the closing sale at
Woolworths (five and dime) and got a very large set of the pansy pattern for
next to nothing. By this point, they changed the dimensions of them, making
them more shallow and bigger around, but my old lid still did fit some of
the pieces.

Then over time, some of those broke. You can no longer get that kind but I
did manage to replace them on EBay. I swear though that they began making
them more brittle. Those things seem to shatter quickly. I remember one
breaking in two in the sink when I accidentally dropped something on it.
That blue cornflower one was dropped repeatedly and made a loud noise but
didn't break.

Tonight's mishap came when someone that wasn't me, bumped the dish in the
dish drainer. Even though it landed on the rug, it still broke. So... Online
shopping I went. Bought several pieces from Boscov's in various shades of
red and blue. Hopefully these will work. Some of the larger pieces I had
gotten as replacements just would not fit in the microwave that I have now.
They seem to be making the casseroles in general to be bigger around and
more shallow. And in some cases they have stupidly large sticky outie
handles that take up even more room. Online and on TV reviews indicate that
the handles render the dishes very difficult to pick up due to the silly
design.

Worse still in some cases the lids either stick up a lot such as domed,
and/or they have a big knob on top. That makes them no good for assembling a
casserole ahead of time and putting in my fridge because it doesn't want to
fit. Same for leftovers. In some cases I just don't want to put the
leftovers in another container when I took the time to make it all pretty to
begin with.

Anyway... Boscov's has some great deals on casseroles right now and free
shipping on orders over $30.

I am hoping one day Corning will make the retro ones like I had. I was super
fond of the 2 Qt. I loved the size of it around and the deep depth. Now all
I can find that is deep like that are metal ones and I'm not sure I want
that as they can't go in the microwave. But in looking, I see that Pyrex is
doing retro bowls. They have aqua ones similar to what my mom had but they
made the farmer and wife and chickens kind of 60's mod looking and the shape
of the bowls is different. Still cool looking but I don't any bowls right
now.

I will have to go through my cupboard when the new ones come. I think I
currently have far more lids than I do Corningware casseroles and I might as
well just get rid of the few remaining things. I do love pansies but they
don't fit my color scheme now.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I just lost another piece of my beloved Corningware.
>
> At some point I had asked for a 2 Qt. casserole as a gift. Imagine my
> surprise when I opened the box and discovered my mom's old battle worn blue
> cornflower one. I have no clue why but she always seemed to have the notion
> that her old used stuff was highly sought after. More than once, when I
> asked for a specific gift, she gave me her old one and bought herself a new
> one.

That's not very cool. "Dammit, Mom"

I used to have several of the ones with low sides. One or two eventually
shattered and I must have given one or two to my daughter. The last one
I bought (about 20 years ago) is my favorite and now my only one. I
don't miss the others but this one I really like. It's maybe 3 liter
size? It says 3L underneath the handle. Anyway the interior space is
8X8X4. If this one ever breaks, I *will* replace it if possible. It also
has the cornflower pattern on the side.

Other than that, the only ovenware I use is a 9X13 pyrex. That works
well for everything else.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I will have to go through my cupboard when the new ones come. I think I
> currently have far more lids than I do Corningware casseroles and I might as
> well just get rid of the few remaining things. I do love pansies but they
> don't fit my color scheme now.

Unless you display your cooking ware, why worry about fitting your color
scheme? I guess that's a girl thing.

On 8/9/2016 5:17 AM, Julie Bove wrote:

> I am hoping one day Corning will make the retro ones like I had. I was
> super fond of the 2 Qt. I loved the size of it around and the deep
> depth. Now all I can find that is deep like that are metal ones and I'm
> not sure I want that as they can't go in the microwave. But in looking,
> I see that Pyrex is doing retro bowls. They have aqua ones similar to
> what my mom had but they made the farmer and wife and chickens kind of
> 60's mod looking and the shape of the bowls is different. Still cool
> looking but I don't any bowls right now.
>
> I will have to go through my cupboard when the new ones come. I think I
> currently have far more lids than I do Corningware casseroles and I
> might as well just get rid of the few remaining things. I do love
> pansies but they don't fit my color scheme now.

<http://www.corningware.com/stovetop%E2%84%A2-pyroceram%C2%AE-blue-cornflower-4-pc-casserole-set/A-423C-BF.html>

On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 7:12:51 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > I will have to go through my cupboard when the new ones come. I think I
> > currently have far more lids than I do Corningware casseroles and I might as
> > well just get rid of the few remaining things. I do love pansies but they
> > don't fit my color scheme now.
>
> Unless you display your cooking ware, why worry about fitting your color
> scheme? I guess that's a girl thing.

Not all girls. My Corningware is white, and that's fine by me.

Cindy Hamilton

Cool Corning site. I have still a small white/cornflower square casserole
dish...1 qt.? Seems a little bigger than 1 quart. And I also have the large
oval ribbed casserole dish shown at the bottom of that page. It is a perfect
size for my cheese soufflé.

N.

On 8/9/2016 9:30 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 7:12:51 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> I will have to go through my cupboard when the new ones come. I think I
>>> currently have far more lids than I do Corningware casseroles and I might as
>>> well just get rid of the few remaining things. I do love pansies but they
>>> don't fit my color scheme now.
>>
>> Unless you display your cooking ware, why worry about fitting your color
>> scheme? I guess that's a girl thing.
>
> Not all girls. My Corningware is white, and that's fine by me.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
I don't care if my bakeware matches anything. I want my cookware to be
functional, nothing more.

BTW, she said hers got scratched up because she was using a metal
spatula. Here's a hint: don't use a metal spatula. She must have
really be digging in there for it to scratch the glaze on Corningware.

I have a few old Cornflower Blue casserole dishes with lids. I have one
plain oval white "French White" Corningware baking dish with a lid. I
used it to make eggplant parm not long ago; I recall posting a picture
of it here. It's sort of a specific-use dish but I love it. Cleans easily.

The Corningware casseroles I bought for myself in the 1980's were light
brownish-gold with a wheat pattern. I was about 24 at the time.

I have plenty of Pyrex/Anchor Hocking baking dishes in different sizes.
Each serves a purpose from marinating to baking.

I haven't had to buy anything in the casserole/baking dish category for
a very long time. Perhaps because I'm careful with them.

Jill

On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 06:30:59 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

> On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 7:12:51 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> > Julie Bove wrote:
> > >
> > > I will have to go through my cupboard when the new ones come. I think I
> > > currently have far more lids than I do Corningware casseroles and I might as
> > > well just get rid of the few remaining things. I do love pansies but they
> > > don't fit my color scheme now.
> >
> > Unless you display your cooking ware, why worry about fitting your color
> > scheme? I guess that's a girl thing.
>
> Not all girls. My Corningware is white, and that's fine by me.
>

I'm with Gary and you, except I don't own a single piece of
Corningware and never will.

--

sf

On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 02:17:13 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
>At some point I had asked for a 2 Qt. casserole as a gift.

It's not worth lighting an oven for a two quart casserole... my
favorite soup bowl is 1 1/2 quarts.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I just lost another piece of my beloved Corningware.
>>
>> At some point I had asked for a 2 Qt. casserole as a gift. Imagine my
>> surprise when I opened the box and discovered my mom's old battle worn
>> blue
>> cornflower one. I have no clue why but she always seemed to have the
>> notion
>> that her old used stuff was highly sought after. More than once, when I
>> asked for a specific gift, she gave me her old one and bought herself a
>> new
>> one.
>
> That's not very cool. "Dammit, Mom"
>
> I used to have several of the ones with low sides. One or two eventually
> shattered and I must have given one or two to my daughter. The last one
> I bought (about 20 years ago) is my favorite and now my only one. I
> don't miss the others but this one I really like. It's maybe 3 liter
> size? It says 3L underneath the handle. Anyway the interior space is
> 8X8X4. If this one ever breaks, I *will* replace it if possible. It also
> has the cornflower pattern on the side.
>
> Other than that, the only ovenware I use is a 9X13 pyrex. That works
> well for everything else.

I seem to use a lot of casseroles.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I will have to go through my cupboard when the new ones come. I think I
>> currently have far more lids than I do Corningware casseroles and I might
>> as
>> well just get rid of the few remaining things. I do love pansies but they
>> don't fit my color scheme now.
>
> Unless you display your cooking ware, why worry about fitting your color
> scheme? I guess that's a girl thing.

In don't really care but the cupboard is getting pretty full and much of
what's there isn't usable or usable to me. I should probably get rid of the
soup tureen and bowls as know I will never use them but even to get rid of
them would be a pain because the tureen is so large and breakable.

I think how that came about was that after my husband's one grandma died,
things were given out to various family members. We have a set of her
flatware and were supposed to have taken a set of china. For some reason she
had many sets, even though she did not have a large immediate family. My
husband flat out refused to allow me to have the china. This was no big deal
to me as I really don't care for china and we had no place to store it. But
neither did my MIL who got stuck with a lot of the stuff. Then she mentioned
the soup tureen. I said that I didn't have one and I would like to have it.
I can't remember the particulars now but it was very pretty. I do remember
that. We were living in NY at the time. My parents did come to visit and I
did sometimes serve soup. I thought I might actually use it but even if I
didn't, I had a nice place to display it. But my husband refused to allow me
to have that too. So I didn't get it.

Then when we moved here, I had far less cabinet space and wouldn't have been
able to display it even if I did have it. But I think my MIL must have
mentioned to another relative that I wanted a soup tureen because she gave
me one as a gift. This is a giant, plain white one that came with bowls and
a ceramic ladle. I'm pretty sure that I got rid of the ladle right away.
That was just an accident waiting to happen in this house.

But now I have nobody would would come to visit that would eat soup. My dad
liked it. My mom usually won't eat it. And in this house we never have
formal meals at the table so if I were to make soup, there certainly would
be no need for the tureen. It just makes me kind of sad because it was very
expensive. Came from Crate and Barrel. But... I suppose it's also silly to
keep it because we will never use it. Will never use the bowls either
because I don't like the design of them and we have plenty of bowls that I
do like.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/9/2016 9:30 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 7:12:51 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I will have to go through my cupboard when the new ones come. I think I
>>>> currently have far more lids than I do Corningware casseroles and I
>>>> might as
>>>> well just get rid of the few remaining things. I do love pansies but
>>>> they
>>>> don't fit my color scheme now.
>>>
>>> Unless you display your cooking ware, why worry about fitting your color
>>> scheme? I guess that's a girl thing.
>>
>> Not all girls. My Corningware is white, and that's fine by me.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
> I don't care if my bakeware matches anything. I want my cookware to be
> functional, nothing more.
>
> BTW, she said hers got scratched up because she was using a metal spatula.
> Here's a hint: don't use a metal spatula. She must have really be digging
> in there for it to scratch the glaze on Corningware.

Spoon. I said spoon. And I didn't do it. My mom did, long before I ever got
it.
>
> I have a few old Cornflower Blue casserole dishes with lids. I have one
> plain oval white "French White" Corningware baking dish with a lid. I
> used it to make eggplant parm not long ago; I recall posting a picture of
> it here. It's sort of a specific-use dish but I love it. Cleans easily.
>
> The Corningware casseroles I bought for myself in the 1980's were light
> brownish-gold with a wheat pattern. I was about 24 at the time.
>
> I have plenty of Pyrex/Anchor Hocking baking dishes in different sizes.
> Each serves a purpose from marinating to baking.

I won't use those any more due to their tendency to explode.
>
> I haven't had to buy anything in the casserole/baking dish category for a
> very long time. Perhaps because I'm careful with them.
>
> Jill

"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/9/2016 5:17 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> I am hoping one day Corning will make the retro ones like I had. I was
>> super fond of the 2 Qt. I loved the size of it around and the deep
>> depth. Now all I can find that is deep like that are metal ones and I'm
>> not sure I want that as they can't go in the microwave. But in looking,
>> I see that Pyrex is doing retro bowls. They have aqua ones similar to
>> what my mom had but they made the farmer and wife and chickens kind of
>> 60's mod looking and the shape of the bowls is different. Still cool
>> looking but I don't any bowls right now.
>>
>> I will have to go through my cupboard when the new ones come. I think I
>> currently have far more lids than I do Corningware casseroles and I
>> might as well just get rid of the few remaining things. I do love
>> pansies but they don't fit my color scheme now.
>
> <http://www.corningware.com/stovetop%E2%84%A2-pyroceram%C2%AE-blue-cornflower-4-pc-casserole-set/A-423C-BF.html>

That's it. I wouldn't pay that much for it though.