Common Sense and Glass Cookware

by Heather

Heather says:

It has just been brought to my attention that Pyrex cookware has been receiving some attention from Consumer Reports via the Consumerist. I love glass cookware and I will continue to use my glassware for baking, however there are a few precautions one should always use. Glass, even tempered glass is fairly rigid and doesn’t conduct heat like metal, therefore it’s subject to what’s called thermal shock. If the glass is exposed to uneven temperature extremes, it will try to expand or contract  unevenly and can crack or shatter.

Some of you are sitting there going, gee Heather this is all common sense. Maybe for you it is.

A lot of people have only used metal cookware, which can warp, but doesn’t have that tendency to shatter. Since this is Home Ec 101, I try to cover all the basics. Heck, I remember shortly after I graduated high school one of my roommates attempting to make macaroni and cheese in one of my glass dishes, on the stove top. It didn’t go as she planned. To be fair, I did more than my fair share of stupid things in that phase of my life.

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Glass Cookware Dangers

Consumer correspondent Susan Koeppen gives the do's and don'ts of using glass cookware.

Word on the Street: April 2011

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Glass Cookware- News


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KSL-TV - Feb 15, 2011
The tests show what can happen when, against manufacturers' guidelines, the glass cookware goes from extreme heat to a cold surface. Marilyn Albertson, associate professor of family and consumer science for Utah State University Extension,

Consumer ally
Press of Atlantic City - Feb 26, 2011
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The Lord of Squat: Mark Guerette Got Busted for Putting Families in Foreclosed ...
Broward New Times - Feb 22, 2011
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Mrs. Money: Eco-Friendly Cookware
Savings.com (blog) - Feb 14, 2011
Glass cookware. Glass pots and pans used to be popular years ago. Glass is an all natural substance, and using it in cookware is great because you don't have toxins and fumes being emitted from the glass as it's heating. Hard Anodized aluminum cookware

Recall Roundup: Potato Chips, Men's Supplements, Strollers and More
WalletPop - Feb 25, 2011
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