Exploding Pyrex dishes: They aren't made the same way anymore...

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marilynfl

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Be careful what you bake! Here's a good article in snoops.com about the material change in Pyrex dishes and how the dishes can no longer can handle the extreme changes in temperatures (from freezer to oven).

I've bought one new Pyrex item from Corning---a 3-pack of 6" glass bowls to prepare/freeze/bake small pies for the two of us. And I bought it from Walmart. So bummer there.

But I have a Xerox box ready to go to the thrift shop and it's filled with the old Pyrex casserole dishes from my MIL.

Talk about timing. Guess which ones I'll be holding on to now.

http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/pyrex.asp

 
I recently dropped one of my new Pyrex casserole dishes

from a short height onto a wood floor and it shattered into a million (or so) pieces. What a huge mess! I had thought that Pyrex breaks into chunks not shards. I have to admit that I was surprised because my older Pyrex have been dropped many times with no damage. Now I understand. Fortunately I only have 2 other new dishes and I'll be careful with them.

I'll be scouting garage sales for old dishes in the future! Colleen

 
Wow -- I had no idea! Needless to say I will be rummaging through the Pyrex cabinet forthwith!

Thanks for the warning!

 
Ahah. I misread this. Been doing a lot of that lately. So it's not a matter of extreme change but

just extreme temps. Thanks for the headsup. Seems there are so many products becoming inferior these days.

 
My 8x8 pan exploded in the oven last year. I jumped all over Earl because>>>

I thought he put a cold piece of meat in the pan and put it into a hot oven. Now I'm thinking it wasn't his fault at all.

 
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