hahabogus wrote:

"Peter Aitken" wrote in
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"mangodance" wrote in message
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As I remember, a number of folks here hated glass bakeware. I'm not
one of them. But I can't remember why it was that people held a dim
view of
glass. Anyone?


I recall that you had to use a slightly lower temp with glass. Could
that be it?



Because It can break in the oven or out of the oven, making a hot mess to
clean up. A change in temp can cause the glass/pyrex to crack or shatter.

Corningware style bakeware looks nicer (when used for serving) and breaks
less often.

That French Arco??? glass ovenware might be ok and it sure looks purdy, But
I haven't had much exposure to it so I can't say oneway or the other.

But I avoid pyrex due to several cracked dish clean ups I've had to make.

Fun to start re-cooking a casserole too, because the dish broke. And guests
are 15 minutes away.


Are you mistreating your Pyrex perhaps? We have some Pyrex bakeware that
is at least 20 years old and still working quite well. Have used other
Pyrex dishes older than that without problem. The only glass bakeware
that ever broke on me was an empty dish that I accidentally dropped on
the floor after washing it. That had been about 15 years old at its
demise.

Have had much Arco ware because it's very cheap in Europe. None of that
has ever broken in use either.