"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> On 4/27/2014 2:46 PM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2014-04-27, Doris Night > wrote:
>>> Why does she specify stainless steel bowls? I've been using the same
>>> set of pyrex nesting bowls for over 40 years, and have been very happy
>>> with them.
>>
>> Haven't you heard? Current made "Pyrex" bowls explode. I'll not use
>> 'em.
>
> I don't know that Pyrex is any worse than it used to be but Corning sold
> its rights to "Corelle" and the dishes are no longer made of Pyroceram.
> The original Pyroceram dishes could be heated to red heat and then dipped
> in ice-water without breaking. Don't try it with current Corelle.

Angela bought me my current Corelle when she was 4 or 5 so it is at least 10
years old. I have put the cereal bowls in the microwave with no problem and
also the plates. But... I have noticed with my prior sets, after they get
a number of years old, if you drop one, it will smash to powdery bits! When
it was new, you could drop one and it wouldn't break.