On Friday, November 7, 2014 3:32:58 PM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, November 7, 2014 6:10:34 AM UTC-10, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> > S. Donald Stookey is no household name, but his best-known invention
> > truly is: CorningWare, the durable, heat-resistant ceramic glass used
> > since the 1950s to make millions upon millions of baked lasagnas, tuna
> > casseroles and other potluck-dinner dishes. The scientist, who died
> > Tuesday at 99, created a type of glass so strong that the military
> > used it in guided missile nose cones. His space-age material found a
> > home in most American kitchens in the form of white dishes decorated
> > with small blue flowers. Stanley Donald Stookey died at an
> > assisted-living center in Rochester, New York, said his son Donald
> > Stookey. He said his father broke a hip in a fall a few months ago and
> > underwent surgery, but his health deteriorated. "He was one of the
> > great glass scientists in the history of the world," said Steve
> > Feller, a physics professor at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
> > where Stookey earned an undergraduate degree in chemistry and
> > mathematics and remained active in alumni activities. "Virtually
> > everyone has had CorningWare at some point in time, and there were all
> > sorts of spinoff applications from his fantastic work."
> >
> > Stookey was born in Hay Springs, Nebraska, on May 23, 1915. His family
> > moved from Nebraska to Cedar Rapids when he was 6. He graduated from
> > Coe College in 1936 before earning a master's degree in chemistry from
> > Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, followed by the MIT
> > doctorate.
>
> I never did like that stuff. It's got to be one of the worst cookware ever. Females like it because it's sorta pretty but trying to cook in those things is not a good experience. The material is the opposite of non-stick.
>
> Pyrex should stick in the lab as execellent glassware or with dealing death and destruction in the noses of maverick and other guided missiles and stay out of the kitchen. Well, at least my kitchen anyway. :-)

It is great for the microwave. Do not use the plastic stuff that says it is micro safe. We also like casseroles, and my large Corning Ware is great for the oven and the can be reheated in the microwave. It's best use is bakeware, not cookware.

DaleP