Stainless Steel Cookware; Who Has It?

[Bentley Green]

Originally Posted by Food Network Fan

I still use my cast iron more than anything else. But I do have stainless. I use it the most for boiling things like noodles or heating frozen veggies. Most of the major cooking goes cast iron.

I also have that. Several pieces in fact. It is great for browning and searing meats before braising them!

Old fasioned, but it still gets the job done!! It keeps me from having to use the Emerilware for this purpose so that it doesn't get scorched or turn blue!!

[Chefnot]

That's all the wife cooks with. Course I still have some issues.....

[Pluff Mudder]

I've got a few pieces of cast-iron that I use, including a skillet and cornstick pan I inherited from my grandma.

[Bentley Green]

I wanted the cornstick pan, and still might get it!

Remember the old Pyrex Visions glass cookware from the '80s? I got THAT also! All of the orignal pieces still intact. I had it since around '87 or so.

It came in two different style colors; amber brown and burgundy red. Mine is in the amber-brown color. Some of the pieces are still available from Cooking.com, if anyone has misplaced or broken part of it.

[BerryBaby]

I use Pyrex bakeware all the time. Somethings never go out of style.

[Bentley Green]

I remember the old white stovetop Pyrexware. It had fancy design logos on it. My moms had a whole set of this cookware.

You could use it either on the stove or in the oven. It was very versatile and Pyrex stopped making it!! How stupid was that?!!

I have a few pieces of it - also the big 6-qt casserole and glass cover. Great for making large casserole dishes!

The only way that you can get any of it now is from a thrift store, so if you see any there and want to buy it, you must jump on it right then and there, or you'll end up regretting it later because someone else will snatch it up!

[Food Network Fan]

Here's a trivia question for you. Do you know what pyrex was originally invented for?

[Bentley Green]

No, I forgot. The company WAS featured on an episode of Unwrapped once.

[cyberdoc]

I have copper core All-Clad stainless pots and pans.

[Food Network Fan]

Back in the early 1900's, Corning Glass Works was working on a request from the railroads to produce lantern glass that would not break when the hot glass was struck by rain or snow. In response to this request, Corning developed globes made from low-expansion glass that could withstand the abuses of weathering and handling which readily broke the flint glass globes. Ironically, the shatterproof lantern globes generated were so good that Corning's managers witnessed a decline in sales of replacement globes. This super-tough "fire glass", as it was called, was resistant to temperature fluctuations, chemical corrosion and even breakage.

The History of Pyrex Glassware