Did you know...
That when glass heats up, it explodes?
That the glass shards look like slivers of ice?
That glass flies pretty far?
(I had a piece in my sink. It flew past me from the stovetop to the bottom of the sink.)
That in spite of the total (dangerous) mess, I didn't get hurt while cleaning up.
So I'm down my 8x8 glass pan due to my own stupidity - I turned on the wrong burner and didn't notice until it was too late. As I was moving the pan to a cooler spot, my little glass pan let itself go. Shards went everywhere - floor, under the burners, under the toaster oven, in the pan of spinach I was trying to cook, into the butter I was melting (I found out later). After a few deep breaths and choice curse words, clean up began and I was able to finish cooking the spanakopita and apple pudding. Both came out phenomenally better than I had hoped even with less spinach, the wrong Greek cheese, and too much butter in the glaze.
That the glass shards look like slivers of ice?
That glass flies pretty far?
(I had a piece in my sink. It flew past me from the stovetop to the bottom of the sink.)
That in spite of the total (dangerous) mess, I didn't get hurt while cleaning up.
So I'm down my 8x8 glass pan due to my own stupidity - I turned on the wrong burner and didn't notice until it was too late. As I was moving the pan to a cooler spot, my little glass pan let itself go. Shards went everywhere - floor, under the burners, under the toaster oven, in the pan of spinach I was trying to cook, into the butter I was melting (I found out later). After a few deep breaths and choice curse words, clean up began and I was able to finish cooking the spanakopita and apple pudding. Both came out phenomenally better than I had hoped even with less spinach, the wrong Greek cheese, and too much butter in the glaze.