Cooking with glass

[infrogmation]

I guess I was one of about 5 people who liked those all-glass rangetop cookwear they apparently don't make anymore. Maybe they stopped making that stuff for liability reasons (no doubt someone somewhere was shocked to learn that glass breaks). Or because, as I said, I seem to be one of about 5 people who actually liked the stuff

Comments

[mcmatz]

Strangely enough my father-in-law was one of the moldmakers of those pans...

As with all things obscure, seek eBay...

eBay search for visions cookware

Hope there is something there you like!

--Madeline

Glassy

[infrogmation]

Hm, I dunno if I want to make a habit of relying on dwindling resources of discontinued items on ebay for my everyday use.

Do you have any info on why they stopped making the stuff?

Re: Glassy

[mcmatz]

I have no clue as to why they stopped making them. We had a set in cranberry which I loved to cook in. They were dreamy. I also used cast-iron but have a couple of old Revereware copper bottomed stainless pots for cooking anything acidic like tomatoes which do not play nice with the cast-iron.

--Madeline

[ernunnos]

Was gonna' say, this glass stuff comes as a shock. Thought the frog was already converted to cast iron.

Pots

[infrogmation]

Heh. I had stuff that worked good for me, and used it till it wore out.

I've tended to think of cast iron pans as the thing for frying.

How is it for pots? Cooking rice? Making soups?

[hephaestos]

My first thought would be to poke around eBay looking for the glass stuff. I've got a couple of those, they're way cool.

[hephaestos]

OK that'll teach me to not read the comments first. :)

I've got a couple of those, they're way cool.

[infrogmation]

What, I've finally discovered one of the other 5 people who like the glass ware?

Or are there secretly more of us?

Re: I've got a couple of those, they're way cool.

[hephaestos]

Well I've only got two (a boiling pot with a lid and a frying pan) and I inherited those from my mom, who bought them more or less as "novelty items". But they're among my favorites, they look cool! And they hold up well too.

[jecook]

I honestly don't know. I've been using the Ultrex stuff they sell on hsn, and it works pretty well.

I've used the vision cookware, and it was very nice to use.

As far as non-teflon coated cookware goes, I honestly don't know. Possibly something like this:

http://www.hsn.com/cnt/sf/default.aspx?sf=qc&attr=181&prev=hp!sf

I'm the lazy chef, which is why I like the teeflon coated stuff. easy to clean.

Ultrex

[infrogmation]

I've tended away from "Made in China" when I can avoid it ever since the Tian'anmen massacre. I dunno, I might give up on that finally, with an administration so eagar to appease the Bejing butchers, and acting internationally like they did domestically to the point that I'm not sure that buying something in a domestic "red state" is any more supportive of democracy than a foreign literal one.

Or maybe I'm just in a cynically bitter mood at the moment

Re: Ultrex

[infrogmation]

Pardon, I should have said "thanks for your reccomendation."

Well, regulars here know that I periodically go into rant mode.

[mshollie]

Magnalite is nice cookware. I'm not sure if it's aluminum or not, but I've heard good things about it. It's practical, and can be found at the local Wally World.

Magnalite

[infrogmation]

"Originally developed in 1934, MAGNALITE Classic Cookware is best known for it’s distinctive Cast Aluminum material"

http://www.worldkitchen.com/Magnalite/web/