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> glass, while perfect for storage, is not suitable for most types of cooking Such as? Could be I'm simply unaware of "most types of cooking."

curiousllama 5y ago
Wouldn’t a glass frying pan shatter?
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- jdironman 5y ago
  It would indeed. I know this, because I left a glass casserole dish on a hot stove eye when I was young. A while later it exploded and the kitchen floor was marred with little burns from glass "meteorites " from the explosion. Thankful no one was in the kitchen to say the least.
  - unfocussed_mike 5y ago
    Pyrex made a range of "flameware" frying pans that you can still sometimes find on eBay, using an "aluminosilicate" glass. Sold them for forty years. There are a few details about Flameware here. https://gizmodo.com/the-pyrex-glass-controversy-that-just-wont-die-1833040962 https://gizmodo.com/the-pyrex-glass-controversy-that-just-wo... You can find them on eBay still. I definitely wouldn't use one; they seem utterly impractical. They must be heavy, they are small, and the clip-on, rather than bolt-on handles are going to be rusted and dodgy at this point. You can see why they chose that strategy (to avoid a heat stress point around a bolt) but it can't be without its risks.
    - Werewolf255 5y ago
      I've got a 'flameware' saucepan and it works great. Very light and visually interesting, but I put it away for special because I'm always worried I'll break it. The strap and clip handle is fine on my pan but it does seem like it needs to be tightened up every so often,so I could see it being a common point of failure.
hammock 5y ago
Anything on a stove or in a fire
- moltke 5y ago
  Intuitively I feel like you could probably get away with borosilicate (certainly quartz if just have nothing better to spend your money on) on top of an electric stove.
lkxijlewlf 5y ago
Sauteing. Frying. Well, pretty much any stove top cooking. I mean, sure, if we want to "well technically" the hell out of it, one could probably use glass if you're careful. But one also has to consider safety and convenience.

curiousllama 5y ago

Wouldn’t a glass frying pan shatter?

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jdironman 5y ago
It would indeed. I know this, because I left a glass casserole dish on a hot stove eye when I was young. A while later it exploded and the kitchen floor was marred with little burns from glass "meteorites " from the explosion. Thankful no one was in the kitchen to say the least.
- unfocussed_mike 5y ago
  Pyrex made a range of "flameware" frying pans that you can still sometimes find on eBay, using an "aluminosilicate" glass. Sold them for forty years. There are a few details about Flameware here. https://gizmodo.com/the-pyrex-glass-controversy-that-just-wont-die-1833040962 https://gizmodo.com/the-pyrex-glass-controversy-that-just-wo... You can find them on eBay still. I definitely wouldn't use one; they seem utterly impractical. They must be heavy, they are small, and the clip-on, rather than bolt-on handles are going to be rusted and dodgy at this point. You can see why they chose that strategy (to avoid a heat stress point around a bolt) but it can't be without its risks.
  - Werewolf255 5y ago
    I've got a 'flameware' saucepan and it works great. Very light and visually interesting, but I put it away for special because I'm always worried I'll break it. The strap and clip handle is fine on my pan but it does seem like it needs to be tightened up every so often,so I could see it being a common point of failure.

hammock 5y ago

Anything on a stove or in a fire

moltke 5y ago
Intuitively I feel like you could probably get away with borosilicate (certainly quartz if just have nothing better to spend your money on) on top of an electric stove.

lkxijlewlf 5y ago

Sauteing. Frying. Well, pretty much any stove top cooking. I mean, sure, if we want to "well technically" the hell out of it, one could probably use glass if you're careful. But one also has to consider safety and convenience.