I’m well aware hence my postDid not know. Thanks for that
Its about home cookware. In the US Corning still makes PYREX labware but the company who bought the cookware company from them that makes Pyrex changed the formula as they wanted to make the products more affordableGet what you pay for
Corning explanation
So which is the good stuff, ‘Pyrex’ or ‘PYREX’?But which type of Pyrex are people talking about? ‘Pyrex’ or ‘PYREX’
It’s two different companies.
After the company split the stuff made for America was no longer borosilicate and made from a much cheaper, weaker, less heat resistant type of glass.
The European Pyrex branch stuck with borosilicate.
I’ve had most of my Pyrex for over twenty years. It’s incredibly durable. Unless you drop it from a height
So I guess you need to check which type of Pyrex/PYREX yours is
Edit the weaker glass is called soda-lime glass.
I believe it’s the capital lettered PYREX that is borosilicate.
Yep, I boil in a kettle first as well, more efficient.True. I've bought brand new bialetti gaskets that do that.
I boil the water in a kettle then add - saves watching water boil
A piece of thin no ink no glue cardboard from a food packaging container. Being paper it will swell when wet. Micrometer says it's 200/1000 of an inch thick.
I'm gonna forget about a sous vide. Even the so-called small containers with the controls are too big!! I'll just vacuum seal meats in the chamber vacuum sealer, let it thaw when taken from the freezer & cook it the normal way. Either in a skillet or in the oven, or both. Skillet then oven. That's MY way of doing a sous vide!!
I've got 5 slow cookers! I love them, especially when I am going to a gathering where I need to bring a hot dish and everyone is wanting to use the oven or stove. I make the dish at home and when I get there, I just plug mine in and I'm done. It's also a great way to make a long simmer tomato-based pasta sauce instead of hovering over the stove. Or making a stew or soup while I am at work and my husband is home alone. He just has to give it a stir every hour or so.
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It seems like the wands won't work!! Unless you can tell me how to get around that, I'll do like I did years ago. I'm not spending money on another wand & have it refuse to work again!!!!!!!Thats not in anyway sous vide though
I don’t have a container, just the wand which is fractionally bigger than a stick blender and a stock pot that I use for multiple things. The silicone lid will slide in nicely with my other silicone lids
Of course.I’m well aware hence my post
best not to quote someone when you are doing a general reply.
I had to get in one downstairs & was taken to the hospital. After falling on my butt at a friend's house on the front steps,, he called an ambulence & I was taken to the hospital it was told by the paramedics that I fell & later on, they put me in a room full of alarms!!!!! I couldn't do anything without help!!!! They wouldn't let me!!!!!
Gasket paper might be another option ...
