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.

A relative who recieved a set of them back in the era of wide lapels passed them on to young Froggy. For some 20 years I did half or more of my cooking in them. I liked cooking with glass -- clean, and hey, you can see through it.

The last of the big stove-top pots with matching lid broke the other day. I've known for a while I need to get a new set of range-ware. The closest I've seen to my old stuff in recent years are some with glass sides and Teflon bottom -- no. I don't care for teflon. I'd prefer to avoid aluminium for my daily cooking.

What do my fellow LJ'ers like and reccomend?

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[jennconspiracy.livejournal.com]

I got rid of my Visions cookware a while ago (just had too much cookware).

Try ebay or a thrift store and keep your eyes open for yard sales.

Funny you should mention teflon - just two entries below you in my LJ friends, tgeisel provided this link on the dangers of teflon: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2027&e=1&u=/chitribts/20050118/ts_chicagotrib/epachargesduponthidteflonsrisks

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[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever seen any at a yard sale here in NOLA.

Yeah, I heard that about teflon.

I do tend to think of glass as benevolently inert (at least the non-leaded varieties).

So, what are you cookin' in now, Jenn?

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[jennconspiracy.livejournal.com]

Boiling in Revere stainless steel, everything else in cast iron.