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

[glitter-ninja.livejournal.com]

I love my Visions cookware. Turns other saucepans into sauce, etc. etc. Several years ago the biggest pan of the set of three I have broke, and I haven't really gotten around to looking for a replacement, but I guess there aren't any.

I may try eBay, though, because I do love these a lot. Much better than the metal or enamel pots I used before.

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

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

Wow, it looks like there are more of us.

Before this thread I'd encountered a fair amount of snearing at glassware but no one else who admitted to liking them.

Glass cookers stand up and be transparently proud!

Well then. I might go for cast iron for other stuff, but unless I hear good alternative proposals, I may keep doing my rice and pasta sauces (which are among my staples anyway) in glass as long as the ebay prices don't get too high.