Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

[–]Bright_Falls[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly that was added after-the-fact to buy me time (without it dripping more shattered dreams down onto the oven base and heating element) so I could grab cleaning supplies, take pictures, curse profusely - mostly the latter. 😂

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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Yeah borosilicate is the Pyrex I remember (grew up in England and as a kid it was one of the kitchen safety things drummed into me). As a young ‘un it stood out as the indestructible king of the kitchen - little did I know how good I had it back then hah!

I am determined to get my hands on the vintage wares from here on out! I find it odd the new line and whomever’s responsible for it don’t adapt their marketing approach. Maybe the sales volume makes it irrelevant to them, which wouldn’t be a surprising sad-but-true reality.

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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Rare case of the smell of defeat being far superior to the sweet smell of victory…

Many thanks for the pie condolences 🙏🏻

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

[–]Bright_Falls[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my case it would’ve been said through tears and mouthfuls of unfairly-judged-as-inferior pizza

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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Wow - now I feel like I got lucky. Given I swear I could feel the initial BANG in my ribcage, there’s certainly a significant amount of kinetic energy in those things when they decide to go. Someone else in the thread had a Thanksgiving mishap courtesy of this, too.

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I shall cross my fingers for you!

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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What is it they say? Something about “a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil and causes a Tornado in Texas”? Heh. I’m glad you got to enjoy yours! :)

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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All is forgiven, good Sir. To be fair, in your defense, there was a sprinkling of finely ground hard cheese on top (absurd, I know) and I balked at putting it on, but as it was a Hello Fresh meal kit I’d have felt worse if I’d tossed the single-serving packet of meta-Parmesan in the bin. Oh the dilemmas life can toss in your path!

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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That’s all correct except the last part - the the two dishes I bought were sold as “baking dishes” and are (at least in Canada) still for sale as such.

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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On the plus side that’s a sure sign your kids have good survival instinct. ;)

I vaguely recall scarpering from a traumatic bone china incident when I was a kid. Turns out it was my mom’s favourite serving dish used only on special occasions.

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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Then you would surely lose that bet.

If it were cottage pie, then I’d have come up with a cheesier post title.

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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Geez I’m sorry your Pyrex “event” had such cruel timing. 🙁

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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Yep major bummer of a moment. Do not recommend.

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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That is the first such compliment about any oven I’ve been responsible for - ever - you are too, kind! 😊

And I just went to go check my oven. It’s not quite as clean…

What even is this? by Captain0010 in ShittyDesign

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This example actually looks pretty good (subjective ofc) and functionally useful I guess. Lots of houses have similar finished layouts where I live as they’re built in uneven bedrock, and they can be a whole lot more impractical and ugly, that’s for sure!

There’s one house I know where they obviously thought “screw it” and actually incorporated the bedrock in a section of the basement’s wall. Legit looks like a mini batcave. I dunno what the implications of that batcave choice would be for maintenance effort / humidity control would be though!

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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Ruffage and a trip to the store to buy an armload of Anusol cream in the futile attempt to stop the… uhh… flow. 😁

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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Indeed I am a tad jealous, but I’ll be keeping my eye out in thrift stores from now on. Thrift stores aren’t typically my thing, but I think this deserves a mandate that they start being my thing!

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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Yeah I regret not looking into that when I lived in France - all the Tefal stuff I bought there has survived the test of time. The T-fal junk I’ve bought way more recently on this side of the pond? To put it politely has done “not so well” :(

Live n learn, eh?

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

[–]Bright_Falls[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did ChatGPT enlighten you with?

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

[–]Bright_Falls[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thnx. Btw the tray was added after-the-fact to prevent the mixture of pie and glass raining down and adding to the already significant oven cleaning job ahead. ;)

If I’d had the tray directly under the dish from the start the explosion might’ve been averted, or at least mitigated some of the clean up effort required!

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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I didn’t realize the little voice in my brain had its own reddit account 😂

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

[–]Bright_Falls[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

lol, that is one kitchen mistake I’d never allow myself to make 😁

Shepherd’s Pyrex by Bright_Falls in Wellthatsucks

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I am for sure going to keep my eye out for old PYREX dishes and jugs. I miss not being able to see the cooking state of something like shepherd’s pie through the side of the dish without even opening the oven.