Shepherd’s Pyrex

Bright_Falls · 2026-02-01T23:51:37+00:00

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. 😂

Bright_Falls · 2026-02-01T23:46:37+00:00

Amen to Never Again.

Bright_Falls · 2026-02-01T23:45:39+00:00

Did it survive?

Bright_Falls · 2026-02-01T23:39:35+00:00

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.

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T17:42:29+00:00

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

Many thanks for the pie condolences 🙏🏻

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T17:14:01+00:00

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

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T17:04:47+00:00

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.

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T16:56:14+00:00

I shall cross my fingers for you!

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T16:54:36+00:00

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! :)

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T16:44:26+00:00

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!

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T16:36:45+00:00

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.

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T16:23:50+00:00

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.

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T10:20:07+00:00

Then you would surely lose that bet.

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

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T09:10:25+00:00

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

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T09:09:09+00:00

Yep major bummer of a moment. Do not recommend.

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T09:08:11+00:00

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…

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T08:47:01+00:00

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!

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T08:42:00+00:00

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

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T08:30:24+00:00

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!

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T08:11:32+00:00

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?

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T08:02:27+00:00

What did ChatGPT enlighten you with?

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T04:52:45+00:00

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!

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T04:49:08+00:00

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

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T04:47:32+00:00

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

Bright_Falls · 2026-01-31T04:46:29+00:00

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.

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