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Well, we know the answer that that second one, SiC:

... oh, no dang, I misremembered. The thread itself was about new reasons to clout one's powslq; falling on one's face on the living room rug was a mere sidelight. ;)

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/chat/thread/1226817?page=2


I haven't noticed Rambling Rose noticing that I answered her question about flat-pack furniture.

C'mon now, anybody else ever gotten written up as a victim of spousal abuse after going a couple of rounds with an IKEA bookshelf?

Committed spousal abuse, maybe ...

SueMaid


I wonder how many pages a thread on accidents with knives, or falling over would have?????????//

Well, I'm still hoping somebody will feel guilty for *my* mishap. ;)

It isn't quite so funny when it's the kids it happens to though, is it?

Oooh Ann... That sounds nasty.
Why did we always feel guilty for their mishaps?

Gwyn

Just shows what a clumsy accident prone lot we and our families are!

Ouch that sounds very painful Ann.

I can't believe this thread has reached 4 pages on the mishaps involved using plastic, pyrex and microwaves:-)))

S x

Gwyn you reminded me of a bad mishap son had with tupperware in the microwave. We had not had a microwave for very long (in the 70s) I was at work, son aged 11 home with his sister aged 17/18. Son decided, unbeknown to his sister, to melt a jelly sweet in the microwave. As he took the dish out the sugar (very hot is sugar when boiling) melted the plastic which, instinctively he 'caught' with his hand. frantic phone call to me from daughter, son had huge blister on his hand so i had to go home from work (5 minutes) and take him to A&E to have it dressed. Really felt like a bad Mum. He didn't do anything like that again he couldn't play cricket for weeks.

Thank you Janey for directing me here.........I haven't laughed so much for ages (sorry folks, I know I shouldn't but you know how it is! lol) :-)))

Mary

Heeheehee.........look at me using the Edit button ;-))) I forgot to ask......how's your finger JC, hope it's getting better.

I've just looked at my 4 "pyrex" measuring cups

1. Very old 1 l Pyrex ......... says on the bottom, and you have to read it from above, through the jug "Not for Lab or Stove Top Use"

2. very old 250 ml Pyrex ..... you have to read it from above "Only for General Household and Photographic Use"

That one also has no measures showing on it ..... I put it in the dishwasher and all the red markings disappeared

3. modern Pyrex 500 ml ..... says nothing, bottom is blank

4. Anchor Hocking Fire-King 250 ml, quite modern ........... have to turn it up side down "Microwave Safe"



:)))

well, I tried!



off to the Thrift Store with them, if OH hasn't already delivered them there!

SylviaInCanada
Sylvia, thanks for your offer!!LOL
but in my post re Vision prices,

most of the available Vision cookware is indeed from the States,
however the cost of transport puts them in the "out of of my price" range..

Visions, however is obtainable in the UK at sensible prices, and postage
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Bob

We'll all be pleased to hear we're not alone with our exploding cookware -- well, I seem to be the only one with melting cookware, but some of you others have had explosions:

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/anchor_hocking.html

I use pyrex all the time in my microwave. Ialso have a set of crning ware saucepans(another source of pyrex like dishes) and i have used them constantly as the only ones I have for 30 odd years. Had an egg explode in the microwave once, tryin a way of cooking them which was recommended!

That made me laugh Gwen - I know it shouldn't but it's the kind of thing we've all done over the years:-)))

S x

Janey
Sorry to hear of your sore finger and your mishapen jug.
What sort of temperture 'melts' Pyrex I wonder?
No wonder your finger was frazzled. I hope it's soon OK.

I cook items in the microwave most days and always in Pyrex.
Maybe I should be alert for likely problems.

I did have a major mishap with some Tupperware when the children were small.
We lived abroad with no access to chocolate Christmas tree decorations so I though I'd improvise and make some using the 'alternative decorative base' for my Tupperware jelly mould.
I duly melted the chocolate and poured it into said moulds, hoping to make many stars which the children could wrap in various foils for the tree.
Instead the chocolate was so hot that it melted the plastic onto the worktop and it took a great deal of effort to scrape the top clean in our rented house.
Oh well. The thought was there.....

Gwyn

And I have the answer! for all those dying to know:

not Pyrex, but Anchor Hocking, a big US corporation.

http://www.anchorhocking.com/prodd_5046_cat_23_batter_bowl.html

(Mine, being an older model, is a little rounder and the handle's a little smaller and thicker, I'd say. Or at least it was.)

And on the bottom it says: safe for microwave.

So ... I wonder how much my deformed finger is worth ...

My mishaps aren't *all* my own stupidity!

My home town (and I guess many towns in England) had another kind of booby trap, other than the manhole


Outside pubs there was often an opening in the pavement, covered by wooden doors that lifted up to show a ramp down in to the cellar.

The brewery truck (a horse-drawn cart in much earlier days) would pull up, the driver would open the doors, and then proceed to roll barrels of beer down into the cellar.

He was then supposed to close the doors, and the publican was supposed to latch them together from inside

But sometimes, one or both fogot and ...................................



Other places would have a similar opening in the pavement outside for coal to be delivered ...... the coal man would heave a sack of coal off his truck, walk over to the opeing and tip the contents of the sack down into the cellar.



I was taught very early NOT to walk on such doors "just in case"



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Oh yes


posting on this thread was inviting guffaws!

Liz, you badly need those FAQs.


Can Pyrex dishes be used on the hob?

Pyrex dishes should not be put in direct contact with a flame or with a heating surface.


Write it out 10 times, now.


I will only guffaw at someone else's misfortunes if they invite me! and posting here is well beyond an implied invitation, I think.

Mind you, when my then BFF fell down a manhole in Havana while we were strolling along the sidewalk eating ice cream cones -- yes, folks, you had to be there, actually fell down a manhole, something else I've managed to never actually do myself -- I did just about bust a gut before I managed to get around to helping her out. I'm afraid she was miffed.

We did manage to rescue the chicken legs, all bar one that we weren't sure about


half of them hadn't even made into the casserole to be browned and were far enough away not to be affected.


The others ...... well, they escaped getting glass in or on them, somehow




We were actually fated with this couple

The next time they came to dinner, I cooked something called Hunter's Stew ..... it called for pork steaks, and was a sort of hearty stew.

I did exactly as the recipe said and bought the exact quantites it said for 4 people. I forget the actual details of cooking now, but it did involve moving the pork steaks from one vessel to another for the last 30 minutes of cooking


That's when I realized that the steaks had shrunk, dramaticaly shrunk!


I could have eaten at least 2 of the 4 ..... and I don't have a large appetite!


OH was quickly sent out to the local shops, a Chinese-run grocery that was still open, with instructions to buy the best cheese they had and some crackers.



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