My Sharp Microwave Saga - The Last Shout

[maytagbear]

Corningware

Grab-its are WONDERFUL.

I have 8, and use them constantly. They are perfect for onion soup gratinee. Also wonderful for cook and serve Oatmeal!

I forget what they were called, but they were also available in Pyrex, and I have one. Also use it a lot, but less so, due to the limitations of the Pyrex glass.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[westtexman]

Launderess Uses a MICROWAVE?!?!?

I must say, I was a bit disappointed to hear that Launderess even had a microwave, much less used one! I didn't think it was proper to place microwaved-cooked food onto nicely pressed linen tablecloths! LOL.

I'm just playing with ya, Launderess! It's comforting to know that even the "Queen of Housekeeping" uses some modern day comforts (outside of high-quality laundry machinery) to accomplish daily household chores. It makes me feel better to know that you are human too! : )

I'm glad your microwave is fixed and that things are back up and running!

 

[launderess]

That is the older version of Corningware, and in it's many forms highly collectable as well.

Sometime before production began waning, Corningware stopped making range top safe dishes, and only oven and microwave safe. Many a housewive and others not reading the bottom of their Corningware dish assumed it was the same they always had and put it on top of the range, only to have the thing shatter to bits. There was some very furious raised voices I can tell you on the matter.

Old Corningware does have a following, with some women today having tons of it as either gifts, or inherited from various female family members. Some use it to death, others allow it to sit lingering in cupboards.

Shame really, compared to the cheap plastic tat sold today for freezer to microwave use, Corningware is streets ahead. Oh, an let's not get started on the horrors of heating foods in plastic containers when using a microwave.

L.

 

[launderess]

Those Grab-Its

Came with lids as well, and are the ones very much sought after. Great for families with children and even elders one has to make up small separate meals for, that can be reheated later.

L.

 

[DADoES]

The grandmother has a Grab-It with lid. Maybe two.

 

[mattl]

Grab-its

I have about 10 grab-its and both glass and plastic covers. They are very handy and used all the time here. 3 of them are the newer version and I hate them, waiting for them to break. I make scrambled eggs in them from time to time in the microwave and when whisking the utensils leave black marks. The original version never has that problem.

I also use them to make frozen vegetables in, just add some butter and seasoning and perhaps a bit of water and in 2 minutes nicely down veggies.