Does Anyone Use Glass Cookware Anymore
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


Defined Tag: Glass Cookware.

Glass cookware can include both clear glass and ceramic cookware. It is most frequently used for baking, but there are also pots and pans made of glass textiles. It is nice in that unlike metal pots and pans, it can go from the oven to the table and then to the refrigerator or freezer. One would rarely want to put a metal pot or pan on the table. Nice ceramic ware, on the other hand, makes a good looking serving dish.

For baking, such as for pies, I would always assume it is finer to use glass cookware than it would be to use a metal pie plate. This is not just to say the glass is thicker and would conduct heat more evenly and gently, but because the metal ones are usually aluminum. The jury is still out on whether aluminum is harmful. Depends on what year it is and who you ask.

One benefit in today's kitchen is that you can put glass cookware in the microwave, and you certainly cannot put metal in there safely. Apparently cooking time is reduced with glass, so this saves energy as well. This is the case whether using regular gas or electric range or microwave oven.

The ceramic glass cookware is heat and chip resistant, and it is sturdy, whereas the clear glass plates are easily breakable if dropped. Wire scouring pads are not recommended, especially if it has been treated with a non-stick coat. Plastic scouring pads and ones made for non-stick coating surfaces are fine. If overheated especially, things seem to stick to glass pretty badly; however, soaking is very effective in removing baked in foods.

There is also a more fine and homier feel to using glass cookware than metal for baking. I am sure you would never see a gourmet chef using an aluminum pie plate. Certainly you have never seen quiche or a fine torte made in a cheap aluminum pie plate. You always see glass or ceramic because it is much more aesthetically pleasing.

There are a number of manufacturers that are associated with this cookware and they are names that have been trusted and respected for a very great many years by housewives and chefs throughout the world.

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