Corning Vision Cookware question
creepygirl
flat-top (I think she said ceramic, if that makes sense) stove burners
and used the cookware on the stove. She got her kitchen redone and now
has coil-type burners on the stove. What she and I are wondering is if
it is safe to use the cookware on the coil-type burners on the stove.
The pots don't say whether they're stovetop safe or not, and I tried
googling to find Corning's cookware site, but they've apparently sold
off their cookware division. Anyone know for sure?
Thanks in advance.
-cg
hahabogus
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corningware visions cookware...I had a set of bronze coloured visions pots
that worked well on electric stove tops...(coil). These pots were bronze
tinted and transparent kinda.
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> My mom has some Corning Vision glass cookware. She used to have a
> flat-top (I think she said ceramic, if that makes sense) stove burners
> and used the cookware on the stove. She got her kitchen redone and now
> has coil-type burners on the stove. What she and I are wondering is if
> it is safe to use the cookware on the coil-type burners on the stove.
Sure. My mom used to have that cookware for her gas range. I don't
see why that cookware wouldn't work on an electric range.
zxcvbob
I sometimes use the old white Corningware with the "cornflower" pattern on
a gas stove. I started using it stovetop after seeing someone using it on
an electric stove with the coil thingie. I don't know that I would use it
with the burner turned up to "HI", gas or electric. If it didn't break, it
would probably burn whatever you were cooking.
What is the "Visions" stuff, anyway?
Best regards,
Bob
scott
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I have a couple of the visions sauce pans, I use them on electric an coil
range all the time.
Brian Connors
zxcvbob <b...@area51online.net> wrote:
> What is the "Visions" stuff, anyway?
Basically glass pans for the stove top. Apparently they aren't *exactly*
glass, but I don't think that matters too much to most people. I've
heard they're so-so as pans, but their heyday was I think the late 80s.
You can still buy 'em, but I wouldn't know where. We certainly don't
sell them where I work, and we have a *lot* of (mostly As Seen On TV
type of) garbage...
/Brian
creepygirl
hahabogus <n...@applicable.com> wrote:
Yes, that's exactly what these pots look like.
Thanks to everyone who replied to this thread.
Here's a yummy soup I made (sans aquavit since I didn't have it) last
night:
{ Exported from MasterCook Mac }
Carrot and Caraway Soup
Recipe By: Epicurious.com
Serving Size: 2
Preparation Time: 0:00
Categories:
Amount Measure Ingredient Preparation Method
1 tablespoon butter
1 onion chopped
12 ounces carrots peeled, sliced
1 teaspoon caraway seed crushed in mortar
with pestle
14 1/2 ounces chicken broth
2 tablespoons aquavit
Chopped fresh parsley
Melt butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and
sauté 1 minute. Add carrots and sauté until onion is tender, about 8
minutes. Add caraway and cook 30 seconds. Add 1 can broth. Cover and
simmer until carrots are tender, about 35 minutes.
Puree soup in processor. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be
prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Return soup to saucepan
and bring to simmer, thinning with more broth if too thick. Mix in
aquavit. Ladle into bowls. Garnish with parsley and serve.
-cg
Sheryl Rosen
Visions is clear but tinted glass pans for the stovetop, oven and
microwave. They are adequate for microwave and oven use. Stove top, they
are slow to heat up because they are not good conductors of heat. It
takes way too much time to bring a pot of water to a boil in one of
those things, for example. My aunt put a 3 quart Farberware pot of water
on the stove at the same time as the same size Visions. I looked at the
stove and I knew what would happen, but I didn't say anything. As I
expected, the 40 year old Farberware pot came to a boil in less then 10
minutes. The visions took almost 20 minutes. I have 3 Visions pans,
they were a gift...I never use them, except in the microwave, but I keep
them in case the person who gave them to me ever comes over and I'll use
them then. The only thing they are good for is things that need to be
warmed very slowly. I have used it for melting chocolate--it does work
well for that. Or making a white sauce.
They are fine for gas or electric stoves--meanign they won't break. But
so is most Corningware. Walmart carries Visions. They are also available
at Corning Revere outlets.
They are now marketed by the same enormous cookware company that handles
Farberware, OXO, and many others: http://www.worldkitchen.com/index3.asp
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Unknown
wrote:
Hell, they even have Visions skillets. It's pretty neat how the heat
stays away from the handles of these things, even though they appear
to consist of one piece construction. They'll continue to cook for a
bit after heat is removed also. Not for newbies, however... Any type
of Visions cookware will stick like hell if you aren't careful. I can
attest to that. I guess the best thing about them is that they're
relatively cheap and attractive, if you like "see-thru" cookware.
candeh
