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- Subject: Re: Visions (or other) cookwares?
- Message-ID: <Bz7vov.1ut@owlsnest.uucp>
- From: richardp@owlsnest.uucp (Richard E. Polivka)
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 21:29:18 GMT
- Organization: Owl Designs
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- >>>>>> On 6 Dec 92 21:01:41 GMT, thogek@cco.caltech.edu (Thomas G. Kiefer) said:
-
- >> I have a general question. We've been thinking of getting some new pots
- >> 'n' pans (since some of our old ones are starting to look diseased).
- >> From ads and some friends, we've heard wonderful things about Visions
- >> Cookware sets, and were thinking of getting that, but just recently we
- >> heard from someone else that Visions are supposedly notorious for
- >> burning things and causing other problems. So, of course, now we're
- >> confused (not too uncommon for us).
-
- >>>>>> On 8 Dec 92 16:34:36 GMT, bruce@uxb.liv.ac.uk (Bruce Stephens) said:
-
- > I've got a few Vision saucepans (I assume we're talking about heavy
- > glass ones?). The reason they will appear to burn things is that they
- > hold heat very well; so they do really burn things, but it's your
- > faultyou need to change your cooking style slightly.
-
- > I find them very effective, but if you're used to metal pans then you
- > may prefer to stick to the rather more responsive feel to them. I
- > tend to cook stews and things rather than delicate sauces, so it
- > doesn't worry me much, and I value being able to see what's going on!
-
- I have used Visions cookware ever since it was introduced by Corning.
- I have had some problems with it but the problems can be attributed to the
- user of the product (me) and his rushing the creative process rather than the
- product itself. The cookware's high heat retention can cause a problem if one
- is not careful with it. I try to use a bit less heat on my gas stove than what I
- think is necessary, unless I want to burn water for pasta and for other times
- when I need HOT water.
-
- The problem that I had with pasta sticking to the cookware was solved by
- adding a little olive oil to the water before it starts to boil. I let the
- water get rolling good and then in goes the pasta. I babysit it until the
- water is rolling again with a good boil and then it needs very little tending
- to.
-
- Personally, I do not like nonstick surfaces. I do not relish what injested
- flourocarbon chemicals that have been overheated can do to me. I do not want
- to find out.
-
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