Cookware Got Worse on Purpose

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8 points·neon_electro··3 comments

Yes many years ago I figured I'd take up cooking a bit differently, bought a set of pyrex dishes only to find they were not borosilicate versions - I though I was being careful not to get what I suspected were fake pyrex my neighbours had bought which had subsequently exploded cooking the Sunday roast on more than one occasion. After I got mine I found out that no, they actually had the genuine article after all - just tempered glass. It's like buying glass for windows and being handed acrylic sheeting that should do in most cases.

Funny thing is now I end up cooking more times that not with just a simple metal pan if I'm cooking on a stove - so much is now microwave and air fryer ... I just love the air fryer for slow cooking.

The article has been an eye opener for all those once good brands dying a slow death. It's very much how the business world has moved the last few decades - amoral [1] is OK.

[1] not to be confused with immoral.

Yeah, the whole Pyrex nonsense put me off of buying anything Pyrex. I can't trust them, so I won't buy them.

> It's very much how the business world has moved the last few decades - amoral [1] is OK.

I think your statement would be equally valid if you'd said "immoral" as well.

Yes very much done with the pyrex brand -- mine have sat for 20 years or so in their boxes collecting dust as a reminder that if something obvious is missing from the package advertising, it might not be an oversight.

Certainly for some companies that have figured the loop holes and found wriggle room in regulations, immoral is perfectly fine if it means they get more profit or just easier for them.

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