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I'd have given them 5 stars except measuring cups just aren't that exciting ;^j They were exactly as expected.
It is NOT safe to plunge into ice cold water from boiling oven anymore. PYREX is borosilicate glass and very resistant to wear and chip and cracking due to exposure to heat or quick changes in temperature. It's also heavier because it's NOT PYREX anymore. A world-beater in their day. Pyrex is only a trade name ONLY now, licensed out to World Kitchen.
My new ones cannot hold a candle to the old ones (30 to 60 years old) and aren't worth a tinker's damn. If you want my opinion - find 'vintage' Pyrex Measuring Cups somehow and they will last multiple lifetimes. I have one of my mom's and she has two of her mom's measures. (Think fiberoptics and bankruptcy, etc).
They sold off their 'household' glassmaking and it reformed as World Kitchen. It is NOT the original invention from 1915 that we all remember. NOW, World Kitchen makes their 'pyrex' measuring cups out of ordinary soda-lime glass (kitchen drinking glass type). Management screwed them over going down the wrong economic road. Corning has licensed the name of 'Pyrex' to World Kitchen, but nothing else about it is 'corning glass'. (As an aside - Corning made/makes great glass - of all kinds.
This is NOT safe to expose to heat changes. (Timex was to watches as these were to chemlabware.
I suspect that soda-lime glass is denser than borosilicate, but the actual measure wall thickness may be different now than before, and, thus, this accounts for some of the weight difference. Happy times in the kitchen.
(Think wear safety goggles - like you WERE working in a CHEM LAB). It is NOT Pyrex BOROSILICATE glass anymore (after 1998).
Do check out their lovely glass museum in Corning, NY). Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin').
After 1998, when Corning Glass stopped making Pyrex. This is why Pyrex and Kimax and other borosilicate glasses are used for chemistry glassware.
non-porous equals extremely easy to clean, even with greasy stuff. having these makes my kitchen time SO much easier. i also prefer the blue writing to the red. the bigger one is nice for mixing dry ingredients and adding to other things. now that i'm used to having them i can't imagine just having one plastic one like i used to. the variety of different sizes is fantastic.
But, they fit nicely inside each other with the handles hanging over the edge.Great buy. I was hesitant about getting them, thinking I would have to store each one separately since they are glass and with handles. This is a great set. The best part is that they will nest inside each other for easy storage.
Pyrex is crystal clear and cleans up beautifully. They're heavy, but they're safe for boiling liquids, ice cold food and everything in between. You can't ask for more. Here's a really important piece of food prep equipment. I spend a lot of time winging it when I cook, but when I do have to measure my ingredients, I love these clear Pyrex cups in three tremendously useful sizes.
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