Vintage Corning VISION® Pyroceramic Frying Pan - I Can Unbox Anything

[@hannakinn]

In the early 1960s, 1962 I believe, when my father was fresh out of the AirForce he worked at Corning Glass in Danville, Virginia. He bought my mother some of the Cornflower design casserole dishes at a discounted employee pricing. My mother is 92 and still uses those 2 casserole dishes multiple times per week. One time in the 1970s mom somehow accidently turned on the oven with one of the casserole dishes stored inside the oven, the oven was on for hours. The casserole dish, normally white, was glowing red like coals. Mom took it outside and set it in the yard, it cooled off without cracking or exploding and mom still uses it to this day. That Corning Ware is really durable stuff!

[@philrobbie1670]

that is fascinating, i have so many questions, but they cannot be answered.

[@Hoozpoppin]

*chuckles in cast iron*

[@philrobbie1670]

@@Hoozpoppin cast iron isnt impervious, i once chucked a hotplate into a creek to cool it down, cracked it right thru the middle, still held together tho, think i still have it, used it for a good while after

[@jojomojo9823]

@@Hoozpoppin Cast iron is very brittle and chemically reactive without seasoning. It also melts at far lower temperature than ceramics and glass. Not that any normal over can reach it. Spun steel is better than cast iron. And can also be seasoned.

[@OGKenG]

Back in 1986, I had the entire set of pots/pans and lids from here in the States. They were a wedding present. I loved the whole concept and would have kept them, but the marriage didn't last. A couple of years ago, I found just a skillet in a thrift shop and bought it right away. I took it camping with me and I accidentally set the box it was in down kinda hard and it cracked the skillet. I almost cried.

[@philrobbie1670]

thats really good information tho, so now we know that while it is robust as hell in extreme heat(hopefully in cold too) its not strong in terms of rough treatment. thank you for adding your experience. this is citizen science.

[@tkjho]

From my personal experience, the Vision wares crack when dropped, whereas the white Corning wares would shattered into thousands of tiny pieces similar to tempered glass.

[@PersianWombat]

Hey Atomic Shrimp!! I manage a hardware store - the answer to your question is no! Almost nobody grabs the old, faded packaging that has sat on our shelves for 20 years! This is slightly ironic because of how often we hear that things just aren't made as well as they used to be. Perhaps you could make a video that compares the two! Cheers :)

[@AtomicShrimp]

Maybe I should go on a quest to buy the most faded item in the window!

[@arnoldmmbb]

​@@AtomicShrimpevery time you make a video a new sidequest pops up 😂

[@kawaiilotus]

​@@AtomicShrimpoh please do!

[@aminorityofone]

@@AtomicShrimp Just keep in mind survivorship bias.

[@rosemarymee]

@@aminorityofone What’s that?

[@ilyrudhira]

I'm glad you tried the pan out! I can't imagine anything worse than being a frying pan but never actually getting to cook anything, and it's waited long enough.

[@Glory3823]

😂aww poor frying pan yippee crys the vision Frying pan ❤i got to cook food oh my bottom was nice n warm too 🎉🎉🎉

[@grannyweatherwax9666]

I found some victorian fairy lights, digging an edwardian dump. We lit them on Christmas day, and the feeling that they had been buried in the dark for a hundred years, to be brought back to life, on Christmas day was... complex. But wonderful

[@SteveTheDog115]

Vintage Corning glass is such a vibe. If anyone here is ever somehow stuck in the middle of the state of New York, Corning Museum of Glass is an absolute joy to go to. You can also sign up for a class to blow glass, but bear in mind there are two, one where you essentially just put the glass in the mould and they finish it for you, and the other where you are there fully heating and rolling the glass(my brother made a flower a decade or so ago there, and it ended up very nice!)

[@ktburger659]

Corning Museum of Glass was lots of fun! Totally worth the trip and a nice gift shop too.

[@Juhache00]

The noise of a glass lid being placed onto a glass pan is so unbelievably nostalgic. My grandmother had (potentially has, I'm travelling down the country to visit her next weekend so I will check!) a full set of these that were prominent fixtures of many dinners throughout my childhood. The gentle rattling of a poorly fitting glass lid on a pan of boiling water is a memory I can almost see it is that ingrained.

[@maximiliandort3489]

the little timer with "pause to read in full" is very appreciated. often times i pause videos to read stuff, but it then turns out i could have read what was on screen in time anyways, and then i just sit there for a bit, or skip ahead and fidget around to find exactly where the video continues. (also, what an insane "problem" to have, i know. we live very priviledged lives)

[@russellmz]

I have the exact opposite problem in videos I watch they flash the too long text for two seconds without warning and I have to rewind to read it.

[@suitedaces1989]

The ad with the aluminium pan was actually genius

[@TakeWalker]

yes, that was a great commercial :D

[@petitwallaby]

Yeah! I still remember seeing it as a kid!

[@theantipope4354]

I actually remember that ad being aired on TV, & boy, it really got me attention.

[@nunocspinto]

I was here for 16 minutes, watching a pan review. Just on Atomic Shrimp. 👏🏼👏🏼

[@applegal3058]

I came back to rewatch and hit like because I forgot to like it, and I might as will give him another view to the count 😊

[@Josh-bd3mt]

Good job!

[@annajuliet5652]

Taylor has Swifties but Atomic has us Shrimpies ❤😂

[@applegal3058]

@@annajuliet5652 haha!

[@marlondingle651]

I'm not at all interested in foraging and I don't particularly like the kind of food he makes but I religiously watch every video and love every minute 😂

[@floripaspbr]

My mom here in Brazil had a small glass pan from Vision in the Late 90's, received as a gift from a relative that went to the US. The pan got stolen/lost when moving to a new house roughly 10 years ago and to this day she said it was the best pan for rice and soup she ever owned! This brought back some memories, great video!

[@Meedup]

I have one of those (a pot with lid, not pan). The best thing is that it can go in the microwave, and I use the lid a lot to save my microwave from leftover splatters. The pot is also great for anything that needs to be boiled. I can vouch for their "long life", as my mom has had one since the 90s and it only broke after falling on the floor more than once during 30 years and eventually chirping (it didn't shatter but we were worried to continue using it damaged) and then I got another two in a vintage shop for both of us. They really don't scratch. Making rice or anything that absorbs water in it is really fun, since it's transparent you can really see the moment the water has been absorbed. Although you need to be very careful to turn off the heat the moment it's done or it will burn the bottom very fast, since the heat doesn't dissipate through the glass and concentrates right above the fire spot.

[@BlowinFree]

Chirping? Think you mean chipping

[@seasmacfarlane6418]

I had a set of Vision as a wedding anniversary present, and got rid of it because almost everything stuck to it, no matter what, cooking took longer, the surfaces DID scratch and dull, the small saucepan shattered in use, and I just couldn't get on with it. My stainless steel pans have done sterling work for 46 years!😊

[@susanchoja6800]

We had these growing up for a while and hated it. Yes everything sticks!

[@MattExzy]

I cooked on one of these in a hotel a few years ago. First time I'd ever come across such a cooking surface... and of course, I went to fry an egg. Massive mistake. At least I never had to clean it up.

[@rosemarymee]

That was exactly my experience with a milk pan in the same material- sticking, going cloudy, just generally looking unclean.

[@MadisonTen]

So glad you decided to cook with it. Something that’s has been potentially unloved in a shop window since the 1980s finally gets to do its thing. I think you just made that pan very happy 😊

[@frenchfriar]

I was gifted a set of these when I got married in 1988. I loved them! I mainly used the frying oan you showed for trn years, until me and the ex (amicably) divorced, and she kept them. I never had a problem with any of them, they performed fantastically, were easy to clean, and kept clean, and were barely scratched after ten years of hard use. I'd date that skillet between 1983, & 1988, for sure, because that packaging looks like what I remembered ours came in. Back when Corning was still Corning.

[@elizdonovan5650]

Had a set of those about 40years ago. All that is left is one lid which I use to cover a small fry pan. Would love to get another set. 🙂

[@pattheplanter]

I loved using my vision pan for making popcorn. I fell asleep while boiling water one day and when I woke up the pan was glowing red. It was fine. Unfortunately, I left them all with some friends when I went abroad and when I came back they claimed to have lost them. I lost those friends very rapidly. All the new ones seemed to have non-stick gak on the bottom. Now I have an induction hob and they have brought back the ones without non-stick.

[@Matthew4TheWin]

My mum, now 92 ❤ still uses the brown glass dinner plates I ate off as a child in the 70’s. Brown glass was definitely the thing back then. If I ever asked if she wanted some new ones, she’d ask “what for?”.

[@TheScarvig]

I (33) use a brown glass dinnerset i "inherited" from my parents when i moved out.... i even scavenged an entire additional set of small plates that happened to match my set exactly from the glass recycling bin not too long ago.

[@rosemarymee]

@@TheScarvigI had a set of coffee mugs in that style when I was a student. I felt sooooooo sophisticated.😊

[@TheArienna]

I had a full set of amber glassware I inherited from my grandmother. It's very silly to eat cereal out of 100+ year old dishes that refuse to break

[@rosemarymee]

@@TheArienna Were they really made as early as the nineteen twenties?

[@ingeleonora-denouden6222]

I have a set of those brown glass dinner plates. But I use them to put houseplants on ...

[@peter5.056]

I still have my grandmother's CorningWare glassware from the 50s anyway I still use them everyday they are flawless not a scratch on them love them they'll last a hundred years

[@SimonPain]

6:19 I love that the herring recipe foil-lines the pan thereby removing the entire "vision" element 😆

[@jens8279]

This was a delight to watch! I grew up in Corning, New York in the 80’s. My mother worked at the Corning Glassworks in the patent department for almost 20 years. She’s been gone almost ten years now, but this brought back many memories of visiting her work and all the dish ware she had. I still have a full set that she used when I was young. We bring it out for holidays! Thank you for this video, sir!

[@derrmeister]

6:17 the aluminium foil for the smoked herrings covering up all the action is kinda hilarious, given the whole point being the visibility during the process

[@SongdogWoolley]

I was a young mom in the late 70s and was visiting a friend who had this cookware. I was astonished by it, and excitedly assumed *all* Corningware products could be used on the stovetop. That night I made mac & cheese with cut-up hot dogs (something my 2 year old would eat!) in my white & blue Corningware casserole dish, on the electric stovetop. I spent a bit of that evening cleaning macaroni, hot dogs, & cheese sauce off the walls & ceiling, and the bits of casserole dish which seemed embedded everywhere in and around the stove. I think my son had PB&J that evening.

[@Stephen...]

😬😬

[@emilyg1539]

I have a couple of my grandma's blue and white Corningware casserole dishes- thanks for this warning! I've only used my in the oven and in the microwave.

[@badstate]

That's weird because I remember my mom's set of corningware had a black, maybe bakelite, handle that clamped on to the dishes for the very purpose of using them on the stovetop. I don't recall her ever using them that way, however.

[@badstate]

@@emilyg1539 Be aware that the blue paint on the cornflower pattern sometimes has lead in it. It's probably not a big deal, since it's a small pattern on the outside of the pan, so doesn't come in direct contact with the food, but it's still something to be cautious about.

[@yokeloeulci8001]

​@@badstateoh! I remember being fascinated with those clamp on handles as a kid. You turned the end of the handle 90 degrees to clamp it on!

[@bizm]

I have incredibly fond memories of my mother warming milk for my brother and I in one of these saucepans while we were kids back in Brazil through out the entirety of the 90's. My aunt passed it down to her, and it's still being used now by one of my cousins to warm milk for her kids.

[@BRUtahn]

I have an old purple Corning casserole found un-used in the original packaging at a yard sale. I love it

[@northernkarma9296]

I had a whole set of the in the late 80's. FYI and VERY IMPORTANT : I was boiling water in the large saucepan once to cook a bit of pasta and the pot exploded sending volcanic bits of glass shrapnel all over my kitchen. Luckily my toddler had just exited the room (thank God) . I didn't contact the company because I was a young mother at the time and it simply didn't occur to me. But I thought it pertinent now to warn people if you were interested in buying such a sauce pan. I tossed out the whole lot and my mum kindly bought me a stainless steel set for Christmas that year

[@cooglamooskies2091]

sorry to hear that happened and thank you for sharing you story!

[@rosetrees]

Yes, my mother had one. It didn't explode, but it did crack.

[@amandadavies..]

I had a set too in the early 80s and years later one shattered, making me not want to use the others. I still have them but scared to use them. I just didn't like parting with them because I'd liked them so much. At the time it happened I googled it and saw that it seemed to be a common problem. Please be careful, anyone who has any of these. I have ("had"...now 1 less....think it was either the middle size or largest one that broke) the set of 3 pans, this same frying pan and a bigger stock pot type of thing.

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

Yes, I remember this being a problem, ouch.

[@Kmeyrose]

My dad got a vintage one in the early 2000s, and it exploded the first time we used it! Luckily no one was injured.

[@Bodomi]

Anything is better than disposable non-stick pans, this one looks really cool and unique.

[@marcberm]

I have a few small and medium orginal VISION saucepans that were handed down when first buying our house in 2006. One of them broke after a hard drop a few years ago, but I still love them for a few niche purposes. They work great for small amounts of pasta or reheating liquids, and the built in pour spouts are very handy. I nostalgically remember the television ads in the 1980's proclaiming that VISION cookware "turns ordinary saucepans into sauce," with the visual of an aluminum pan being melted inside a VISION pan over an extremely high heat flame.

[@garysuarez9614]

I have 2 soup pots and a small skillet. Those things are FANTASTIC.

[@royston1928]

I look forward to seeing the new recurring character of the glass pan in future videos!

[@mgratk]

I forgot these existed! Here in the US my mom had several Vision items. One pot with a pour spout and lid. She used it frequently. Also a larger pot and lid that she also used. I'm pretty sure she had the pan too and did not use it much. Our stove was electric, of the coil type. Thanks Mike.

[@NOSHEDMANTIS]

Love that you can see what you're 'steaming' with the lid on!

[@helenbrown7001]

My mum had a set of the vision saucepans but she didn’t stick with them because she found them too heavy when filled with food and was afraid of burning herself lifting them. Brings back memories x

[@AtomicShrimp]

Yeah, it is a bit heavy. I can't easily toss things in this pan like I can with a regular frying pan.

[@AtomicShrimp]

@@CushtyCrow much lighter than the cast iron

[@caffeinatedengineer7993]

My parents got a set of these as a wedding gift! They're still going strong 42 years later!

[@olivier2553]

We used to have the casserole one when I was living in France 30 years ago, it was always fun to watch the red halogen light coming from the hob underneath when boiling water for the spaghetti. I'd say we bought it at the very end of the 80's or very beginning of the 90's, when the ads were still running on French TV.

[@MamguSian]

I had one of these, but without a lid. I got it from a charity shop and it wasn't in such good condition as this, and things could stick but I did like it.

[@utubey99]

Oh boy. We had the large saucepan, that my mother burnt boiled potatoes in a couple of times a week, as it had random hot spots. Still getting flashbacks forty years later of some serious Brillo action.

[@dianefields6056]

😂😂

[@heavy_weapon-x]

I work in telecoms and Corning manufactures the fibre optics products that we use. To see a bit of vintage cookware from them is absolutely fantastic!

[@TheScotsfurian]

Wow that is a piece of art, I had no idea this range of products existed

[@rkhayden]

I like the Corning frying pan lids, as they're so much easier to keep clean than other glass pan lids that are fitted with a metal rim.

[@jamowallace]

Love it, my mum still has the box in the loft for the big casserole dish, albeit it’s full of xmas decorations nowadays, ate casseroles out cooked out of that all throughout the 80’s

[@parkerlamonica2661]

Atomic shrimp on a Friday is exactly what I needed

[@oasntet]

I don't think we ever had the frying pan, or got rid of it, but I have fond memories of the sauce pans in this line, which I'm pretty sure we got around the time these were produced. You could get it to temperature and turn the heat way, way down and then simmer incredibly evenly for a long time. The poor conduction also worked to even out the heat flux from cheap electric stoves. Oh, and the pour spout, that was really handy. I might have to collect some myself... I miss having a great saucepan for making cheese sauces...

[@GolosinasArgentinas]

I was always very intrigued/fascinated by these since I was a small boy (no, I didn't write scam mails when I was that...). I would love to have a set, but I'm extremely clumsy and would surely break them in no time :(. I have very vague memories of my grandma having one of these (a pot) and being amazed by it (I could see the fire trhough the base of the pot!).

[@johmparede6309]

I see what ya did there... glass hero outro music :D tee hee hee ...i was a little thrown off by the outro music lol then i saw it in the corner and knew it was purposefully themed to the glass pan lol :D

[@chezmoi42]

I loved this little Easter egg, too. And it reminded me that Philip Glass wrote a piece called Heroes, based on the music of Bowie/Eno. Listening to that now. Not my favorite Glass, but parts are nice.

[@drew50]

I live somewhat near Corning NY and their old glassware is in everyone's house pretty much, also every yard sale it's still easy to find. The consensus opinion around here is the old vintage pyrex stuff is far superior to modern equivalents

[@madbradfreeman]

My (now ex-) wife and I got a ton of this set for wedding presents. One really cool thing about it was it could go from stovetop to microwave, seldom a good idea with cast iron.

[@JonASpringer]

I had a large and small Vision sauce pan that my mother gave me when I moved into my first apartment in the late 80's. I used them both for many years before a roommate managed to shatter the large one. I was away when it happened but I believe he had set the pan in the sink when it was still hot. I still have the small sauce pan and use it often.

[@app103]

I had some of the cranberry color cookware in the early 90's. All that's left of my set is a small casserole lid and a 9" pie pan, both of which I gave my daughter. (She brings the lid to rummage sales, garage sales, and flea markets, in the hopes of finding something it will fit.)

[@raizab.1837]

I inadvertently inherited some of this cookware when my mom passed. I remember using it and having a bit of fear of using it but it was just fine. Over the years I have no idea what has happened to it. Oh the nostalgia....

[@davestier6247]

The Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning NY is excellent. I remember my mom always swore by Syracuse China and Corning Glass.

[@janecraftswhen...8115]

Ah, the shared joy in the mundane. Thank you.

[@tkjho]

I've been using a Visions 2.5 liter saute/multi-pan since the mid-90s, basically it's similar to this one but the sides are less sloped and a bit taller, with a 27.5cm top diameter and a 22cm bottom diam., just enough to cover the whole bigger element of a standard electric stove. The lid is made of Pyrex and not as heat resistant as the ceramic glass body. Normal burnt bits stuck to the bottom can be easily washed off by soaking in warm water for a while and gentle scrubbing with soapy water. I also have a 2 liter pot that I use to cook rice in. A few times I forgot about it while the rice was simmering, the rice got completely charred and stuck to the bottom. No amount of soaking & scrubbing would get it off. Had to use a metal spoon and a knife to scrape it off, resulting in a lot of small 1 mm divots on the surface.

[@ja-bv3lq]

(American) my grandmother had a set of these - vintage late 70's / early 80's. I inherited them in the mid-90's when she passed. I absolutely hated them, but to be fair, I hadn't really learned how to cook yet. Perhaps if I can find some at a second-hand shop I might give them another try.

[@countesscable]

These pan sets were on a lot of wedding gift lists in the 80’s I remember!

[@TalasDS]

I have two of these sets arround. Inherited the brown one from my grandmother, which even has a huge chicken casserole. Got a red set from my mother. It was a wedding present in 95. My mother says that these were like fashion, colors came and went with the eras, I remember the blue ones being absolutely beautiful. Yes, they are awful to cook on. They Take a long time to heat up, and take a long time to cool. Also, very, very delicate. Speaking of glass ware, have you come to own some Corelle tableware? I absolute adore those. Have also two sets. A pure white and a green with black decoration. Lovely tableware. Edit: Oh, I also remember my father saying he saw this at some fairs we had here, you could find people selling these there. He said the host of the stand took these pans from a fridge and set them directly in the burner and started to fry an egg, just to put it straight to a tub of water. Things really don't break easily from temperature shocks.

[@BillAllyn]

I just happened to be eating ramen from my 1990's vintage Visions small sauce pan when I clicked on your video.

[@DJVolte]

I live near the corning glass factory. Awesome place. They even let you make your own cool glass art.

[@thany3]

If the glass in the pan is hard enough, it might scratch the glass surface of the hob. But I don't think this glass can be the hardest of glass types, or it would indeed crack under exposure of a steep temperature gradient. Nevertheless, it might be interesting to know the hardness of both. I for one, would rather scratch the pan than my hob.

[@AtomicShrimp]

They are both the same material

[@thany3]

@@AtomicShrimp That doesn't guarantee equal hardness, as far as I know

[@AtomicShrimp]

@@thany3 True, but any number of things could scratch the cooktop - I think the most likely is a bit of stray grit that found its way into the kitchen on some vegetable - if that ends up stuck to the underside of a pan

[@candyparent2483]

I live about 1 and a half hours from Corning NY. Have seen that frying pan there and many more wonderful pieces of glass in their museum.Worth a visit if you're ever in the Buffalo area!

[@Martipar]

I frequent charity shops and I've definitely seen this cookware on occasion. I was unaware of exactly what they were but brown glass cookware is hard to forget. I wasn't interested in it and figured it was some 70s Pyrex in cool, for the time, brown. Thanks to you i now know what it is but i still won't be seeking out brown cookware but it is much more fascinating than i thought.

[@alisonb4898]

Back in the 70s my parents took me from the uk to see friends in a small settlement in NY state called painted post and the nearest town was Corning. I still remember having a tour around the glass factory.

[@jmilleronaire]

Oh my goodness my mom had these when i was a lad, and i recall the handles getting hotter more quickly than the food did, and also one shattered while sitting on its own in the cupboard.

[@Ecclesiasticus]

This pan is amazing, i never imagined such a thing. Using plastic/wooden utensils it will probably never lose its non-sticky smoothness. Hope to see more of it in future videos.

[@edgarallennope]

There's a shot in Breaking Bad filmed from underneath a glass pan like this as Jesse cracks a couple of eggs into it, and I always thought it was such a strange but cool pan, and I never saw reference to another one like it! Makes sense it was such an 80's invention, and inevitably short-lived

[@TimeToSlashZoom]

He makes huevos rancheros. It’s so nice!

[@edgarallennope]

​@@TimeToSlashZoom He does! It was the first time I had ever heard of it, and I still hear his voice saying it whenever I read it 😅

[@forestdad]

Funnily enough I think Atomic Shrimp could probably cook up a decent batch of crystal meth

[@michealpersicko9531]

not short lived more like falling out of favor. short live implies it's not being made anymore and these pans definitely are still being made

[@Sally4th_]

I had a set of these as a wedding present in the mid '80s. Sadly, all but one milk pan have gone the way of all things glass over the years. As you say, it's not good for quick transmission of heat but it's great for anything that needs long slow cooking holding a nice, even heat. I still use the little pan for boiling eggs - get the water to heat, turn off and wait 10 minutes for perfect eggs.

[@issaghost2945]

I cook in these pans everyday, i love them so much! It was very scary the first couple times deglazing the pan. Butter is your best friend with these

[@AtomicShrimp]

Yeah, I felt a little trepidation adding liquid to the hot pan the first couple of times until I realised... the 'glass' top of my stove is the same kind of ceramic material as the pan, and I don't run away in terror if a pan boils over!

[@charylliss3741]

Nana from Montana here. I love Corningware. Have used it for 50 years. I had a saucepan that was excellent and the dishware is superb more durable than China but more elegant than regular ceramic. And corning oven ware is my favorite. Corning even made an electric percolator. It had to be recalled sadly. Love your channel ❤️

[@vulcanfeline]

me too. have corning ovenware and use a corning coffee perc. all are at least 50 yrs old :) i once had one of these vision pans but i dropped it once when it was hot and it shattered ;(

[@swc2019]

I have a collection of vision pots bought at auctions. I love them! There's just something fascinating to be able to see the food in the pan while it's cooking.

[@sallybanner]

my mom has a set of these and I don't think she's ever used them. there's a corning plant in our town and allegedly our house is built on their old dump site. hooray for the 70s!

[@megkithar]

I’ve got a Vision casserole dish - I’ve had it for years. Both dish & lid are labelled "Vision France". Mine has a flat base. You can fry onions & garlic, and brown your meat, then add everything else and pop it in the oven to cook. Saves on the washing up! It is now showing signs of wear but I’ve had it for - I dunno for sure, but must be around 30 years at least.

[@gigi3242]

My mom had the entire set of these. As a clumsy teenager, who was also the designated dishwasher, I absolutely hated these pans. A couple of years after purchasing these, she got into cast iron cooking; I'd never been so happy, or so buff. Happy cooking! Have a lovely weekend.

[@rich1051414]

These pans were not non-stick, the idea was that glass is such a hard surface, you can scrub as hard as you want and it won't damage them. I mean... I suppose that's a feature... if you are a masochist.

[@gigi3242]

@@rich1051414 I was just terrified of breaking them, or even giving them a whack on the faucet; mom said to be very careful, she didn't want me to cause a fault in them. AAAHHHHnxiety! lol

[@kernowmcrae]

Well now I need something I didn't know existed until this video arrived Mr shrimp. I've just bought a caravan from the same era and one of these would match the "bronzed" colours perfectly 😊

[@bristolrovers27]

Just what I needed a review of a vintage pan, and I never even realised I needed it.

[@videowatcher5931]

new old stock of anything is fascinating seems like the pan worked really well, too

[@pauljordan1457]

Nice one. We had almost the full range at home. My father bought them as a wedding anniversary present for my mother. She was, as you said of many people, slightly nervous of using them in the beginning but warmed to their use as time and usage went on. If I remember correctly they did do a fairly good scrambled egg in them. Maybe it’s an experiment that should be attempted by your good self in time.

[@BillyBigBollocks.]

My partner still uses a big old Corning pan for boiling veg, which it does very quickly. From cold water to boiling takes mere minutes, whereas our steel pots take 10 mins or more.

[@remoschramm]

i use my two Jena Glas pans which i got from my grandma very often and love it

[@purvel]

"fulfilling the product's destiny" *like*

[@ViviFuchs]

Oh my gosh! My grandma had one of those. I thought it was so cool watching her cook with that thing.

[@JerryDurante]

Years ago a friend had several of these pans. Not the fry pan but small pots. One and two quart and the large soup pot. You had to watch them because they got over hot and burned things often. They where difficult to judge their temp.

[@applegal3058]

I remember my grandmother having one of these in saucepan form. I remember they got really hot too. In saying that, I recently bought two new Ninja nonstick pans that get really hot really fast and stay really hot even at a lower temperature. It's all about getting used to the pan you're using I guess.

[@Isobel-el3ye]

I had a set in the early 80s, as a wedding present. I loved them, though you had to be careful not to knock them. They lasted longer than my marriage, which was 16 years! I only got rid of them when I moved house and fancied a change.

[@jodiebanner6946]

My mom had this whole set when I was a teen in the early 80’s. Pennsylvania USA. She also had a princess house clear glass teapot that we weren’t allowed to touch that terrified me. 🤣🤣🤣

[@NotASeaUrchin]

Mr. Shrimp, You make my day better fr. Much love from Los Angeles!

[@maggiedolly123]

I still use a 5 quart Dutch oven from Corning, called a Stovetopper. I got it in the mid-seventies. The bottom inside is scratched a bit, but it’s still a wonderful pot! The pot has an aluminum coating on the bottom. Someone said their pot blew up on the stove; they’re not all meant to be heated on the stove.

[@bethenecampbell6463]

Corning was really onto something with their cookware. I have my grandmother's original blue cornflower oven to table casserole dishes, and the percolator (circa 1962 or thereabouts). They work great in the microwave.

[@cgourin]

Don't know if you get it in UK but on French Amazon there is a company named VISIONS that seems to be still producing the all range of these Pyrex cookware, no idea if it's the same quality of material but the exact same design and color "Visions Verre Pyroceram Skillet, Marron transparente (23cm)"

[@SeraphimKnight]

I have one of those as well from the late 70s, given by my grandma to my mom. I use it to make roasted potatoes and they're incredible for that. Pyrex pans are not ideal for everyday use but the textured bottom is useful when you don't want anything to stick and don't need a flat bottom. I've had ceramic cooktops since the 90s tho so I never thought there was any problem with heat in this pan.

[@MN-ug1bh]

I’ve been using a visionware saucepan and Dutch oven for almost 40 years. I did break the lid to the Dutch oven but found a replacement. I have boiled stewed and made hundreds of pounds of fudge without any incident. I still love my vision where cookware.

[@martini9247]

Received my set in 1989. The one piece i have left is the duch oven. Perfect for longer steaming times, you can see if the water is running out before your food burns.

[@chezmoi42]

My sister had the saucepan from this set. When I got married in '65, we opted for the white narrow rim Corning Ware Centura dishes. I just ate my dinner on one of the plates. In all these nearly sixty years, I've lost only two pieces: a wide-rimmed soup plate which I killed under the broiler, and a coffee cup which fell and landed on its handle. (Never mind, I don't drink coffee any more.) The only thing that's unfortunate about them is that they are not microwave safe.

[@mattg-q3z]

If nothing else, this thing is visually stunning.

[@aaroneidinger]

I had a Visionware skillet. It was the first skillet I ever bought. I didn't care for it for most cooking. It had a significant cold spot in the center of the skillet. This made it bad for foods intended to be fired whole like eggs, pancakes, and burger patties. It was serviceable for mixed foods like stir fry. This could be the type of range top I was using (resistive ceramic coil) causing the uneven heating. I did get a set of pots with lids which I recovered from a house which burned down. They lasted me for many years, although removing the house fire char took some elbow grease. The recommendation I have to keep it lasting as long as possible is to never use a metal utensil in it. Over time, stirring and scraping will leave scratches on the surface.

[@23093034]

Thank you. I saw this on Amazon and was considering buying it. Great review.

[@kinn1647]

Please could you try doing damper in this. Its almost a Dutch oven but you can see when its ready without opening. In hot fire coals👍

[@DovidM]

My mother owned one. She used it on an electric hob. She did not find it useful for frying. She found it more useful for slow cooking of rice. The selling point for her was that it was easy to clean. However, she did not replace it with another glass pan.

[@Evilgamesprite]

My mom had the whole set in the late 1980's. Fast forward to a year ago my 20 year old ask for tge set as her cooking pots and pan. She loves them.

[@DrWakey]

Wow, that pan really is a thing of beauty! Now i want one too, lets hope corning picks up on this idea again!

[@prjndigo]

I finally broke one of these 2 quart saucepans about 5 years ago from heat stress. I'd used it directly in fire hundreds of times as well as baking and the way I cleaned it when it couldn't be scrubbed was just sticking it in the oven on the self-clean cycle. I originally got it from someone's trash in 1992.

[@darkwing3713]

I had a visions saucepan which got a little chip on the cooking surface. I didn't notice it and the food I cooked in it caused a pain in my gut. Never had a fry pan, so it will be interesting so see how it does. Just look out for chipping.

[@thatcriticvideo]

That is a beautiful piece of cooking hardware. Thanks for sharing

[@genericalfishtycoon3853]

I dropped mine on a concrete floor. I miss it. 😭

[@NTSCuser]

I like that you can see the hob through the pan because I'm forever shifting mine to see that it's centred properly.