Just a warning about glass mixing bowl shattering. DD gave me a set of 3 nesting glass mixing bowls for Christmas. I had used the larger and middle size one 3-4 times and the small one 5-6 times. I stored them on a bottom shelf in a kitchen cupboard.
No one was in the kitchen and I heard a loud noise, so I went to see what had happened. I saw nothing in the kitchen and checked the garage, nothing. I was surprised when I opened that cupboard door 2 days later and saw all the glass on the shelf floor.
I took pictures and saved all the glass and emailed the company. I ended up having to call them after 3 weeks. But they asked me to send them the glass and they replaced the bowl and sent a nice set of drinking glasses as a gift, plus sent a check for the postage also.
This last week I saw on the news that several people have had glass bowls shatter in their microwave ovens. Mine were Anchor Hocking made in the U.S.A. I was pleased to get the bowl replaced and thought the glass set was a nice good-will gesture. If the bowl had shattered while I was using it in the microwave I might not have been as happy.
Pyrex, I believe is now made in China and was the other "microwave safe " bowls and measuring cups that shattered during use, as noted on the news. Here are the pictures. Please be careful.
By Vi Johnson from Moorpark, CA
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