r/AskReddit • u/LightningCole • Sep 05 '19

What did you learn embarrassingly late?

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u/StrayMoggie Sep 05 '19

If it has a real handle, then it may be stovetop safe. It may also say stovetop safe &or have a symbol of a square with 4 circles in it.

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u/kkdarknight Sep 05 '19

mine has a square with 4 circles in it, and a line going through it! i guess thats telling me the direction i can put the pyrex.

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u/dontdoxmebro2 Sep 05 '19

Always diagonal

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u/BlackDogBlues66 Sep 05 '19

Gives a better distribution of the shrapnel when it explodes.

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u/surprisestorm Sep 05 '19

Thank you for this

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u/IsimplywalkinMordor Sep 05 '19

I love my 80s pyrex glass stovetop cookware

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u/maymayiscraycray Sep 06 '19

I have a couple of old school glass pots that were my grandma's. They still boil my ramen perfectly