Pyroceram versus stoneware

Posted on August 19, 2016 | Comments Off on Pyroceram versus stoneware

Globalization has changed many a once-famous American brand that is now made in China or Malaysia or even Vietnam to something less than its former grandeur. Cheaper, yes, but often not as good.

Corning Ware, however, took its hit back in the late ’90s when the company was bought out and its famous pyroceram cookware (made of the same stuff as rocket nosecones, the old ads said) was soon replaced with cheaper, and less resilient, stoneware. And made in China.

I discovered all this the other day when I dropped one of Mrs. Charm’s Corning Ware pyroceram casserole dishes taking it out of the dishwasher. It broke in half. Replacing it I soon discovered isn’t impossible but it takes more than a quick trip to the store. I went to three before giving up. All they had was the stoneware.

Old pyroceram Corning Ware is still sold, but only mainly in used versions. Amazon has them at new prices. The material is famous for not absorbing anything, hence a used casserole dish doesn’t carry any trace of the food that’s ever been cooked in it. Plus it can be swiftly moved from oven to freezer (or vice-versa) without coming apart—stoneware does absorb and it can’t stand rapid temperature changes.

If you have trouble believing that or anything else on this arcane subject, the above link is a great place to start. And the cooking blog below provides further illumination:

Via Cooking With Love.

UPDATE:  Corningware still sells the pyroceram product but in limited sizes.

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Ghosterbusters (2016): Don’t bother

Posted on August 18, 2016 | 2 comments

From Mr. Boy’s impromptu review I suspect the movie would even gag a feminist. Well some feminists.

First off, he says, having seen it the other day, it isn’t that funny. Some laughs, but no big ones. Imagine. The first one was pretty hilarious.

Second, the feminist angle (the new ghostbusters are all women) is very heavy-handed. So much so that the men in the movie are morons. Especially the male secretary of the four principals. He’s pretty but stupid. A dumb blond who is played for cheap laughs.

“The bland lobotomized token male. Pretty much the only main character who was a man was turned into a stereotype. He was useless, annoying, fake, had an IQ below sea-level, and was clearly trying to pretend to be Brad Pitt, but with none of the acting talent. He also only got hired because of his looks,” says reviewer Girlycard L at IMBD.com

And finally, as Mr. Boy indignantly summarizes, the movie is hypocritical. The four stars not only have hired and kept a hot but stupid secretary, they hunger after him for his looks. You know, like men probably would for a dumb but sexy woman. Some feminists.

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More welfare equals more terror

Posted on August 17, 2016 | Comments Off on More welfare equals more terror

The Democrats love welfare. They always want more of it. ‘Cause peasants are so much easier to control when they’re on the dole. Unless, of course, the peasants are Muslim refugees.

“Meanwhile, relatively generous welfare benefits enable those in the ethnic ghetto to stay there, stay unemployed, and seethe. Without government subsidies, they would have to overcome the prejudice against them and integrate into the mainstream working culture. Work, in this sense, is anti-terrorist medicine. (And if you work all day, there’s less time to dream up ways and reasons to kill infidels.)”

Vote for the Hildabitch and you’ll get more terror. Simple.

Via Instapundit

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Squirrel tours

Posted on August 16, 2016 | 2 comments

I knew squirrels were good for something besides cat food for Senor Gato.

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Black Olives Matter

Posted on August 16, 2016 | Comments Off on Black Olives Matter

Proof, in case it was needed, that so-called Social Justice Warriors have zero sense of humor. But, so far, this restaurateur is not backing down.

“People have filled the restaurant and told us to leave up the sign,” Camuglia said. “That’s great, you know, because a lot of people make a living off working for this restaurant.”

Until the SJWs of BLM—soon to be funded with millions of dollars from the Ford Foundation— arrive to commit some Milwaukee-style arson, anyway.

Via FoxNews.

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Humans on an alien world

Posted on August 15, 2016 | Comments Off on Humans on an alien world

Apollo Sixteen astronaut Charles Duke’s family snapshot, that is, face up on the lunar dust. Is it still there? Who knows. But it was when he put it there in 1972.

“‘This is the family of Astronaut Duke from Planet Earth. Landed on the Moon, April 1972,’ the spaceman wrote on the back of the picture.”

He wasn’t the only astronaut to leave mementos on the moon, according to NASA deputy administrator Robert Jacobs. “A lot of astronauts left some sort of personal memento. This one is a moment of humanity and what is important, for Charlie it was his family.”

Duke, a former Air Force test pilot, is 80.

Via NASA.

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Worship security

Posted on August 14, 2016 | Comments Off on Worship security

In the “new” America, created by eight years of a Democratic administration that favors Muslims over other immigrants, armed security for Christian and Jewish worship services is becoming a priority in some places.

This case is harassment, but coming a few months after the San Bernadino, CA, terror murders (the worst in American history before the Orlando gay bar killings upped the record toll), the threat was clear.

Jews around the country already are readying themselves to protect their congregations during the early-to-mid October high holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Of course my experience in all this is local, but I’m not going to give any specific names or place details on the Internet.

Will only say that meetings are being convened with police and private security firms and volunteers are being sought to keep the costs down. Interiors and exteriors will be patrolled by armed but unobtrusive security. Perimeters, inside and out, likewise will be secured. Large purses or other bags will be inspected, in as friendly a manner as possible. Persons unknown to the volunteers of a particular congregation will be engaged, as politely as possible, wherever they appear, to determine their intentions. I plan to be among the local volunteers.

It’s a pity, really, that any of this should be necessary. In America, of all places. But, thanks to the Democrats, many of them atheists who couldn’t care less about religion, in 2016, so it is.

Via Jihad Watch

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