Yeah -- as I had expected, the "sploosh" was fairly gradual, with the water taking about two minutes to drain out of the pitcher. So I even managed to confine most of it to the counter.
I do however, now know that it takes precisely four dish towels, completely filled to soaking, to sop up a quart and a half of water...
[Also worth noting: Pyrex cookware is nowhere near as tough as Pyrex labware. I've had a Pyrex pan shear in half when taking it out of the dishwasher. This is the exception, granted, but.]
My mother ended up in the ER one Thanksgiving when the pyrex pie plate she was holding shattered leaving her needing stitches in the face, neck, both hands and legs. My father was working in the ER when the ambulance brought her in. Such a happy holiday...
Had that happen. Clear, flat-bottomed cup. First sound was a rather musical "ping", rather than "crack". All heads in the office turn towards that unique sound, trying to figure out what happened. We didn't know until I picked up the cup, leaving the bottom behind (cracked around seam at bottom of cup).
Heh. True, and I probably would just buy it if I could find just one of them. (It does appear to be a mild pain to get lab-grade Pyrex other than in case lots.) But I'll probably wait and see if my commercial-grade 1L Pyrex tea pitcher survives first, and upgrade to some lab version if it doesn't...
A friend of mine in college bought a 1L beaker (*) and used it as a small cookpot. Macaroni was fun, 'cause you could watch the convection currents carrying the pasta up and down.
(*) I'm not sure whether the dispensary let us buy our own chemistry equipment (the only time I had to go there was to pay for a beaker I'd broken), but he worked for the professor who ran the orgo lab.
Ah yes. I have a habit of doing my brew in a pyrex 4 cup measuring cup, which I started doing as a way to add a measure of control to my process, but later realized was a better place for near-boiling water than the tupperware pitcher I was about to pour it into.
Yeah, I have one of those, and could make use of it now that you mention the idea. Really, though, my main issue is that I'm hoping to find something a bit larger, so I can brew a bit more at a time...
If you want to find one that actually is>,em>, it turns out that googling and/or searching ebay for "borosilicate" works quite well. (Says the happy owner of ten ~500 ml borosilicate coffee mugs.)
I've actually got a 1L Pyrex tea pitcher. The main trick is that I'd like something a bit larger, and so far I haven't found anything. Doesn't mean it's not out there, but I haven't found quite the search terms yet...
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Date: 2008-05-14 08:46 pm (UTC)Is it Pyrex now?? [ducking and running...]
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Date: 2008-05-14 08:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-15 03:20 am (UTC)I do however, now know that it takes precisely four dish towels, completely filled to soaking, to sop up a quart and a half of water...
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Date: 2008-05-14 09:51 pm (UTC)[Also worth noting: Pyrex cookware is nowhere near as tough as Pyrex labware. I've had a Pyrex pan shear in half when taking it out of the dishwasher. This is the exception, granted, but.]
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Date: 2008-05-15 03:22 am (UTC)At least, I certainly hope so: I just put the next batch of tea up, in the smaller-but-really-Pyrex-I-checked-this-time pitcher...
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Date: 2008-05-14 10:25 pm (UTC)That cup was Pyrex (but not labware grade).
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Date: 2008-05-15 03:22 pm (UTC)Cooking with labware
Date: 2008-05-15 03:29 pm (UTC)(*) I'm not sure whether the dispensary let us buy our own chemistry equipment (the only time I had to go there was to pay for a beaker I'd broken), but he worked for the professor who ran the orgo lab.
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