Freezer containers (merged threads)

sammyjig

Barneysmom wrote: »

I bought 2 pyrex dishes a few weeks ago then when I got home and read the label, it said do not use in the oven!!! How crazy is that.

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Penelope_Penguin

Here you go - freezer containers. I'll add this thread to that one later to keep ideas together.

Penny. x

frugalswan

That is silly. I thought Pyrex dishes were supposed to be used as casserole dishes. How can you use them as such otherwise? Did you take them back for a refund or just use them anyway?

pmorrisjones

Maybe no use for a largish meal but for leftovers my best "investment" was some plastic, freezer proof and microwave proof (including lids, not all lids are suitable for microwave - how useless is that?) boxes. They were £2.95 for 16 (assorted sizes) from Ikea. They are now 14 years old and I have 2 small and one medium left. I use them all the time. I think they still sell them too - for not far off that price!

morwenna

Again no use for shepherds pie, but for portions of anything, my friend at work kindly gives me empty Vitalite (margarine) tubs. These are microwave, freezer and dishwasher proof I have found.

Ben84

I use old margarine tubs too. They work fine in the freezer, they have never become brittle or snapped. Provided the tub is smaller than the dish you want to bake it in, then you can transfer the contents while it's still frozen solid.

Barneysmom

frugalswan wrote: »

That is silly. I thought Pyrex dishes were supposed to be used as casserole dishes. How can you use them as such otherwise? Did you take them back for a refund or just use them anyway?

I used it anyway, I leave one on the work surface in the kitchen, it's full of tomatoes.
I've got one my mom gave me it must be at leats 30 years old. I use that in the oven no problem.
I might email Pyrex, ask them wth?

minibudgetgal

Cor blimey! I thought the whole point of pyrex that it was designed as oven to tableware! I will have to tell the four pyrex dishes that are nearly 40 years old in my cupboard that they are unsuitable for the oven, as they have had more oven treatments than I can count! (er......if not designed for the oven then what on earth are they for? No microwaves til the early 80s?!!??)

Bunny200

BilberryCharlotte wrote: »

I read ages ago that if you put a double lining of foil in your dish, higher than your stew, or whatever you have cooked, then put in the freezer and let it freeze completely, you should then be able to lift it out, putting foil on the top too, and your pyrex dish is then free to use again.

what a great idea, I've just done this with some chicken leftovers this evening, every time I go into the freezer all I can see is plastic boxes and I'm running out of them quickly!

Barneysmom

I emailed Pyrex and got this back

Please find below an explanation of the symbols on the PYREX classic
labels: and attached copy of symbols.

1st Suitable for use in an oven - except the plastic lid
2nd Suitable for use in a microwave - when re-heating either loosen
the lid and move slightly away from food or invert the lid
3rd Suitable for use in the freezer
4th Suitable for use in the fridge - this symbol is not shown on all
labels
5th Suitable for use in a dishwasher - we recommend the plastic lid
be washed on the top shelf
6th 10 year guarantee

Assuring you of our best intention at all times
(name)

I looked again at the labels when I went in Morrisons today, and it definitely says not for use in conventional oven (it doesn't mention that it's due to the plastic lid, I'd have thought that was obvious).