Vintage CorningWare | Most Versatile Cookware Ever Made?

I have some old ones, but they used lead in the paint and it can leech into the food over time, especially if the finish is heavily scratched.

We have a kitchen full and use it daily. Love the electric percolator. BTW, really stained cleans up with a soak in a mild bleach soak.

Is Vintage CorningWare a risk for lead poisoning? From my understanding the company has even said the vintage pieces should be used as display pieces.

I gave my wedding set of Corning to my daughter when she bought her house. No regrets.

I hav a lot of these but hav recently stopped using dueto finding out they may hav lead. Any truth to this?

Ì love Corning Ware. If you get a chance to go the museum in Corning, NY, take advantage of it. It was excellent.

I have that soup pot.

Visions cookware so pretty . I had some cranberry pieces

How is it when used on an electric stove with the coils? I only use my minis and petits in the microwave and oven, but would love to use my small skillets on the stove.

too bad the lids are not as break proof. but they do take a beating.

We got married in the 70's, and like most couples, we received a ton of Corning Ware as wedding presents, which we added to. In that it was the 1970's, ours was "The Spice of Life" design. My mother and my grandmother both had the "Blue Cornflower" design. When we built our first (and present) house in the early 1990s, we designed our new "modern" kitchen in shades of blue. One day, my mother visited us with her car trunk full of both (she had inherited her mother's), their collections of the "Blue Cornflower," and swapped out with me. I use several pieces of it every day. It still looks wonderful and is, as you stated, the best cookware ever!

I have, and still use, my grandmother's blue cornflower coffee percolator. I just got an induction cooktop for our travel trailer. I need to find a way to use with my percolator. Any ideas?

My mother has about 7-10 options in the Autumn Harvest design that she purchased herself in the late 70s, but the majority of her collection is the blue cornflower design that she received at her bridal showers and wedding in the 60s, including the soup pots, tea carafe, and coffee pots + handles to turn them into saucepans. I'm never getting rid of it! Her grandchildren are also using it in their homes.

I have a few pieces. Also have the vintage Pyrex measuring cups.

I don't know how to cook (hence why I'm visiting this channel!) but I ran across Corningware in my local thrift store and I couldn't stop myself from buying it...I find it so incredibly beautiful! I now have quite the collection. I'm determined to cook more at home, so I'll finally have these as more than just decoration 😂

I was passed down my mother’s Blue Cornflower Corning Ware roast/lasagna pan. The stamp is a bit smudged but says CORNING WARE, A-21-B, cornflower design, 26x28x6cm, 4 litre, MADE IN CANADA. I presume it’s all legit and thanks for the video

Thank you for making my vintage Corning ware collection look highly reasonable in amount 🤣. Mine were all from an estate sale and still work great.

I bought a few pieces in the late 80's since my mother had them growing up. Later on I moved to stainless steel to do my slow roasted meat cooking such as chicken or beef brisket. Every year or so I still pull out the old 9 inch casserole with glass lid just for the nostalgia of it.

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Are we still able to purchase these ?

Thank you for the info on how to distinguish between vintage and newer, as I have both. Very helpful and informative.

Very interesting ! Thank You

PYREX is the brand that won’t break. Pyrex, the newer brand, WILL shatter. I have a few Anchor Hocking vintage pieces and I love them.

Can you use on electric stove?

I have one piece. My mom gave it to me when I got my first apartment in 1986. I use it to bake lasagne

How high is the heat tolerance in an oven.

I have so many pieces that I've collected through the years and never knew that you could cook on the stove top with it! Can I use it on an electric cooktop?

You can tell the older dishes because the sides are sloped. My M-I-L has quite a few but she must've scrubbed the glazing off the interiors (she's a neat freak). Mine are mostly from 1979 through the 1980's when I was getting married & setting up housekeeping. I have picked up some at thrift stores. I loved it when they had outlet stores, and you could buy the rubber lids for storage.

Married in 1971 and still have our Corning ware including the coffee maker in the cornflower design. It will outlast us I’m sure. We live not far from Corning, NY. 🩵

Got some as wedding presents in 1972, we still use them! Also have a small, late 90's set our neighbor offered us when they moved.

I miss the coriningware plates. They closed down many stores.

My mother died last year and I’ve slowly going through her stuff. There are multiple pieces of the cornflower baking dishes, along with a couple of those clip on handles. This bakeware is what I remember being used originally from the late 60’s , early 70’s. Any idea where I can sell these.

Great info! I have a few pieces. They are great to cook with and the cleanup is easy as well. I have a purple glass with lid. I’m not sure I have never cooked with it. I will look for your other video you mentioned.

I have them

How long would one bake a single steak, no bone, and no sear in corningware with a lid at what temp? I used to do this all the time, but it's been a while and I forgot my temps/times. Steaks came out great. Usually a ribeye when I used to do this.

I love my corning ware, blue cornflower casserole dishes. But, how do I find a lid? One of them broke and it sure is missed. I'm going corning ware hunting ... I can see it will be a new fun adventure! Thanks for the very interesting video. Btw, my corning ware says 'made in Canada'.. but, is exactly like yours otherwise. haha

I still have mine

Where can you buy the vintage corningware that also is used in the oven My Mom Passed in 2016 and I only got a few pieces of her set I would Love to have a full set

Can you warm up food in a Corning ware on an ELECTRIC stove top????

I love it, actually my grandmother had the cornigware jewelry hahaha they really are jewelry, beautiful, practical, versatile, healthy, I love them, I hope to have some soon, I have seen them in the marketplace but I wanted to know how the original ones are identified, I love you too chef collection, I would be very happy exploring your kitchen, hugs and stay safe, greetings from Venezuela!

I read that older vintage corningware has lead in it, and some people reported positive lead tests on it. An article said the older the corningware, the more potential for lead. What do you tihnk of this? Could there be lead on the contact surface of corningware? Maybe that why they stopped making pyroceram?

What I would like to know is if the spice o life version of this is safe to use on top of an electric stove

I have two large and a small one. I use them all the time.

I've been collecting some pieces lately, and I was wondering if I could use them on the stovetop. Thank you for putting my mind at rest! I will be replacing some of my peeling aluminum pans with these. Also, I have learned how to use a percolator, and my coffee tastes so much better now than my drip coffee machine's.

I'm so happy to have found this video. Went to a thrift store and saw a lot of this vintage Corningware. Quick question about the lids. The lids I saw were marked as Pyrex. Are these the proper lids or have they been mismatched?

The whole "non -toxic" craze with jacked up prices for ceramic coated or enamel coated bakeware has me shaking my head. CorningWare is, and has been, non-toxic for decades and you don't have to worry about scratches and leaching chemicals into your food. I even use it in my air fryer. I preach to my kids all the time to quit paying $60 for a coated pan that's going to get thrown in the garbage in 3 years. Buy some old Pampered Chef, Fire King, Anchor Hocking or CorningWare from a thrift store and it will last a lifetime with a little TLC.

I have the complete baking set of "Marjolaine" (Spice of Life) from 1980 and still use it! And it still looks like new!

Can an egg be fried on vintage corning wear? Does it have no-stick properties?

Love my corningware ❤

I’d like to add another Corning Ware comment. I’m a baker Of sourdough (almost 40 years at it). Have used a myriad of baking vessels for my bakes. A happy discovery when i recently used my Corning ware 5x7 for an artisan whole SD loaf. It turned out better than i expected, and plan on making my loaves this way from now on.