SCORE!

[damont]

Yesterday, I went up to Herndon. Aside from picking up bread from Great Harvest, I also stopped in at The Closet, a thrift store just down the street from the bakery. At the thrift store I scored some Farberware cooking utensil stuff (one pot with matching lid, plus one lid to a pot we already have) for a couple of bucks. AND I got an old-school (read: closed-loop handle) Pyrex measuring cup... for a quarter. Count me one satisfied shopper.

Comments

[devreux.livejournal.com]

Whooo!

You like the closed-loop handle better? You know, I hadn't even really ever thought about the difference until you mentioned it just now, but you're right; my new Pyrex measuring cup is not identical to my mother's 25-year-old one. ^_^

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Both montuos and I far prefer the closed-loop handle ones.

Now, the model I scored was one of the later closed-loop ones, with metric markings as well as English. That matches our other Pyrex measuring cups, acquired over the last 20+ years as and when we could find them. My mom's Pyrex measuring cups only have English measurement markings; I suspect they're older than me.

[montuos]

See, the modern ones are designed to stack efficiently in cabinets. The old-fashioned ones are designed to be used efficiently. Ever try to hold onto a thick handle that slants away from the bowl, using the dryest finger or two of a wet or greasy hand while you do something else with the other? And broadly rounded the entire way; there is nothing near the shoulder of that handle to give you a secure grip. Um, no thanks! Recipe for droppingness...