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Have You Ever Dropped A Temptations Piece?

pattypeep — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 14:56:31 GMT

I had my first real "fatality" yesterday while setting the food out. I dropped a full bowl of stuffing that was in one of my temptations pieces. Right out of the oven. Man, oh man, does that stuff send out shards of ceramic. Perhaps because it was so hot, but what a mess. Fortunately, I had plenty of stuffing, but it was a disaster none-the-less.

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dex — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 15:04:31 GMT

@pattypeep Yikes I hope that you found all of those shards before someone gets one in their foot.Too bad that happened but great that you had more stuffing.Hope the rest of your meal went well and everyone enjoyed themselves.

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missy1 — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 15:54:02 GMT

I am in the same boat. I dropped my whole plate of food on the floor, yesterday. Thank goodness it was tile.

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chiclets — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 22:06:09 GMT

Unfortunately temptations has a history of cracking and shattering. My meal of chicken cacciatore was destroyed the same way. It is not pretty and darn annoying. You handled it like a pro and the meal went on and I bet the dinner was enjoyed by all.

I did not drop my dish and the product failure occurred.

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Noel7 — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:15:07 GMT

Over the years I have seen so many QVC people talk about Temptation failures, I don’t know how they keep selling them.

A hug for everyone that had a kitchen disaster (🦃).

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151949 — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:25:54 GMT

When the poster said she dropped the bowl on the hard floor how is that a temptations failure ?

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Noel7 — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:56:36 GMT

@151949 wrote:
When the poster said she dropped the bowl on the hard floor how is that a temptations failure ?

@151949

I know you are Temptations biggest fan and get very upset when others don’t feel the same as you do.

I hope you are able to see that I did not refer my comments to the tile floor incident, but to the MANY people over the years I have seen report Temptation failures.

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homedecor1 — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 20:11:20 GMT

No not Temptations but I dropped my 13x9 Pyrex dish and lots of shards of glass everywhere (many moons ago)!

Sorry you had that misfortune but glad it was NOT another Temptation "disaster story" just Human error!

I forget what it is but someone here may know the "trick" for sweeping up those tiny shards of glass.

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Noel7 — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 21:17:09 GMT

@homedecor1 wrote:
No not Temptations but I dropped my 13x9 Pyrex dish and lots of shards of glass everywhere (many moons ago)!

Sorry you had that misfortune but glad it was NOT another Temptation "disaster story" just Human error!

I forget what it is but someone here may know the "trick" for sweeping up those tiny shards of glass.

@homedecor1

Reportedly, the new Pyrex pieces are nothing like they used to be and they can shatter with high heat.

I have a few pieces of my mothers and hang on to those.

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chickenbutt — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 21:28:32 GMT

Noel7 wrote:
homedecor1 wrote:
No not Temptations but I dropped my 13x9 Pyrex dish and lots of shards of glass everywhere (many moons ago)!

Sorry you had that misfortune but glad it was NOT another Temptation "disaster story" just Human error!

I forget what it is but someone here may know the "trick" for sweeping up those tiny shards of glass.

@homedecor1

Reportedly, the new Pyrex pieces are nothing like they used to be and they can shatter with high heat.

I have a few pieces of my mothers and hang on to those.

Yeah, it's really a shame that Pyrex went from using Borosilicate glass to soda lime glass, some years back. it's still going to be better and more integrous than Temptations, of course, plus it's profoundly more attractive, but it's sad that they made that change in the type of glass.

I also have some old Pyrex and Corning Ware that I wouldn't trade for anything. I do have a couple of newer (probably 10-15 years old) Pyrex bakers and so far, so good. But I'm very careful that they don't go from oven to a hard or cold surface. Silicone trivets are invaluable.

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viva923 — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 22:01:07 GMT

was at a home yesterday and she had served many of the food items in temptation pieces.

I was thinking same thing if you dropped those pieces it was going to shatter and send out missiles of shards glass everywhere.

I was looking at those pieces yesterday at friends house. Was not impressed with them. They may be heavy strudy pieces but something just didn't impresse me.

Remember pyrex of years ago. they really didn't break if you put them in an oven or dropped them. They were strudy, but they too have gone the way of cheap route. Now if you even ding them they break, can't put them in oven to bake something just to chancey with the dish shattering.

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chiclets — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 22:13:38 GMT

Many years ago in home economics class we were taught to pick up shattered glass with wet newspaper. I still use this method and for some reason it works.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 22:14:27 GMT

Not Temptations but one year when I was a kid my mom had put out some ceramic plates for Thanksgiving dinner and all the fixings were also placed inside ceramic bowls and dishes. It was a FULL table of food with all the dinnerware and flatware ready to go. THEN SUDDENLY, one of the legs on the dinner table gave way and all that stuff came crashing down! Food, dishes and glasses went flying! It was a disaster. The two dogs we had were having a hay day.

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CAcableGirl2 — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 03:45:12 GMT

I haven't dropped any temptation items, but a couple of years ago while my house was full of relatives for Christmas dinner, I tripped over my dog and fell on to the open oven door. Luckily I had a towel in my hand to save me from getting burned, but it dislocated the oven door so it would no longer close all the way.

That fiasco ended up with me getting all new kitchen appliances which I love. I guess someone was telling me that it was time to upgrade!

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sunshine45 — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 04:05:38 GMT

i have dropped an empty temptations piece and it isnt a pretty sight, but PYREX drops are even worse. it breaks into thousands of pieces and the shards are so much more difficult to see.

i have quite a few temptations pieces and have never had one crack with food in it. it has always been a good and reliable brand for me.

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BeccaLou — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 12:24:09 GMT

Noel 7, Even if you have a dish with just the slightest chip it will break in a hot oven, even cold sometimes. That goes for even ceramic dishes. So be very careful.

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Noel7 — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 17:14:16 GMT

@BeccaLou wrote:
Noel 7, Even if you have a dish with just the slightest chip it will break in a hot oven, even cold sometimes. That goes for even ceramic dishes. So be very careful.

Hi @BeccaLou

I usually use stoneware. I have a collection of Polish stoneware which has never chipped, broken, cracked or crazed. I also have a couple of pieces of stoneware from the Pioneer Woman which I bought for their looks. So far, so good 😀. Dansk makes wonderful casserole pans which are metal.

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BeccaLou — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:57:48 GMT

Sunshine 45,The Tempt-taion dishes are rock solid, I am very careful, but there have been times I have bang them together and thought I'd chipped them and they are doing great. Now my old "Blue Willow" dishes which I really liked were so crazy fragile I was glad to get rid of. The "Blue Willow" I purched at Bargain City back in the eighties, they were my special occasion , good dishes my Tempt-taion dishes I don't let anyone but me wash them.And I put my Tempt-taion small bowls, and Soup bowls in my air-fryer and they are doing great, but I had the tumblers with the rubber sleeves in the middle to keep your hands from being burned from coffee, or hot chocolate, they did something weird between the walls, black stuff was leaking out the exteria of the tumblers, but the Q. gave me credit on them, and told me not to use them anymore, but didn't tell me what problem was reported.

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RainCityWoman — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 22:18:56 GMT

I only have some bakers and a tea set, so I don't use them on a daily basis. So far I have found them to be quite sturdy. But anything made of ceramics has its limits.

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pattypeep — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:26:29 GMT

@RainCityWoman @BeccaLou @Noel7 @sunshine45 @CAcableGirl2 Wow, after reading the posts following my original statement, things are making more sense. I couldn't figure out how I had managed to drop my dish. I went downstairs to get it from another oven we have, carried it in the wire tray the temptations come with, walked upstairs with no problem and as I reached my counter it fell from my hands. Now, I'm thinking it cracked or began to shatter and then fell. It makes more sense. I will, in the future, be very careful when handling a hot dish. PS: I don't usually bake in these dishes, so it was my first time in this particular dish.