life in plastic

Do you have CorningWare at home?

Well, I have, in fact a few, and I find it a fantastic cooking ware. Its transparent glass lid allows you to see your food being cooked, while the pot (or Casserole?) itself comes in different sizes. The big one is really big, as can be seen in the packaging art, they packed some crab inside and cook. How cruel. But the big size also brings a problem. My house isn't called Cold Storage, and my fridge isn't that gigantic. The pot itself is big, pot + lid? *roll eyes*

And so CorningWare now has the accessory plastic lid, for freezing, microwaving, etc. But no direct flame please thank you. I've bought 2 and they snap fit nicely. The plastic lids are made in USA and are NOT made of melamine, so...

Now I'm really curious about Corning's design process. I'm pretty sure they didn't start with the plastic lid in the original package.