I’ve never seen those Pyrex dishes before. Pretty interesting. Maybe they weren’t big sellers because if you use a French mold your bread pretty much comes out round anyway :-)
All this talk about taking off crust and pretty slices of bread for sandwiches makes me think of cucumber sandwiches. I think I would have to make some of those also.
I’m trying a new batch of sourdough starter. It’s one that the website swears turns sour. And it sure smells it! If it works out I will post the recipe to your thread next week.
They were big sellers, ‘back in the day’ - that’s why there are so many of them for resale now! I bought one at the thrift store recently, to replace one I’d bought decades ago and which broke.