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Dear LFTP November 18, 2024 · 1:14:01 · 4 min

Dear LFTP: the oven-temperature quickie

  • Is it rude for someone to change the oven temperature you set when you are cooking at their house?

Mike (speaker-1) reads a Dear LFTP quickie: a beloved friend and family member has a habit of changing the oven temperature mid-cook — setting chicken thighs to 375 for 55 minutes, then finding someone cranked it to 400 — and the listener asks whether that is rude. The hosts say it depends on intent but it mostly is; Dan (speaker-3) confesses his own wife 'wants to cook things quickly' and he stealth-turns the heat back down, and the culprit earns the title 'Spider-Man of cooking.' The Secular answer (transcript: 'Zegler says, dear Buba') advises posting a sign on the oven.

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