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Once it was out of the oven, he’d add shredded lettuce and sliced tomatoes.

I’d follow a recipe to the letter and still end up squinting at the oven door, trying to gauge whether I’d accidentally created something leaden or gummy or wrong.

There was a fridge and a microwave oven - in which he would heat ready meals supplied by Amy.

“You could still see the shell of the oven, the weight rack my husband had in the garage. But everything else was just melted or destroyed.”

So next time you preheat your oven or heat a pan for some green beans or cauliflower, consider skipping the cooking altogether.