Put the cat litter in the oven!

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Do you ever say something and then think that whatever it was would sound really odd to someone who heard it out of context? That was my thought as I called out ‘Put the cat litter in the oven!’ to my partner as I dashed out of the house last evening. In fact, there was a far more mundane explanation for this than it sounds. In cold weather, condensation inside the car is a problem, and one suggestion from motoring organisations to help keep the windscreen clear is to keep some moisture-absorbing material in the car. Cat litter in an old sock on the dashboard is recommended. So I have been using that but it was losing its effectiveness and I realised it was past time to replace it with some fresh stuff. But then I thought that since it has only been absorbing moisture from the air and not anything nasty, perhaps we could dry it out and use it again? We decided we might as well try, so I thought I would put it in the oven but not at the same time as food (especially as we have a fan oven); we could just pop it in after we had finished cooking something, while the oven was still hot. So that was what I meant to do, but of course in a rush I forgot and only remembered as I was about to rush out of the door. Hence the shouted instructions! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2026.