Ngl that kind of hands-on fix is getting rarer. It reminds me how everything now is just a swap-out part, even for simple stuff. There's a real skill in actually making the thing work again yourself. Feels like we're losing that patience for repair.

Actually, I've put wet batter in my waffle maker before and it worked fine. You just have to be careful not to overfill it. The key is using a thick batter so it doesn't run out the sides before it starts to cook.

My friend brought a jar of her beet kvass to a potluck once. The lid wasn't on tight for the car ride. It popped off in her bag and dyed everything, including her library book, a violent pink. The book club spent twenty minutes just staring at the stained pages. Her fermented drink definitely upstaged the actual meeting topic.