First, she boiled a kettle of water and poured it directly down the drain. This was just to warm the pipes and loosen the top layer of grime.
Then came the magic ingredient. She poured one cup of after it.
Leo toddled into the kitchen. “Done, Mama?”
Her first instinct, as always, was to reach for the heavy-duty chemical cleaner under the sink. The one with the skull-and-crossbones label and a name that sounded like a villain from a sci-fi movie. But last time she’d used it, the fumes had made her dizzy, and she’d worried about her toddler, Leo, crawling near the cabinet.
She opened her phone and typed a quick search: natural way to unblock drain.
Here’s the trick, as Maya learned: