It still reeked this morning, I could see bits of stuff inside through the ports and toothpick extration proved frustrating. Screwdriver leverage into a port and the thing came apart fairly easily - closer inspection, unfortunately, it is a one-way task, reassembly not logistically possible.
What I found inside.. the horror.. the horror (with apologies to Joseph Conrad).
I don't want to share a picture, it's rather gross.
Can this be prevented, I ask rhetorically, and promptly respond to myself, not sure. The spacing inside is pretty tight and if you get thicker bases pulled up in there, simply rinsing/soaking will not be enough to evacuate. So now I'm on the fence whether to even bother purchasing a replacement lid since this is likely to happen again. Based on this thread only with the several users, it seems like I am the only one experiencing this issue.
