Well, I suppose I could have done so, then reinserted the handle. Then there'd be thoroughly disinfected organic material somewhere inside of the head of my spatula. ;) This would probably not be fatal, but it was distasteful.
Or I could have attacked the problem with Q-tips and patience.
But another, different problem is that I anticipated the spatula coming apart again. I do a lot of stirring of dough with spatulas, and it's annoying when you have to constantly guard against pulling them apart. I guess I could have gotten into the whole "which glue holds wood to silicone?" materials science problem but it was easier to just switch to Zyliss.
Or I could have attacked the problem with Q-tips and patience.
But another, different problem is that I anticipated the spatula coming apart again. I do a lot of stirring of dough with spatulas, and it's annoying when you have to constantly guard against pulling them apart. I guess I could have gotten into the whole "which glue holds wood to silicone?" materials science problem but it was easier to just switch to Zyliss.