I loved The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn when I was a girl. Historical fiction with a speculative (time travel) element. No whimsy that I can recall!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roo...

Internet hive mind recommended Sumatra as an alternative PDF reader, which is so far so good

Runner-up is the teenage girl who sustained herself through a long-distance bus ride in Poland by taking alternate bites of a whole cucumber and a whole salami

Just kidding, obviously I put the doormats* back down already.

*of the neighbours that I like

Americans will buy a KitchenAid, an Instant Pot, and an air fryer but not one (1) measly digital scale