I wash them? Why would you do anything different?

Yes, Yes, with a non-stick scourer and hot soapy water, then season the roasting tin with a drop of oil - the edible kind.

...but never wash a wok...

Season with oil? Eh? What sort of oil? After you've washed it? Confuzzled!

I used to use Sunflower Oil till I realised when trying to cleans pans it was like trying to remove rubber so I buy Olive Oil now

I have enamel roasting tins - the sort that last forever and yes I do wash them - with hot soapy water and a scourer!
I  don't really drink much tea but I would definitely wash a teapot.

And Bateman - I use my wok for curries, chillis, stir fries.. the lot.
There is no way I could not wash it!

Witha  wok and a non stick frying pan though you just wipe it with a damp cloth...never use a scourer or detergent on them!!

Teapot soapy water or bleach./...roasting pans wash as normal till they won;t wash properly and then bin and but a new one.

My granny used to say, never wash a teapot. But surely you would end up with old stewed tea taste

I'm always cleaning my non-stick pan with boiling water and Fairy liquid - am I not supposed to then?

As long as you don't use a scourer you should be ok...but with a wok you should just use kitchen roll...

Me n'all... maybe thats why its knackered... or it could be cos it was just a cheapish one from Tesco and I've had it for 3+ years now

I wash the teapot and my tea mug out every 3/4 days.
I only use a wok and wash it after use.

Any chef would have your guts for garters on the wok front joe

Yes, but that's the beauty of it!

What would they know? 

Carbon steel wok = never wash it.  If you have a non stick one then yeah, do wash it.  But then you shouldn't have bought one of those anyway. 

I just wipe mine with kitchen roll after use - warm it up a little to release anything stubborn or do it when it's still warm.  Any odours are killed by the heat anyway.  Same treatment for cast iron frying pans. 

I scrub my wok and then oil it.

More non-stick if you don't scrub it though.  And there really is no need unless you've vaporised a dead animal in it.   

....and what about Yorkshire pudding tins? How should one treat them?
While on the subject what sort of Yorkshire puddings do you usually do? -  small individual round ones, bigger round ones, big square ones and then cut out the pudding in squares?

It's the surface as much as whatever the dish / pan is used for.  Cast iron or carbon steel don't wash it.  Non stick / ceramic / glass / stainless steel, wash it.

A clip from the programme QI.  They were were doing an item on novelty teapots.

The bit where they talk about cleaning teapots is at about 4 minutes.

I was going to ask that! My gran and mum never washed their yorkshire pud tins, just wiped them. I think that all of this is about 'seasoning' and therefore making things 'non-stick' so depends on the type of dish/tin/wok etc.
Ref what type of Yorkshire pud tins, personally don't think you can beat non-stick muffin tins for big fluffy Yorkshires that are crisp on the outside and rise so much that you have to practically wrestle them out of the oven

Love the description Super 

 I always wash the teapot now, although when we were growing up and had a big Brown Betty pot it was only ever rinsed in warm water. I use old fashioned enamel roasting tins and always give them a scrub in hot soapy water but I only wipe my Yorkshire Pud tins to get any stuck bits off. I always make them in a deep muffin tin too. They turn out hooooge and gorgeous.

Jebus! I can now see that I'm turtelly wrong with woks.

Excuse me if I sidetrack just for a moment -
to say "hello" to QotHTs. Good to see you    and I hope all of you are well.

Hiya Brisket!  We're all doing great thanks. I don't get that much time to pop in at the moment but fingers crossed the house will be more sorted soon and I'll be around more often. Hope you are well too. 


Here's a picture of Hetty just after her 1st birthday so you can see how much she's grown!

Aww, gorgeous Hetty!

Do you scrub her, or is she well seasoned?

Lovely, lovely picture Queenie.  Thanks for posting it.  My how time flies.

I'm glad things are going well for you all.  Always nice to see you. 

 she's both Blizzie!   And thank you Brisket, it's always lovely to see you too.

Aunt Bessies. Sorted.

 They are NOT Yorkshire Puddings.

NOOOOO NOOOOO NOOOOO just NOOOOO, terrible, terrible things

They're nice! Bessies roast spuds are the nuts too

Big square ones served as a starter with gravy chez Joe.

Fancy a lodger?

.....Takes note of Karma's birthday to buy her a cookery book 

It was last week, so looks like another year of Aunt Bessies! *cheers*

Said like a true top righter