Getting plastic out of your kitchen: Bamboo Wok Brushes (more in description)

Find it in my Amazon storefront/link in bio or most affordably at your local Chinese grocery store/kitchen supply store

Plastic is everywhere, including inside our bodies. I’ve been trying to eliminate plastic from my kitchen as much as reasonably possible for both health and sustainability reasons. The tours that we used to hand wash our dishes are usually made out of polyurethane (plastic) and are designed to quickly degrade, forcing us to continuously buy more and throw the old ones away.

I’ve been using the bamboo brushes for decades. But only recently did I realize that it has so many more uses in the kitchen. It’s great on cast iron (raw and enameled) and carbon steel and does an excellent job of scraping food off of any pan. The only pans I don’t use it on are my nonstick pans, which you shouldn’t be using anything but the gentlest of brushes on your nonstick pans anyway (coconut fiber works). For all my handwashing needs, I just rely on bamboo and coconut fiber now and both of those brushes way longer than any of my polyurethane sponges did.

I’ve been using the same bamboo brush for over a year.

24 Replies to “Getting plastic out of your kitchen: Bamboo Wok Brushes (more in description)”

  1. Thoughts on loofa? I’ve used it as a dish sponge and found it works nicely

  2. You don’t need to shade other things that also work fine just to convey that this also works. It’s cool, but I’m still using what I have on my cast iron pans and wok. The difference is gonna be marginal and “breaking the seasoning” and reseasoning is part of having and maintaining these items.

  3. how do you speak this tool? it’s seems that it would get guncked up pretty fast from food bits and oil

  4. Me who's about to be all "congratulaatttioooons omg" and then finding out it was so long ago hahahaha

  5. My mom bought one and I love it!!! I hate washing the dishes with a dirty not fun sponge

  6. THANK YOU!!! I’ve been looking for something natural to hand wash dishes! I never knew about this

  7. all perfect for gem growing, everything you wash will be covered by them.

  8. You can also crochet sponges out of rough fibres (check the packing strings, I found a ball of "yarn" out of natural fibres there) these are washable amd reusable
    Maybe not for woks but for washing the dishes they work perfectly 🙂

  9. These are 10 dollars cheapest I could find. Regular sponges and brushes are still cheaper. And if you’re having trouble getting gunk off just let it soak in warm water or run some hot water over it and let it sit for a few minutes.

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