I suggest that you make use of said instrument in cleaning your wok. Normally a bamboo brush and temperatures high enough to sanitize will suffice, but after a certain point it's best to scrub off the patina and start again.
You might add soap as a metaphor conversion factor, but keep the wire brush.I like to use a Wok to cook my food.
A real Wok is never cleaned according to western standards.
When I make my friends food. They know, but don't like the fact that I never clean the tool I use to cook their food.
They eat it anyway. It hasn't made anyone sick.
If anything.. They love my food.
I suggest that you make use of said instrument in cleaning your wok. Normally a bamboo brush and temperatures high enough to sanitize will suffice, but after a certain point it's best to scrub off the patina and start again.
You might add soap as a metaphor conversion factor, but keep the wire brush.
A real Wok can hold past, present, and future.
I smells, and tastes, and feels that way when used correctly