Up here it is considered sacrilege to wash the pancake pans - they take ages to break in (Icelandic pancakes are smallish crépes, really, baked very thin and then traditionally filled with jam and whipped cream, or rolled up with sugar), just wipe the pan and stuff it back into the cupboard. My parents loaned their house out to some English people, they of course didn’t know, used the pan to fry eggs or something, and then washed. My mother almost cried when she next tried to make pancakes…
Up here it is considered sacrilege to wash the pancake pans - they take ages to break in (Icelandic pancakes are smallish crépes, really, baked very thin and then traditionally filled with jam and whipped cream, or rolled up with sugar), just wipe the pan and stuff it back into the cupboard. My parents loaned their house out to some English people, they of course didn’t know, used the pan to fry eggs or something, and then washed. My mother almost cried when she next tried to make pancakes…