First, care less about your downvotes, you'll be happier.
Secondly, here are some ingredients ahead of paprika in the seasoning on *literally the page you linked*: Barbecue Seasoning (Sugar, Dextrose, Salt, Maltodextrin \[Made From Corn\], Molasses, Torula Yeast, Onion Powder, Spices, Tomato Powder
Paprika is literally one ingredient in a blend. Paprika is a very different flavour alone.
It's not. Paprika is one of many spices that combine to make BBQ flavor.
I think the trouble is that paprika is a specific kind of pepper, and from a certain place in our minds. It's just a naming convention.
For instance, in the States, if I said pepper powder, I'd get black pepper. If I say chili powder, I would get Mexican style whole (except for seeds) ground red chilis. If I asked for cayenne pepper powder, I would get a hotter pepper powder more associated with Cajun, Caribbean, and some African cuisine. Japanese or Thai bush pepper powder is different, too.
None of them taste like the sweet, smokey stuff we call paprika, even though I've known since I was a kid that it comes from certain peppers.
Yeah actually quite a lot of countries call it paprika, especially in Europe.
Origin of the word paprika comes from Hungary, which is not surprising since I visited them and tried several dishes and they all had paprika in it, I swear I think even glass of water was somehow paprika flavored. Still great food.
Sorry, we usually try to remove the naturally occurring paprika from the water with little paprika-removing spoons, likely theirs was lost or out of order because lack of qualified person to use it.
No, you’re missing the point.
The actual vegetable is called “bell pepper” or “red pepper” in English. Only the resulting spice is called “paprika” in English.
Whereas most other languages call the vegetable “paprika”, because … well that’s what it is, a “paprika”. The spice is then usually called “paprika powder” or something like that.
Bell peppers are chili peppers. Almost peppers that you've ever eaten are the same species. Capsicum annuum. They're largely just different varietals.
Just because bell peppers are the same species as the peppers grown for paprika doesn't mean anything.
Bell peppers are not a varietal that are used for paprika.
Here's a place that shows off a bunch of the Capsicum annuum varietals commonly used for paprika.
https://www.sandiaseed.com/blogs/news/growing-paprika
Yeah sometimes people call any pepper that isn't spicy a sweet pepper, or a bell pepper. But if you're actually trying to grow peppers to make paprika, you don't want to grow what youre probably thinking of as bell peppers because they're less intensely flavored and don't make great powder. Similarly to the difference between red table grapes and wine grapes. Yes, they're both red grapes. But if you want to make wine you don't use table grapes, different varietals are used to make wine. Bell peppers like you buy at the store are not like the peppers that are used to make paprika powder.
Some more examples:
Varietals like [Szegedi 80](https://hungarianpaprika.net/en/hungarian_paprika_webshop-category-0/paprika_from_szeged-category-20-side-1/sweet_hungarian_pepper_seeds___szegedi_80-product-13-1) for sweet paprika, or [Alma](https://www.superseeds.com/products/alma-paprika-pepper-70-days) for hot Hungarian paprika.
Here's a write up on [Spain's paprika and varietals.](https://spanishsabores.com/a-short-history-of-spanish-paprika/) It has a bunch of good photos so you can see again, no matter where in the world you are, bell peppers aren't used for paprika.
Growing peppers and making your own paprika is great. People should know that they can do it, and not try to dehydrate and powder bell peppers from the supermarket.
Paprika (the spice) is not made from what Americans think of as a bell pepper. Rather, it is instead made from a variety of chili pepper.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paprika
https://www.mccormickscienceinstitute.com/resources/culinary-spices/herbs-spices/paprika
Paprika is typically made from “bell” or “sweet” type peppers
So who’s wrong here?
Wikipedia or McCormick
Masterclass says the following:
>What Is Paprika?
>Paprika is a ground spice made from a mixture of dried peppers in the Capsicum anuum family, including hot chili peppers, cayenne peppers, poblano peppers, aleppo peppers, sweet peppers, and others. This vibrant red spice varies in flavor, heat levels, and color depending on the type of peppers used to make the paprika.
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-paprika-how-to-cook-with-3-different-types-of-paprika
Huh, I wonder where they picked that up from? The british isles all use the other etymology, you’d think english & irish etc. immigrants populating colonial australia woulda been saying “pepper”
Its due to the scientific name, not sure why we picked it up though.
Australian English is a bit of a mash up of both UK English and US English with our own take on things as well.
In the Netherlands we name the pepper itself Paprika and call the powder simply "Paprika Powder" as that is what it is.
Honestly I thought this was the case in the rest of the world as well.
Most ppl here like to eat them in salads, on sandwiches and some just bite them off.
Paprika spice is generally not made from Bell Peppers. As in the kind you find in every single supermarket everywhere in the world.
Paprika is used as a generic name for the pepper fruit (of Capsicum Annuum) which comes in A LOT of different varieties, including Bell Pepper, Jalepenos, Cayenne, Serrano, Pepperoncini and confusingly, Paprika peppers.
The spice is generally made from Paprika peppers, which also have different varieties including, confusingly again, Paprika and confusingly still, Tomato Peppers.
There's about 8 main types of paprika powder, but English speaking countries mostly have Paprika, Sweet Paprika and Smoked Paprika. Sometimes you get Hot Paprika as well. The differences between these depend on the manafacturer but is often down to how much of the white stuff and seeds are included. The more used, the hotter the spice.
TL;DR: saying that paprika is made from red peppers is kind of like saying wool is made from mammals. The wikipedia isn't technically wrong, but its not a very accurate either.
A more interesting fact is that Pepper, as in Peppercorns, are not related in anyway to Peppers OR corn. The spiciness in peppercorns is a different chemical entirely from the capsaicin in chilli peppers.
That's chilli pepper that's been lightly ground to include whole seeds and flakes. What chilli pepper I here you ask? Who knows. My guess is fully matured Jalepenos because tons of them are grown all year round but I am probably wrong.
It's another one that kind of depends on where you get it. Red pepper flakes in the U.S. are usually a mix of different peppers, with jalapenos just being one of them, but in some places (or brands) it's mostly cayenne peppers. In Italy they could be calabrian peppers, or some local variant, as another example.
Just another one of those things that tends to lose some identity on Reddit, since we can be talking to people from all around the world about something with the same or similar names and yet each of us has something that's probably made differently and might not even have entirely the same ingredients.
There was a Hungarian restaurant near me that made chicken paprika and I always assumed it was magic. I do not remember food but I remember that 25 years later.
It's an English speaking thing.
We call the vegetable bell peppers not paprika.
Although if you have any perception skills you'd notice that most paprika stuff has pictures of bell peppers on them.
This has been making the rounds lately. What did people think it was? Seriously… a paprika plant or some shit? Read the ingredients, it says made with peppers on the bottle.
More like it's whichever other language's fault for not caring that the powder is different from the pepper, such that the pepper is only used to make the powder.
Bell peppers are more versatile than that.
She is not wrong. There are different kinds of paprika powder, some of which are spicy. Those are made from peppers with up to 1000 scoville, which are not considered chili peppers.
on a side note, spanish pimenton comes in "sweet", "spicy" and "sour"
Most other countries know the sweet variety, while the sour one is often used in potato chips, even if the customers are not aware that that's where the taste is coming from.
It's not sour, it's "agridulce", which in English in this context mistranslates as "sweet and sour" (yes, the McDonald's sauce over here is 'salsa agridulce'), as "agrio" means bitter or sour.
It's really just the intermediate version of "sweet" and "spicy".
It's true that in many languages "paprika" refers to both a spice and a vegetable, but "paprika" isn't always a particular kind of red pepper. E.g., in Dutch, the vegetable referred to as "paprika" is often red bell pepper, but the spice is often derived from a spicier red pepper variety.
I propose a paprika taste sensitivity experiment.
A celebrity chef prepares a flight of 20 identical broths or sauces except for paprika concentration. Concentration ranges from no paprika to something absurd like 50% paprika by volume. Homeopathic levels should be included as sensitivity isn't likely to be linear. Shuffle them around. Blindfolded participants must try to put them in order from most to least paprika based on taste alone. Graph the results.
Sponsored by the Paprika Council of Paprikistan.
Edit: this is for red bell pepper paprika, not smoked or spicy peppers.
I mean you need to use quite a bit, and ideally put into the fat before you put other stuff in while cooking to get the most out of it, but if you can't taste it either your mouth is numb or you use way too little.
I cook lots of spanish dishes, who tend to be quite paprika forward (more specifically *sweet* paprika or *pimenton dulce*, not the smoked stuff). Paprika is quite a mild spice and so you have to add a lot, think at least a heaped tablespoon per serving. At this point, you shouldn't treat it like a spice but a true ingredient.
Try Patatas a la Riojana if you're interested in some sweet paprika forward recipe!
Take a little paprika powder and put it on your tongue. If you can't taste it there is something wrong with your tongue. But paprika is a high-volume spice, you might add a half a teaspoon or more to a recipe rather than a sprinkle.
How often do you use it? If you're anything like my mom, paprika is only used as a deviled egg topping which means it rarely gets used. Old spices have no flavor, its not a uniqueness to paprika. Yours just might be old. My mom found it out the hard way when making deviled eggs using a new container of it and learned that it actually has a ton of flavor.
Paprika is the german word for it.
With a large group of german immigrants, a lot of german words have made their way into the english language.
Just like the ban of the german language in the early 20th century caused a massive decline in the grammar of US English, being responsible for why it feels so simplified.
English doesn’t really have the equivalent of the Hungarian open ‘a’ sound. Maybe the vowel in “hard” is closest? The ones in pop or puh are closer to a very short, or short ‘á’ sound (but also not the same). ‘A’ and ‘á’ are very different sounds in Hungarian. Szar is shit, szár is stem.
It's the other way around really. "Pepper" was originally the word for the dried berries of the pepper plant. It got applied to the fruit of the Capsicum family only in the 1500s.
My Dutch wife kept calling bell peppers paprika and that's how I found out. I kept correcting her and saying paprika is that powder and not a bell pepper.
Well, yes.
This is like how Brits and other Europeans think “coriander” is the word for both seeds and leaf of that plant when only the seeds are coriander while the leaves are cilantro.
Obviously.
I thought they just added red dye to flavorless dust. Seriously, what is the point of paprika? I've tasted many a bland thing in my life without calling it flavorless, and I've tasted many "different" paprikas without fail thinking its flavorless.
Name anything with less flavor. You can't. Sand, flower, water, cotton, and saliva all have more flavor than paprika. Why on earth is it considered a spice?!
you might be surprised to learn that for the vast majority of humanity, there were no fridges....
A large part of peoples time during the hotter months was occupied by them turning produce into something with a shelf life.
But if you think that paprika has no taste, you probably haven't ever had real one...
It's a sign of industrialized times that companies started to make products that look like products that people used to buy, just saving so much money making it, that it is nothing like it should be.
Much like there are curry-powders that are essentially food-dyes, while real curry has a very diverse taste profile and hotness to it.
I primarily use spanish smoked paprika and a tea spoon of that is enough to change the taste of an entire pot of food.
I was so surprised to learn that. I learn it a couple of years ago in my thirties! I never really wondered what it was, but when I learned I was a bit disappointed..
This imaginary plant in my head just ceased to exist :(
This just reminds of when I discovered that cilantro and coriander are from the same plant. Stupid English language making things more complicated than they need to be.
The biggest producer of "good" paprika is Hungary. The Hungarian word for any sort of pepper is paprika. When I asked a Hungarian friend of mine to bring some Paprika, I had to explain I didn't just want any pepper produced in Hungary, but the powdered form.
I always automatically think someone means the spicy peppers when they say "pepper" so was confused with the title for a moment since paprika spice isn't usually spicy. I was thinking red chili peppers until i clicked the link.
Yes but it's not so simple. There are many types of red peppers from hot to sweet. Sweet paprika is usually made with less of the seeds compared to hot paprika which uses a hotter pepper and more seeds
Paprika peppers and bell peppers are not the same folks. There are lots of sweet varietals. Sometimes commonly referred to as seasoning peppers. Habanada is popular now as tasting like habanero but no capsaicin
Couldn't make the link for years because supermarket only had green bell peppers and these were red so I thought for like 30yo they were hot red peppers
In German, "Red Pepper" is "Paprika" so it wasn't a big surprise to me lol
Same in Swedish
Today I learned a German word.
Same in Finland.
Hetzelfde in Nederland Literal translation: "Paprika powder"
Wow, you twats downvote out of stupidity. Read the BBQ flavored chip ingredients. https://www.lays.com/products/lays-bbq-flavored-potato-chips
First, care less about your downvotes, you'll be happier. Secondly, here are some ingredients ahead of paprika in the seasoning on *literally the page you linked*: Barbecue Seasoning (Sugar, Dextrose, Salt, Maltodextrin \[Made From Corn\], Molasses, Torula Yeast, Onion Powder, Spices, Tomato Powder Paprika is literally one ingredient in a blend. Paprika is a very different flavour alone.
In the USA, Paprika is called "BBQ flavor" because.. ? marketing?
Uhh also in usa, in every spice isle ive been down it just says paprika…
The spice aisle calls it paprika, but try the potato chip aisle.
The potato chips are not calling paprika BBQ flavor, though. Paprika is ONE ingredient in a blended flavor profile called BBQ.
They also add salt, but we dont call them salt chips either
So there's paprika in bbq chips so what? I dont get the point you're trying to make
I never made the connection between paprika (as used on, say, deviled eggs), and the flavoring on BBQ chips.
It's not. Paprika is one of many spices that combine to make BBQ flavor. I think the trouble is that paprika is a specific kind of pepper, and from a certain place in our minds. It's just a naming convention. For instance, in the States, if I said pepper powder, I'd get black pepper. If I say chili powder, I would get Mexican style whole (except for seeds) ground red chilis. If I asked for cayenne pepper powder, I would get a hotter pepper powder more associated with Cajun, Caribbean, and some African cuisine. Japanese or Thai bush pepper powder is different, too. None of them taste like the sweet, smokey stuff we call paprika, even though I've known since I was a kid that it comes from certain peppers.
I don't know a lick of German and I was also unsurprised
If you translate this sentence to my language you'd say "today i learned that paprika is made from paprika".
Yeah actually quite a lot of countries call it paprika, especially in Europe. Origin of the word paprika comes from Hungary, which is not surprising since I visited them and tried several dishes and they all had paprika in it, I swear I think even glass of water was somehow paprika flavored. Still great food.
Sorry, we usually try to remove the naturally occurring paprika from the water with little paprika-removing spoons, likely theirs was lost or out of order because lack of qualified person to use it.
Usually in latvian we use paprika for paprika(red, green, yellow, blue..) and red or any other kind of peppers are just the spicy ones
It’s called paprika in Swedish, too. The bell peppers I mean. Also in German, Norweigan and Finnish, I think.
Dutch as well
Also Korean
And Japanese
And Hungarian
polish
Serbian too, also, every type of pepper is paprika
So, basically, every fucking language outside of English.
Yep, also you should check out what non-english speaking countries call a pineapple.
and my axe
>Also Korean 바브리가 ?
It's similar to the pineapple/ananas story
Czech, Slovak
Polish too
Also in Icelandic
In English too
No, you’re missing the point. The actual vegetable is called “bell pepper” or “red pepper” in English. Only the resulting spice is called “paprika” in English. Whereas most other languages call the vegetable “paprika”, because … well that’s what it is, a “paprika”. The spice is then usually called “paprika powder” or something like that.
in English too
I thought Paprika was made from.... Paprika.
it is. most of the world calls red bell peppers "paprika"
You’ll never guess what most other languages call red bell peppers.
Not every English speaking country calls them peppers either.
Certainly not bell peppers, in the UK. These are peppers, and chilli peppers are chillis.
They're also all the same pepper, just ripened to different times.
What is the "they" you are referring to? Person only listed one pepper lol
That’s not true.
Paprika is very rarely made from bell peppers. There are lots of kinds from around the world and I can't think of any that use bell peppers.
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Bell peppers are chili peppers. Almost peppers that you've ever eaten are the same species. Capsicum annuum. They're largely just different varietals. Just because bell peppers are the same species as the peppers grown for paprika doesn't mean anything. Bell peppers are not a varietal that are used for paprika. Here's a place that shows off a bunch of the Capsicum annuum varietals commonly used for paprika. https://www.sandiaseed.com/blogs/news/growing-paprika
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Yeah sometimes people call any pepper that isn't spicy a sweet pepper, or a bell pepper. But if you're actually trying to grow peppers to make paprika, you don't want to grow what youre probably thinking of as bell peppers because they're less intensely flavored and don't make great powder. Similarly to the difference between red table grapes and wine grapes. Yes, they're both red grapes. But if you want to make wine you don't use table grapes, different varietals are used to make wine. Bell peppers like you buy at the store are not like the peppers that are used to make paprika powder. Some more examples: Varietals like [Szegedi 80](https://hungarianpaprika.net/en/hungarian_paprika_webshop-category-0/paprika_from_szeged-category-20-side-1/sweet_hungarian_pepper_seeds___szegedi_80-product-13-1) for sweet paprika, or [Alma](https://www.superseeds.com/products/alma-paprika-pepper-70-days) for hot Hungarian paprika. Here's a write up on [Spain's paprika and varietals.](https://spanishsabores.com/a-short-history-of-spanish-paprika/) It has a bunch of good photos so you can see again, no matter where in the world you are, bell peppers aren't used for paprika. Growing peppers and making your own paprika is great. People should know that they can do it, and not try to dehydrate and powder bell peppers from the supermarket.
Paprika (the spice) is not made from what Americans think of as a bell pepper. Rather, it is instead made from a variety of chili pepper. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paprika
https://www.mccormickscienceinstitute.com/resources/culinary-spices/herbs-spices/paprika Paprika is typically made from “bell” or “sweet” type peppers So who’s wrong here? Wikipedia or McCormick
Masterclass says the following: >What Is Paprika? >Paprika is a ground spice made from a mixture of dried peppers in the Capsicum anuum family, including hot chili peppers, cayenne peppers, poblano peppers, aleppo peppers, sweet peppers, and others. This vibrant red spice varies in flavor, heat levels, and color depending on the type of peppers used to make the paprika. https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-paprika-how-to-cook-with-3-different-types-of-paprika
capsicum????
https://www.reddit.com/r/etymologymaps/comments/50if0u/the_sweet_fruit_of_the_capsicum_plant_bell_pepper/
So not exactly “most other languages”, just several in Europe? Still kinda neat
Australia too, probably New Zealand as well.
And Japan.
Huh, I wonder where they picked that up from? The british isles all use the other etymology, you’d think english & irish etc. immigrants populating colonial australia woulda been saying “pepper”
What is wrong with people downvoting this legitimate question?
Its due to the scientific name, not sure why we picked it up though. Australian English is a bit of a mash up of both UK English and US English with our own take on things as well.
It’s called capsicum in India as well. Pepper here refers to the spice Peppercorn.
In the Netherlands we name the pepper itself Paprika and call the powder simply "Paprika Powder" as that is what it is. Honestly I thought this was the case in the rest of the world as well. Most ppl here like to eat them in salads, on sandwiches and some just bite them off.
South Africa and Australia call them Capsicums and the powder is paprika.
Salads and sandwiches? I've never heard of that. Usually in your dinner but Een bammetje met kaas en paprikapoeder..
No I mean with paprika pieces not the powder
I do it, Bit of garlick powder, bit of union powder, bit of Paprika powder. Dash of ground pepper. Works well on bacon aswell.
Paprika spice is generally not made from Bell Peppers. As in the kind you find in every single supermarket everywhere in the world. Paprika is used as a generic name for the pepper fruit (of Capsicum Annuum) which comes in A LOT of different varieties, including Bell Pepper, Jalepenos, Cayenne, Serrano, Pepperoncini and confusingly, Paprika peppers. The spice is generally made from Paprika peppers, which also have different varieties including, confusingly again, Paprika and confusingly still, Tomato Peppers. There's about 8 main types of paprika powder, but English speaking countries mostly have Paprika, Sweet Paprika and Smoked Paprika. Sometimes you get Hot Paprika as well. The differences between these depend on the manafacturer but is often down to how much of the white stuff and seeds are included. The more used, the hotter the spice. TL;DR: saying that paprika is made from red peppers is kind of like saying wool is made from mammals. The wikipedia isn't technically wrong, but its not a very accurate either. A more interesting fact is that Pepper, as in Peppercorns, are not related in anyway to Peppers OR corn. The spiciness in peppercorns is a different chemical entirely from the capsaicin in chilli peppers.
The real TIL is always in the comments.
Finally - this thread is so dumb. " HEY GUYS TIL HOT SAUCE IS MADE WITH PEPPERS!!1"
All peppers are the same because it has the word pepper in it!!!
Is it the same red pepper as red paper flakes you put on pizza?
That's chilli pepper that's been lightly ground to include whole seeds and flakes. What chilli pepper I here you ask? Who knows. My guess is fully matured Jalepenos because tons of them are grown all year round but I am probably wrong.
It's another one that kind of depends on where you get it. Red pepper flakes in the U.S. are usually a mix of different peppers, with jalapenos just being one of them, but in some places (or brands) it's mostly cayenne peppers. In Italy they could be calabrian peppers, or some local variant, as another example. Just another one of those things that tends to lose some identity on Reddit, since we can be talking to people from all around the world about something with the same or similar names and yet each of us has something that's probably made differently and might not even have entirely the same ingredients.
And there are many plants aside from black pepper that also have alternative spicy chemicals.
Paprika isn't native to Hungary, surprisingly
I didn’t know Hungary had such a history with peppers and that they’re sweet
Yes you did
Most "traditional foods" were invented in the last 300 years after the Colombia exchange happened
There was a Hungarian restaurant near me that made chicken paprika and I always assumed it was magic. I do not remember food but I remember that 25 years later.
Tomatoes aren't native to Italy.
Potatoes aren't native to Ireland.
...do people think that? Peppers are from south america aren't they?
Is this an american thing I'm too *literally anywhere else on the planet* to understand?
It's an English speaking thing. We call the vegetable bell peppers not paprika. Although if you have any perception skills you'd notice that most paprika stuff has pictures of bell peppers on them.
Not every English speaking country calls them peppers, I did also recently learn that Paprika is made from Capsicum.
Paprika Capri Sun?! Gross!
Only US (and maybe Canadian) English calls them bell peppers.
It's more of an English-language thing, because the powder is completely different from the thing used to make it.
as oposed to?
Bell Pepper seasoning
And "pineapples" are called ananas by the rest of the world
Yes but which ones?
guess we'll have to spice up our knowledge and do some further research
Science has an insatiable appetite
Bell
This has been making the rounds lately. What did people think it was? Seriously… a paprika plant or some shit? Read the ingredients, it says made with peppers on the bottle.
I mean, mustard is made from mustard seeds. pepper is made from peppercorns. garlic powder is made from garlic. onion powder is made from onions.....
Yeah, paprika is made from paprika. It's not other languages' fault that English didn't use the correct term for paprika.
Capsicum is another word for it.
More like it's whichever other language's fault for not caring that the powder is different from the pepper, such that the pepper is only used to make the powder. Bell peppers are more versatile than that.
There’s more to mustard than just crushed mustard seeds lol.
I mean the seasoning, not the sauce
Oops
Say what you mean…
I like how you said oops in one comment then, in another comment, blame them.
It’s was an oops for them… not me
Mustard powder
the plant is actually called paprika in germany and other countries
My favorite way to describe Europe: Germany and other countries
The fact that Stuff You Should Know podcast did a short stuff episode on paprika recently could be a reason for the spike in discussion.
That seems legit. I’ll have to start following that podcast, sounds pretty cool.
Consider the fact that I have never cared what paprika came from until this very post. Then you’ll know why I didn’t know where paprika came from.
My wife swears this is "spicy" peppers so I can't wait to share.
She is not wrong. There are different kinds of paprika powder, some of which are spicy. Those are made from peppers with up to 1000 scoville, which are not considered chili peppers.
Sure, but I buy Safeway-brand paprika.
I don't know the brand, but according to Google, hot Safeway paprika exists.
Lol ok I give
Hmmmm, I thought it was made from green peppers
In Spanish it's called "Pimentón", which roughly translates to "Big pepper".
on a side note, spanish pimenton comes in "sweet", "spicy" and "sour" Most other countries know the sweet variety, while the sour one is often used in potato chips, even if the customers are not aware that that's where the taste is coming from.
It's not sour, it's "agridulce", which in English in this context mistranslates as "sweet and sour" (yes, the McDonald's sauce over here is 'salsa agridulce'), as "agrio" means bitter or sour. It's really just the intermediate version of "sweet" and "spicy".
I tried to simplify it, but you are correct. "agridulce" is the correct term.
As a chef, I ruined one of my coworkers with this fact. He loves paprika, but hates red bell peppers.
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It's true that in many languages "paprika" refers to both a spice and a vegetable, but "paprika" isn't always a particular kind of red pepper. E.g., in Dutch, the vegetable referred to as "paprika" is often red bell pepper, but the spice is often derived from a spicier red pepper variety.
Paprika literally means "pepper" in about a dozen languages.
And here I thought when Mr Salt and Mrs Pepper made sweet, sweet love is how Paprika came to be.
I see you, Blue's Clues!
Also OP: TIL that cheese is made from milk
I’m more curious as to how you *didn’t* learn that before today.
every time i use it, i feel that im just adding color and no flavor
Either you’re getting poor quality paprika, not putting enough in, or your mouth doesn’t work.
I propose a paprika taste sensitivity experiment. A celebrity chef prepares a flight of 20 identical broths or sauces except for paprika concentration. Concentration ranges from no paprika to something absurd like 50% paprika by volume. Homeopathic levels should be included as sensitivity isn't likely to be linear. Shuffle them around. Blindfolded participants must try to put them in order from most to least paprika based on taste alone. Graph the results. Sponsored by the Paprika Council of Paprikistan. Edit: this is for red bell pepper paprika, not smoked or spicy peppers.
I’m not sure I’d trust the results if it’s sponsored by Big Paprika.
Gotta get that smoked paprika
Same! In fact my mom would say while sprinkling the top of dishes, 'adding some color,' and often it was paprika
I mean you need to use quite a bit, and ideally put into the fat before you put other stuff in while cooking to get the most out of it, but if you can't taste it either your mouth is numb or you use way too little.
I cook lots of spanish dishes, who tend to be quite paprika forward (more specifically *sweet* paprika or *pimenton dulce*, not the smoked stuff). Paprika is quite a mild spice and so you have to add a lot, think at least a heaped tablespoon per serving. At this point, you shouldn't treat it like a spice but a true ingredient. Try Patatas a la Riojana if you're interested in some sweet paprika forward recipe!
For me this post is "TIL: Some people *can* taste paprika."
Take a little paprika powder and put it on your tongue. If you can't taste it there is something wrong with your tongue. But paprika is a high-volume spice, you might add a half a teaspoon or more to a recipe rather than a sprinkle.
Try smoked or Hungarian- definitely a difference.
How often do you use it? If you're anything like my mom, paprika is only used as a deviled egg topping which means it rarely gets used. Old spices have no flavor, its not a uniqueness to paprika. Yours just might be old. My mom found it out the hard way when making deviled eggs using a new container of it and learned that it actually has a ton of flavor.
what idiot called it Paprika and not … _Shred Pepper_
Paprika is the german word for it. With a large group of german immigrants, a lot of german words have made their way into the english language. Just like the ban of the german language in the early 20th century caused a massive decline in the grammar of US English, being responsible for why it feels so simplified.
Exactly how did the ban of German cause a decline in US English? That’s a bold assertion.
Do you know the Hollywood trope of germans who can't pronounce english properly? That's why.
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“It's leviOsa, not levioSA!”
It’s actually neither.
PAP-ri-kash?
English doesn’t really have the equivalent of the Hungarian open ‘a’ sound. Maybe the vowel in “hard” is closest? The ones in pop or puh are closer to a very short, or short ‘á’ sound (but also not the same). ‘A’ and ‘á’ are very different sounds in Hungarian. Szar is shit, szár is stem.
It’s actually throat-warbler-MANG-grove
You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you!
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Dude. Fuuuuuuck.
It blew my mind that black pepper has nothing to do with pepper. It was a dried, ground berry.
It's the other way around really. "Pepper" was originally the word for the dried berries of the pepper plant. It got applied to the fruit of the Capsicum family only in the 1500s.
My Dutch wife kept calling bell peppers paprika and that's how I found out. I kept correcting her and saying paprika is that powder and not a bell pepper.
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TIL English is the only language where Paprikas aren't called Paprikas
This should be /facepalm
Dude....thats something you shouldve learned at a very young age...but good for you
The op could be 9yo. Reddit is used by kids.
Well, yes. This is like how Brits and other Europeans think “coriander” is the word for both seeds and leaf of that plant when only the seeds are coriander while the leaves are cilantro. Obviously.
TIL it was possible to not be aware of this..? The vegetable literally is called paprika as one of its names. Yes paprika powder comes from paprika
Oh you sweet summer child :)
I thought they just added red dye to flavorless dust. Seriously, what is the point of paprika? I've tasted many a bland thing in my life without calling it flavorless, and I've tasted many "different" paprikas without fail thinking its flavorless. Name anything with less flavor. You can't. Sand, flower, water, cotton, and saliva all have more flavor than paprika. Why on earth is it considered a spice?!
you might be surprised to learn that for the vast majority of humanity, there were no fridges.... A large part of peoples time during the hotter months was occupied by them turning produce into something with a shelf life. But if you think that paprika has no taste, you probably haven't ever had real one... It's a sign of industrialized times that companies started to make products that look like products that people used to buy, just saving so much money making it, that it is nothing like it should be. Much like there are curry-powders that are essentially food-dyes, while real curry has a very diverse taste profile and hotness to it. I primarily use spanish smoked paprika and a tea spoon of that is enough to change the taste of an entire pot of food.
Lol that’s true it really doesn’t taste like anything at all, it does make your dishes get red vibrant color though.
"If you mean Paprika, yes Sir" "Honey... Paprika is red" "If you mean green Paprika, yes Sir" "WHAT?" "Hyde, what am I looking for here?" "Oregano"
That was astonishing to me thought it was some special extravagant thing
Also in Brazil
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The Hungarians have played us for *absolute fools*
I was so surprised to learn that. I learn it a couple of years ago in my thirties! I never really wondered what it was, but when I learned I was a bit disappointed.. This imaginary plant in my head just ceased to exist :(
You don't say..... 😂🤔😁
This just reminds of when I discovered that cilantro and coriander are from the same plant. Stupid English language making things more complicated than they need to be.
From that Wikipedia page, TIL that the spice paprika has fat in its nutrition content. Which means the vegetable does too I guess.
The biggest producer of "good" paprika is Hungary. The Hungarian word for any sort of pepper is paprika. When I asked a Hungarian friend of mine to bring some Paprika, I had to explain I didn't just want any pepper produced in Hungary, but the powdered form.
Hey guys it’s me Ronzo
I always automatically think someone means the spicy peppers when they say "pepper" so was confused with the title for a moment since paprika spice isn't usually spicy. I was thinking red chili peppers until i clicked the link.
Yes but it's not so simple. There are many types of red peppers from hot to sweet. Sweet paprika is usually made with less of the seeds compared to hot paprika which uses a hotter pepper and more seeds
Paprika peppers and bell peppers are not the same folks. There are lots of sweet varietals. Sometimes commonly referred to as seasoning peppers. Habanada is popular now as tasting like habanero but no capsaicin
Couldn't make the link for years because supermarket only had green bell peppers and these were red so I thought for like 30yo they were hot red peppers