Another question about paprika
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Lilith — 2 weeks ago(March 15, 2026 12:53 PM)
Really? Bummer! I am running out of paprika so I just bought another container of sweet paprika. I'm going to have to try the smoked. What kind of quality does it bring? How much "smoke" are we talking about? How heavy is it?
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元才 — 2 weeks ago(March 15, 2026 02:00 PM)
Sweet paprika is mild and sweet while smoked paprika is savoury, complex and noticeably smoky Lilith. I's almost a completely different spice if you were to consider them next to each other
There's room for both (And the picante variety too) but the sweet stuff is mostly fruity, the smokey stuff is the scaffolding you can build all sorts from and the spicy stuff is a really lame Cayenne pepper and if you were building on either of the other paprikas I'd suggest Cayenne for the spice, less being more rather than having more of the picante paprika to being it up
But, as with most things, personal tastes vary and maybe a different set of seasonings will work better for you
I'm doing a Tuscan bean soup today and smoked paprika is right at the heart of it -
Lilith — 2 weeks ago(March 15, 2026 08:14 PM)
I taste it, but then again, I'm rather heavy handed with it, especially when I use it on my sweet potatoes. It might have to do with all of the other things I mix in with it, but I notice a definitely flavour. But I don't taste it when I sprinkle it on deviled eggs.
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Lilith — 2 weeks ago(March 15, 2026 09:19 PM)
When I was a kid, I absolutely hated them! Really, really hated them!
Then, as an adult, I grew to love them! Isn't that weird how our tastes can change?
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Lilith — 2 weeks ago(March 15, 2026 09:32 PM)
There are other foods and spices that I think are the opposite as well. For example, the older I get, the saltier I seem to like my food. I was never really big on salt, but I definitely prefer foods on the saltier side when I am making them myself, not so much when I go out to a restaurant. When I'm eating out, I don't salt my food or order foods that might be particularly salty. But when I'm cooking at home, I am conscious of the fact that I slightly oversalt my foods.
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