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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There were quite a few foods I couldn’t stand as a kid. I guess taste buds “mature”.
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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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Love devilled eggs.
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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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Does paprika actually have a flavor? It has no taste to me. I don’t use it much.
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Sorry I can't help you. I have some. I barely use that spice. I don't like the taste. I put it on deviled eggs and garlic bread only.

I strongly dislike cayenne pepper. Very strongly.
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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

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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Only smoked paprika Lilith, everything else is dull by comparison

All I know is that in Hungarian the word paprika means ' pepper' in english

The smoked version is great! Especially on deviled eggs.
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I use mine to make BBQ sauce.
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Definitely does. Blech!
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That liquid smoke is disgusting. It gives a very odd flavour.

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Ah, so I'm just not adding enough of it. I'm going to make fries today, so I'll make sure to sprinkle a good amount of it on them.
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I apply it pretty liberally. It adds flavour but also causes browning and crisping. On my sweet potatoes, it even causes a little caramelization.
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Maybe I'm not using enough of it. Usually I'll just sprinkle a little bit on deviled eggs or french fries. I don't really even taste it.
How much of it do you use in a recipe?
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I used it once and absolutely hated it! I may have added too much, too little, or just didn't use it right, but it tasted more like chemicals than giving anything resembling a "smoked" flavour.
One of the reasons I use paprika a lot with baking certain foods, is that
that
is what actually provides a toasty, sweet and almost caramelized taste and texture.
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I have liquid smoke, but have never used it. I don't cook very much.
Maybe I don't put enough paprika in the food. I bought the smoked version for a French fry recipe that called for that and malt vinegar.
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liquid smoke is kinda gross when compared to the real thing 🤮
so the moral is, don't ever eat real food
regarding paprika; it's made from bell peppers. you can even make your own by drying them. you can use sweet peppers or not. you can roast them, or not. you can add whatever profiles you like. and they do not have to be from hungary

Well, that's a bummer. It doesn't give the food at least a slight smokey flavour?
Have you ever heard of liquid smoke? It's one of those flavourings you can add to foods to (allegedly) give it a bit of a BBQ type of taste.
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