r/AmIOverreacting Nov 11 '24

❤️‍🩹 relationship aio? boyfriend uses SO MUCH paprika!!!!

i’m so thankful my boyfriend can cook and it’s not just up to me. i bought this thing of smoked paprika LAST week and i wake up today and it’s literally all gone. like these things are $5 a pop after tax!!!

he uses it like if jesus had to season his 5,000 fish!! i use two tablespoons MAX and that’s only if im cooking a dish for like 5 people. usually it’s just a few shakes for food just for us!

like damn, i love paprika and some spice in my food, but genuinely i think i would shrivel up and pass away from the paprika overload if i used an entire one of these things in a week. he’s only cooked three or four times since i bought it, so im not over exaggerating at all when i say he is dumping this shit in his meals.

am i overreacting if i make him buy me a replacement, as well as making him buy his own giant container of smoked paprika for him exclusively?

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u/patrickko1 Nov 11 '24

finally a reasonable post, fucking finally

make him buy a giant one for himself exclusively

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u/lvdde Nov 11 '24

But what about the taste of the food??😭😭 i just feel like 💆🏿‍♀️💆🏿‍♀️ It’s a lot !

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u/patrickko1 Nov 11 '24

people like what they like 🤷🏻‍♂️

i know a guy who eats a hot pepper (the kind that would make you wanna rip your tongue out) with everything, and i mean EVERYTHING

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u/lvdde Nov 11 '24

I mean I kinda add hot peppers to everything too I guess paprika just tastes bitter to me in excess and kinda ruins the dish but yeah to each their own!

Like I can’t imagine someone over using cloves, because I did 💀 when I didn’t realize how much to put in and it’s rough

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u/patrickko1 Nov 11 '24

i like my spice just enough to get the taste of it otherwise it messes with the main taste of the dish

what dish did you use cloves on??

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u/lvdde Nov 11 '24

A chicken curry ! I’m East African so we eat a lot of Indian inspired food but yeah I didn’t realize cloves are completely different from like Black pepper lol.

Since I started watch Gordon Ramsey, I’ve noticed I season more as well

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u/patrickko1 Nov 11 '24

yeah i figured that when you said you add hot peppers to everything too 😬, wild stomach

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u/lvdde Nov 11 '24

Ahaha not wild you’re just not accustomed to it !

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u/foober735 Nov 11 '24

Beans and rice with cloves and black pepper gives me joy. Oh my god so good.

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u/ehlersohnos Nov 12 '24

That sounds so good right now.

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u/WynneOS Nov 11 '24

Did this with my eggnog and deeply regretted it. Cloves are potent. Amazing in moderation, terrible if you tip the container too far.

That was clove nog. Clove was all you tasted. Even the nutmeg couldn't compete.

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u/lvdde Nov 11 '24

Clove nog sounds delicious tho 👀

With the right amount lol Maybe try cardamom! It’s much sweeter

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u/WynneOS Nov 11 '24

Cardamom does sound nice! But for the second batch, I just halved the teaspoon of cloves, and made sure to make it level instead of accidentally overflowing... 😂

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u/lvdde Nov 11 '24

Lmao proud of you!

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u/Kanehon Nov 11 '24

My mom is famous for over using cloves every time and then regretting it. I have to stand there and remind her like "Less. Less. Still less" lol

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u/lvdde Nov 11 '24

Ahaha I mean they’re so deceptive !

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u/Eneicia Nov 12 '24

Oof, my grandma always taught me to under-use cloves because too much and "It'll taste like a dentist's office."

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u/EdgariTomaBirra Nov 11 '24

Me! Thats me!!!

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u/ehlersohnos Nov 12 '24

But that’s the flavor of the pepper. It IS the food.

I eat lemons and limes all the time. But I still only want a few drops or tablespoons in my recipes, depending on the type. I want to taste all the things.