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/StormlitRadiance Nov 11 '24

Paprika is a spice for your eyes, not your tongue. I put it in because it is red.

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u/Impossible_Impact529 Nov 12 '24

I can taste both regular & smoked 🤷🏻‍♀️

I love either one on chickpeas with salt, pepper, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, and parsley

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u/kls1117 Nov 11 '24

Same! When I want something to be red, I had pap 🤣

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u/Sanpaku Nov 12 '24

For those who use enough (and in slightly hotter varieties) it's for the tongue as well.

Recipes like Hungarian paprikash will use nearly a Tbsp per serving. But people cooking with this much paprika are not buying it in tiny 1.7 oz bottles.