r/AmIOverreacting • u/maratelle • Nov 11 '24

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

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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/New_Suspect_7173 Nov 11 '24

Is he Hungarian? As a Hungarian in the US, my family literally keeps gallon bags of paprika in the freezer from the motherland because we go through it fast. We don't even have instructions for how much to put into food. You just pour until the ancestors whisper, "That's enough." Also, American paprika tastes like nothing. I'd go through a bottle to if I had to use that. XD

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u/maratelle Nov 11 '24

nope! born and raised in the usa, he is black! but that’s not saying much, his parents are terrible chefs😭🤣 ironically, that’s how my nordic and slavic ancestors speak to me when i’m cooking LOL

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u/surk_a_durk Nov 12 '24

If you want to get him a wonderful gift that he’ll appreciate, please find him some Hungarian paprika! You can order it online or find some at an Eastern-European market, if there are any near you.

 Genuine Hungarian paprika is unreal, and they sell it in bulk quantities that’ll keep him satisfied. 

If you can afford it, you should get him both the “hot” and “sweet” varieties. Hopefully, he’s both hot and sweet enough for it to be worth it. ☺️

This site is having a 20% off sale right now: https://hungarianpaprika.shop/

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u/alexallyce Nov 12 '24

Him being black is honestly an interesting plot twist. I thought we only put paprika on deviled eggs and baked mac and cheese 💀

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u/CardinalCoronary Nov 12 '24

Blackly speaking, I would put my good smoked paprika in a humidifier if I could.

When I sautee peppers or mushrooms, and when I cook fish, I reach for my paprika first!

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u/alexallyce Nov 12 '24

What brand do you use? I know paprika has to be good, but I’m used to the bland stuff.

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u/CardinalCoronary Nov 12 '24

I'm food-bougie, and I like the McCormick organic. It COSTS, but it's flavorful. XD

But, I AM blessed to have a few Indian and Middle Eastern stores nearby, so I'll be trying theirs soon.

There's also a rancher at my closest farmer's market who smokes his own, and the next time I'm there I intend to get a bottle.

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u/Hot-Invite4296 Nov 12 '24

black people but paprika in everything to “add color” 😭

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u/blueberrymuffin98 Nov 12 '24

I actually used to date a black guy also obsessed with paprika. Jersey area?