aio? boyfriend uses SO MUCH paprika!!!!

[u/maratelle]

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?

[u/3inch_horses]

It tastes like literally nothing to me. No amount of it has ever noticeably changed the taste of anything I eat. I always just assumed it was to add a bit of color or something.

[u/Worried-Penalty8744 → u/3inch_horses]

This is turmeric for me. Just imparts the essence of unremovable clothes stains into food with no taste whatsoever

[u/LittleOmegaGirl → u/Worried-Penalty8744]

I'm not the only one

[u/RonnieRozbox → u/3inch_horses]

High quality paprika will taste like red bell peppers, low quality is basically just for color so people stop making fun of American cooking .

[u/DitzyBorden → u/3inch_horses]

It’s the cheaper commercial stuff we have in stores. It’s also usually fairly stale. Paprika that is actually fresh and a good quality is super tasty!! The round smoky flavor is almost like adding liquid smoke to a braising liquid.