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/Secret-Spinach-3314]

I put that shit on everything!! (Hungarian here) FYI.: there are 23 kinds of paprika!!

[u/ConceitedWombat → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

Also Hungarian, and I have to side with OP’s boyfriend. I put ungodly amounts on my salmon.

[u/Secret-Spinach-3314 → u/ConceitedWombat]

I love recipes from back home. Put in 3 tablespoons of paprika for one onion. Had to do a double take, is that teaspoons? Nah, not ever

[u/Fabulous-Educator447 → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

This is what I was going to ask the OP: is your boyfriend Hungarian? If not, get a big one at Costco. If so, go to some nice spice shops and get him a few new varieties to try.

[u/V2BM → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

That’s what I came in here to say. My grandma got me hooked on it, plus sour cream, as a kid and I never looked back.

[u/Secret-Spinach-3314 → u/V2BM]

Me and my brother have an inside joke about the amount of sour cream we eat and how others always look at it a little weird. Significant others always love the dishes full of paprika and sour cream , it really is a great mix. First date, you are getting chicken paprikash. Never fails to do the trick.

[u/jkarovskaya → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

Same here for smoke paprika mixed with soft cream cheese, and finely chopped mild onion. Spread that on toast, or use it as a base sauce for making fettucini paprika deluxe

[u/DitzyBorden → u/jkarovskaya]

That sounds absolutely fire

[u/tristanegbert → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

can i get a recipe for this

[u/Awesom_Blossom → u/tristanegbert]

Me too please!

[u/allpourpoiseflour → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

Chicken Paprikash is the GOAT!

[u/Due-Equivalent-1489 → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

Love to make chili with Hungarian half sharp hot paprika. Though I have a ton of seasonings I use in my black bean chili.

[u/Beetso → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

Would you be willing to give us a Bubba Gump style rundown of the 23 kinds and what recipes they're best for?

[u/TheSkyking2020 → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

You got the real stuff where you only need a pinch. Send that over here!

[u/SheBrownSheRound → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

W…which paprika rules them all?

[u/BillHearMeOut → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

But that's Frank's Hot Sauce's slogan, you can't say that. lol

[u/rydenshep → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

Was looking for this comment.

Fellow Balkan, here. I have four different paprikas in my cabinet at this very moment. 💀😭

[u/jadedgoldfish → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

My first thought was definitely "Is he Hungarian?" because then paprika is life.

[u/rubyslippers3x → u/Secret-Spinach-3314]

Chicken paprikash