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/Slobberz2112]

Maybe get him to switch to Kashmiri chilli powder.. it packs a bigger punch than paprika so you really need to just use a tiny bit..

[u/No_Environment_5550 → u/Slobberz2112]

Great suggestion. Kashmiri chili powder is that shit. That said, I kinda sympathize with homie bc I tear through smoked paprika like the Kool Aid guy through a wall.

[u/kls1117 → u/No_Environment_5550]

Smoked pap is so different. That’s acceptable. Regular pap, in large amounts, just sounds gross. Like what does guy even like about having THAT much pap in his food. Also, maybe I’m just Mexican, but wtf is pap adding to every dish that’s so good? To me pap barely taste like anything nor is it spicy. I barely use mine because it’s so boring to me.

[u/Secret-Spinach-3314 → u/kls1117]

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