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the ground-up confession that your bell peppers were spicy all along.
means A reddish powdered spice made from dried, ground sweet or hot peppers, used to color and flavor food.
from English borrowed it from Hungarian 'paprika,' which took it from a Serbian/Croatian diminutive of 'papar' meaning 'pepper' — itself descended from Latin 'piper' and ultimately Greek 'peperi,' a name that originally traveled west from India. The fun twist of history: the peppers themselves came the other way, carried back to Europe from the Americas after Columbus, then ground into a spice the Hungarians made famous.
- hungarian pride
- Hungary treats it like a national treasure, not a spice
- nobel ties
- Szent-Gyorgyi won a Nobel isolating vitamin C from it
- heat range
- Spans sweet to fiery depending on pepper choice
- color trick
- Burns instantly, turning bitter if you rush it
hungarian paprika — spice from szeged region, protected designation of origin since 1997
spanish smoked paprika — pimentón de la vera from extremadura, pdo protected since 1992
kasuri paprika — rare dried paprika from kashmir region, used in traditional kashmiri cuisine