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byjove posts to Tumblr:
British people hate paprika in particular for some reason. Have not changed their stance on that since Jonathan Harker. For some reason it's the first thing they mention when talking about disgusting American food, presumably because it features in a lot of recipe videos. Perhaps the funniest example of this was when someone commented "WHAT WAS THAT DISGUSTING ARTIFICIAL LOOKING RED POWDER?" under a chicken recipe and everyone tore them to shreds. Anyway, I'm a smoked p aprika fanatic and I genuinely think paprika haters are weaklings.
selenekallanwriter replies:
My most basic seasoning for meats is made of garlic, onion, pepper and paprika.
If I'm doing a stew/bolognese/something hearty, then: garlic, onion, cumin, pepper, paprika, oregano, basil, thyme, and cane sugar. And that's nothing compared to other cultures' cuisine.
The British are weaak.
I make taco meat all the time, and I use paprika. Sometimes, I'm out of paprika just because I haven't restocked, and I'll just go without, and... it really doesn't taste that much different. Maybe it's just cause I buy the cheap shit, but I can't say there's anything special about paprika over the many, many other ground pepper choices out there.
Also, why is this topic in a vampire instance?
Jonathan Harker, the guy mentioned in the post, is arguably the main protagonist of Dracula. The very first chapter of the book has a passage where he eats paprika hendl and comments on it (see my earlier comment for the exact quote).
Ah, thanks.