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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.
That doesn’t sound right. I don’t know if this is just some particular subset of rural British people they mention but in London people love Indian, Thai etc food which generally has paprika. As a spice it is always in every supermarket.
Im not british but i definately know that Nandos is big there, and they definately use plenty of paprika. Their peri peri chip seasoning in particular is fantastic, its basically smoked paprika, salt, birds eye chilli, sugar, garlic & onion. I recreate a basic version of it at home sometimes to sprinkle on chips or wedges.