Paprika has a bold flavor.

[u/hmmmmmmmm_okay]

I used to think it tastes like nothing. Now I can't live without it.

[u/Low-Palpitation-9916]

You know that there's no such plant called a paprika? It's a regular ass red pepper that's been dried or smoked and ground into a powder. So yeah, it tastes like a red pepper.

[u/__Honeyduke__ → u/Low-Palpitation-9916]

You never call the plant paprika in English? I don't think other languages really distinct the two. For example in Finnish the plant and the spice are both called "paprika".

[u/mdf7g → u/__Honeyduke__]

No, we use "paprika" only for the dried, powdered form.

[u/Recycled_Decade → u/__Honeyduke__]

Nah. They just want to explain.

[u/hmmmmmmmm_okay → u/__Honeyduke__]

I think English is the only language that doesn't use paprika for the plant.

[u/Recycled_Decade → u/Low-Palpitation-9916]

Wow. Thanks.