just dried and crushed red capsicum was really shocking. I don’t know why I thought there was a paprika tree somewhere.” Which—yeah. Same. I never really thought about it, but if you’d asked me five years ago, I probably would’ve guessed “paprika” came from, like… its own special paprika pod or something? Some kind of spice bush? I don’t know.
spoon of paprika
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People Really Didn’t See It Coming
So after that post made the rounds, the comment sections started filling up with people who were equally baffled.