Like, actually stunned. There were a lot of “WAIT WHAT?!” replies. One person said they’d always imagined it grew on a tree, which—again, oddly common theme. Apparently we all collectively invented a paprika tree in our minds and just kind of… ran with it?
Honestly, it’s kind of amazing how many of us never bothered to question it. We just kept buying those little red tins and shaking the powder into chili or scrambled eggs or whatever, without ever wondering where it came from. I guess we assumed someone somewhere
