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Default Sweet Hungarian paprika substitute?

On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 13:11:23 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:25:12 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Wed 07 Jul 2010 08:46:56p, isw told us...
>>
>>> In article >,
>>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz blathered:
>>>>
>>>> > Sweet paprika is primarilly for color... any mild paprika will
>>>> > work... no one can tell where paprika peppers were grown in a
>>>> > cooked dish anyway... most paprika is a blend.
>>>>
>>>> YOU can't tell the difference. More discerning people (i.e.,
>>>> people with a functioning sense of smell) can.
>>>
>>> I would be interested to know the exact brand(s) for which you can
>>> tell a difference. I can distinguish between "sweet" (i.e. not
>>> much taste to speak of), "smoked", and "hot".
>>>
>>> If there are brands that are superior, I'd like to know about
>>> them; I've never been satisfied with the taste of my paprikashes.
>>>
>>> Isaac
>>>

>>
>> If you buy a good brand like Pride of Szeged Hungarian Paprika,
>> you'll find that the sweet variety does indeed have a lot of flavor.

>
>and a great-looking can:
>
><http://www.amazon.com/Szeged-Premium-Quality-Hungarian-Paprika/dp/B001JAXI4K>


Unless one runs a restaurant it's pretty dumb to buy 30 ounces of
paprika at once.