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"Peter A" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> There are no fewer than seven major kinds of Hungarian paprika and none
> are really hot - even the hotter ones are not very much hotter than
> ordinary black pepper: különleges ("special", only slightly hot),
> csipösségmentes (not hot at all), csemege ("gastronomical", not hot),
> édesnemes ("noble sweet"), fél-édes ("semi-sweet"), rózsa ("pink",
> fairly hot), and erös (hot).
>
> For cooking, only the sweeter varieties are supposed to be used, with
> édesnemes often being preferred. The hotter varieties (rózsa and erös)
> are normally added to the already cooked dishes. BTW, "sweet" means the
> absence of heat, it doesn't indicate any actual sweetness.
>
>


If you are interested in paprika I highly recommend investigating the
Spanish varieties as well as the Hungarian.
www.tienda.com has a good
selection. They have smoked paprika which is great - adds a different
flavor.

Are you saying that hungarian paprika has a smoked taste? A friend of mine ,
one month ago, brought me from hungay a package of sweet paprika. It was
very tasty but not smoked...I don't know.

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