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Default What is it with spices?

Peter A wrote:
> In article >,
> lid says...
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>> Paprika is made by grinding sweet red bell peppers.
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> How is it, then, that some paprika is quite hot?
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My statement was too sweeping. The majority of paprika is made from red
bell peppers. The hotter stuff is the small fraction that is made from
hotter peppers.