Obvious things that I, as an American, never realized.

Hot paprika is actually hot. Like, just as effective as any other capsaicin delivery method. Not unfairly so or anything, not ghost-pepper-ridiculous, but it's an actual legitimate hot pepper, about the order of magnitude of, say, Tabasco or Frank's or sriracha or something like that.

Until I bought a thing of it and tried it this week, I'd never had hot paprika -- I'd only had sweet. And I'd never quite seen the point. Smoked sweet paprika I understand -- it's a smoke delivery system. But plain sweet paprika? Well, it's a coloring, but it doesn't taste like anything.

But hot paprika is going to stay in my cabinet from now on. I can't use it for things for Lis, since she doesn't do hot, but it actually has a purpose.