Cooking mistake: Paprika - Chile Powder Proportions.

So, the paprika I get in bulk for Hungarian recipes is sweet, not hot.

(Paprika comes in two kinds, sweet and hot.)

So, since both paprika and chile powder are made by grinding dried peppers, for years I've added in a dash of chile powder with sweet paprika in Hungarian recipes, to give the food some kick.

When I made my first big Hungarian stew of fall, however, I added in a bit too much chile powder.

My first shit of the morning the next morning was just like loose shards of reddish-tan that made a soupy mist, and so was my second, too, which came on strong about two hours later when my coffee kicked in.