Paprika

Paprika is a spice in Central and South America. It consists of dry red and green bell peppers grinded together to form a powder. It is used to add color and flavor to a dish, similar to MSG. It was only grown in Europe when Christopher Columbus brought some back from the Americas. It is used to season and colour rices, stews, soup, and to flavor sausages. The countries that produce the most paprika are India, China, Bangledesh, and Peru. The redder the paprika, the more hotter it taste. There are 8 types of paprika; Special Quality, Delicate, Exquisite, Pungent, Rose, Noble Sweet, Half- Sweet, and Hot. Each type has its own paticular taste and KFC Chicken most likely uses Rose paprika because it has a strong aroma and it does not taste hot. Paprika is high in vitamin C, but high heats, like frying, leaches the vitamin from the paprika. Since KFC puts all its chicken in high heat areas, most of the vitamins disappear from the chicken, making paprika neither a healthy nor unhealthy.