The many shades of Alma Paprika

This Greengirl gets her green thumb from her grandfather, a second generation Slav. Like many cooks from Eastern Europe, Grandpa Andy loved his tomatoes, potatoes and poppy seeds. He also loved his paprika, a mysterious vile of red, smoky powder found only in his kitchen spice drawer.

When Robyn gave me a paprika plant, I nearly fell out of my chair.

“You can grow paprika?” I was flabbergasted, but happily added the vigorous seedling to my garden.

The white blossoms quickly transformed into little white globes. Throughout the summer, the globes grew bigger and bigger. This past week, they’ve turned from a sunny yellow to a deep paprika orange. I harvested two, but I now am stumped.

How do you get from pepper to powder?

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