KITCHEN PRACTICE 2 — Pimentón Dulce vs. Pimentón Picante
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Chapter: Spanish Cookery 1 — Foundations & the Spanish Pantry

TASK
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Compare pimentón dulce and pimentón picante — smell each one, taste a
tiny pinch on its own if you're comfortable, and note the real
difference between "mild and sweet" and "genuinely hot."

WHAT TO DO
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1. Open both jars and smell each one separately.
2. Place a tiny pinch of pimentón dulce directly on your tongue (or,
   if you'd rather not taste it raw, sprinkle a pinch onto a piece of
   bread with a little olive oil first).
3. Taste, then repeat with a tiny pinch of pimentón picante.
4. Note the difference in smell as well as taste — don't rely on
   taste alone.

WHAT TO EXPECT
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- Pimentón dulce should smell and taste sweet, mild, and slightly
  earthy, with no real heat at all.
- Pimentón picante should carry a genuine, building heat — not
  overwhelming, but clearly, unmistakably hotter than the dulce jar.
- If either jar is labelled "ahumado" (smoked), you should also
  notice a real smoky, woodsy note underneath the sweet or hot
  flavour — that's the oak-fire smoking process described in this
  chapter.

WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER
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Pimentón looks identical from jar to jar — the only way to really
know which one you're holding is to smell and taste it directly.
This exercise builds that recognition before Chapter 3's own deeper
dive into pimentón's real cooking technique, where using the wrong
jar by mistake would genuinely change a dish's outcome.