I've been making this Guylas for about 30 years... To date, I've not found that browning the dredged meat makes it bitter. Ignorance bliss? Luck? Who knows? The Shadow? green, CH #2156 -----Original Message----- From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of audiot@gmxpro.net Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 1:50 PM To: chile-heads-digest@globalgarden.com Subject: Re: [CH] Hungarian Beef Gulyas On 29 Oct 2002, at 8:45, green wrote: > Brown beef cubes in bacon fat, place in bowl as they brown. Note: I always > dredge mine in a flour/pepper/salt/paprika mixture first. I think it is generally not recommended to fry paprika powder because it gets bitter quite easily. Maybe that's a myth, but I never dared to try that out. wolf