During a particularly compelling kitchen moment you are told that in order to find the paprika you have to clean the entire spice rack. You don’t know how to do this since it was never explained, along with a lot of other things in this world.
Cleaning a spice rack just means you rub a damp cloth over the top lids of the spices. And that’s all. No need to unclog, or determine if any new spices need to be added. No no alphabetizing, contrary to popular belief.
But you haven’t yet found the paprika.