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sense of taste and smell and carrots
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I'm off work with bad cold and have lost my sense of smell and therefore can't taste anything either...except carrots!
This has happened before. I did an experiment: I ate some smoked mackerel, which obviously has a very strong flavour, but I couldn't taste it at all. Then I tried carrots, and I could taste them fine!
It doesn't seem to matter whether the carrots are cooked or raw. And it's just carrots - I can't taste anything else at all! It's not fair, as I'm not mad on carrots.
Bit of a strange question, but it's annoying me and I need to know if it's just me?
This has happened before. I did an experiment: I ate some smoked mackerel, which obviously has a very strong flavour, but I couldn't taste it at all. Then I tried carrots, and I could taste them fine!
It doesn't seem to matter whether the carrots are cooked or raw. And it's just carrots - I can't taste anything else at all! It's not fair, as I'm not mad on carrots.
Bit of a strange question, but it's annoying me and I need to know if it's just me?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I suspect you are just *finely tuned* to that well known aroma of carrot ! When I've had a cold or the flu, I can only smell vinegar and BO and I'm not mad on either of them !
I always thought that we only had four types of taste bud - sweet, salty, sour and bitter, as described in an easy to follow way here , but I've been reading about a fifth one (umami) here.
So, what we think of as taste is often smell instead !
I always thought that we only had four types of taste bud - sweet, salty, sour and bitter, as described in an easy to follow way here , but I've been reading about a fifth one (umami) here.
So, what we think of as taste is often smell instead !
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