So much of our enjoyment of food and drink is reliant on our sense of smell. In fact, many scientific sources go so far as to credit our noses with accounting for between 75 and 95 per cent of taste.
This was immediately proven for those unlucky enough to have caught Covid-19, with the loss of smell among other horrid symptoms greatly affecting one’s quality of life. Even after recovery, those with lingering anosmia found it difficult to stomach what were once their favourite foods. It’s why, when we were given those particularly foul-tasting antibiotics as children, our parents would help us plug our noses and gulp the medicine down.
