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One of the most common symptoms associated with light cases of COVID-19 is a loss ofsense of taste and smell. For some, these meanings come back shortly after the recovery of the virus, however, for others, it's much longer.

In fact, many people reported having stillresume their sense of taste and smell fully Several months after the exhibition. If foods always have bland tasting, it can be difficult to find motivation to eat - that's why people often report that theylosing weight Fighting with COVID-19. (In touch:Vitamin doctors exhort everyone to take right now)

However, if you have trouble recovering your appetite, know that you are not alone.New York TimesCalifornia Critical Restaurant and Chronicler forNew York Times magazine, Tejal Rao, has recently writtenan article revealing the flavor that it attributes to the revival of his desire to eat. His secret? The classic Sichuan flavor, Mala.

Mala, which translates intonumbness andspiceIt is the flavor resulting from a mixture of peppers and pepper of Sichuan. If you have never had the pleasure of trying Sichuan Peppercorns, it's an experience, saying the least. In fact, I tried a myself at the Brooklyn cider home now closed from Bushwick, and I can always remember the sensation two years later.

After biting in pepper, I remember having tasted bitter bitter, almost Piney, so my tongue startedtinglinguntil it is completely numb. My mouth soon became submerged with comfortable and sustained heat. After a few minutes, the sensation ended with citrus notes. It was by far one of the most bizarre but pleasant and exciting flavor profiles I've ever tasted.

Although I did not have Covid-19, I can understand how a dish with this ingredient in the mix could reaffirm his senses. This strange sensing of electricity buzzing on the top of your tongue comes from a molecule found in sichuan peppers called, Hydroxy-Alpha Sanshal.

"My brain was unable to interpret the delicious information floating around me, unable to detect, not to mention the identification, one of the aromas I took through my nose. Without odors to guide me, my meaning of faded taste and my flattened food, ranging gray and mute, dull and lifeless, "wrote Rao in his article forNew York Times magazine.

She described themouth of cheese like that of rubber and dough and popcorn like "thorny foam". Then, when she had Mapo tofu and boiled fish flavored with Mala, he woke his senses, saying it, "Blood became aware of the blood rushing through my face."

"It reminded me that I was still alive. And it was enough. I could taste with a certain dimension, color, with an exaltation. Or at least, despite anosmia, I could feel like I tasted, "Rao wrote.

If you still have trouble finding your sense of taste and your smell, it may be time to get your hands on an Mala and give your taste buds something new to work.

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