ERRATIC taste buds!

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I wanted to cook viand for our lunch. I asked my son to buy 2 small packs of vermicelli because I wanted to cook a ‘one-dish-meal’ of vermicelli soup with meatballs. We have cans of meatballs packaged by my big brother from UK so I used a can for the dish I wanted to cook. Having the influenza virus eventually reduces one’s senses of taste and smell. When I cook, I rely on the smell of the dish I prepare.I took this trait from my mother. So, when the viand was about to be cooked with the noodles and the meatballs, I added some salt, finely ground black pepper, 2 tablespoonful of fish sauce, and mixed them thoroughly. But I cannot taste what I cooked so I asked my sister to do the taste test. I could not even smell what I cooked, but my sister showed me her ‘thumb-up’ sign, approving that I cooked the meatballs soup with vermicelli satisfactorily. Can you eat well when you are down with influenza or any other sickness? My mother said that ‘even though we cannot taste the food, we should still eat so the nutrients will make our bodies stronger and the sickness will be removed’.