Janie - sorry to hear that! I know many smokers lose taste in their taste buds -

Rick - let me know if you try it and you can also place in on top of a sammie making a nice warm hoagie/sub -

Good point is you can get it back. I used to hate the little blue-haired ladies who could smell smoke on you from a hundred yards since I smoked for years until a heart attack in 2003. Then about a year after I was tallking to a friend who was the head of our local Chamber of Commerce and I thought "I didn't know Doug smoked" then it dawned on me - "I'm just like the little blue-haired ladies. Sense of smell and taste are way better now.

It's good to hear that! Losing taste buds would kill me!

CF
I couldn't of said it better.

I have never been a smoker. I just have bad allergies/asthma and cig smoke is one of my worst ones. Everytime I get around something that sets off my allergies it causes inflamation in my nasal passages and everything to get congested. It inflames my throat and the nasal stuff will set off asthma every single time. When ever it is really at it I cannot taste well at all.
Jon's Daddy burns coal and wood for heat and it keeps me stuffed up for days everytime I go there. Im still paying for playing with his Mom's cat a few days ago. Big old fat cat and I know everytime I play with him Im gonna pay for it but he is just so dang cute!