This may seem a bit wierd. With that said, I'm talking about Sinus Rinse. Yeppers, Sinus Rinse. It's kinda like re-booting your computer. Since my surgury, I have been doing this 2 times each day. Today I smoked a Sol Cubano Maduro with my coffee. Then I did my rinse and it reset my palate. After the rinse, I smoked a Gurkha Legend and it was like my first cigar of the day. In food service, we try to develop menus that compliment each course. We try to separate the flavors so each course can be enjoyed at it's peak. I don't think a strawberry sorbet would help between cigars, but I have found that a sinus rinse does. Wow I think I'm on to something here. The rinse is done with warm saline solution and a squeeze bottle with a specially shaped nozzle. I know what you're thinking, yes I am nuts. Just imagine the possibilities, clean out all that allergy causing pollen, keep your taste clear and ready for the best Cigar experience of your life. Hey you never know, until you try. :roll:
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A Sinus Rinse...I'll try anything to further enhance my tasting / pairing of foods.
As far as the nose aiding in tasting:
With our mouth we get the basic tastes of sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami (kind of like the way msg tastes).
Our nose senses thousands of smells which translate into different flavors, which is why I've been taking multivitamins and echinacea ever since I began at the culinary academy. If my nose goes, so does my sense of taste to a great extent.
As far as the nose aiding in tasting:
With our mouth we get the basic tastes of sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami (kind of like the way msg tastes).
Our nose senses thousands of smells which translate into different flavors, which is why I've been taking multivitamins and echinacea ever since I began at the culinary academy. If my nose goes, so does my sense of taste to a great extent.
I've gotta know the technique because squirting a liquid up one's nose just sounds like it would be either painful or the cause of a gagging fit.
iminaquagmire said:
It's an 8oz. plastic bottle with a conical cap. You add water and a pre-mixed packet of salt and baking soda. Heat that puppy in the nuker for 40 seconds and shake. Lean over the sink and without holding your breath, hold the tip up to your nostril, squeeze gently and let it run out the other side. No ill effects at all. Like I said, it sounds wierd, but I'm tellin ya, it works. The product name is Neil Med for the bottle and packets.
I've done this off and on for years dealing with allergies and the occasional sinus infection. Even Ocean Nasal spray will help wash the smoke and pollen out of your nose but not as well as the rinse. The home brew method is one quarter teaspoon salt per six ounces of water. Cheap plastic squeeze bottles are available in many drugstores.
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Motion123 said:
YES but it works , I did it right after I read the first post , I had some saline spray & gave the nose a BIG hit after the morning coffee & Don Carlos III, it cleared out all the hot pepper cheese I had in the omelet along with the onions & garlic , all I could smell & taste at that point was a slight salty aroma with the tiniest taste of salt on the tip of the tongue, the first few puff of the Monte "A" were @$$kickers , dammmmmm I am going to get hooked on saline spray hahahaha !
djl4570 said:
As someone who has dealt with allergies most of my life, I have been using method twice daily for about twenty years - it works!
One would think the salt would burn the sinuses but it doesn't.
Try it, you'll like it.