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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/xXDeadlyDeliriumXx on 2026-08-13 00:35:47+00:00.

Obligatory this happened last night and not today.

To start, I have anosmia, I cannot smell through my nose but can still taste. I have lived with three gas leaks and can't pick up the most obvious scents, and am usually unaware to things others would pick up instantly. But still cook usually with no issues and thoroughly enjoy it.

Lastnight I was baking potatoes for dinner with a side of bacon and boudin. All was well, nothing looked bad and cut normally, there was no discoloration or softness or liquid. I baked them and plated it for my boyfriend and I and went and sat to enjoy dinner and I bit into this sickly sweet tasting potato that just tasted........wrong. Whatever was wrong alerted me to it instantly and it quickly turned into this mush, all I could do was get up and run hoping I could make it to a trashcan before my body purged whatever that was. It was bad, it didn't look rotten or feel rotten but holy crap there was something wrong with it. I eat potato all the darn time; potato soup, twice baked, mash, fries, hash browns, and baked potatoes so often. Like it is my favorite food and I have never had that happen.

If anyone could explain that I'd be grateful.

Not sure if I'll be eating a potato for a solid while after that.

TL;DR Baked potatoes for dinner, despite the look and touch passing off as a good, it was rotten apparently. Can't smell and never even knew til I put it in my mouth.