I recently suffered three weeks of anosmia (loss of smell, taste) due to an acute sinus infection, and had some wasabi one evening. I could not taste it at all

I recently suffered three weeks of anosmia (loss of smell, taste) due to an acute sinus infection, and had some wasabi one evening. I could not taste it at all, and further, I did not get the eye watering, nose burning sensation I normally get that restricts me to a quarter teaspoon at most. If this woman had a similar issue, then yes, I can see how one could eat cups of wasabi and not notice.