11 Terrible Hangover Cures (That People Actually Try)
Pickled Fish
Fish Pickles, the magical cure all. Who knew?
Think you’re up to eating? Then we suggest Rollmops. We’re told that nothing cuts through that hangover fugue like a fillet of pickled herring wrapped snugly around slivers of onion and pickles. Packing a serious pucker punch, this breakfast may not cure your hangover, but it will certainly do amazing things to your breath for the next 12 hours.
Umeboshi
Yeah, we know what it looks like. Get your mind out of the gutter.
Yes, more of these damned pickle cures. The Japanese swear by umeboshi, which are bite-sized, green picked plums pickled in salt. Wrinkled, wizened and looking disturbingly familiar, these fruity pickle bombs will clear your sinuses and improve your digestion. They’re also touted as a great energy booster and pick me up, though we suspect that has more to do with you needing to pick yourself up to run to the bathroom when this highly acidic snack hits your already upset stomach.
Crushed Olive Paste
Boiled Olive paste, because your day just couldn’t get any worse
Consider this the olives’ revenge for all their kin who drowned in your martinis last night. Take 8 green olives and crush them to a paste in a bowl. Add 30g of white sugar and dump the paste into a liter of boiling water, keeping it at the boil for 10 minutes.
Once it’s cool enough, close your eyes and drink it down.
Tripe
Someone out there decided the cure to an upset stomach is to chow down on…stomach.
Tripe soup to be exact. This remedy spans many cultures, though what healing abilities are to be found in the stewed remains of a greasy clump of cow stomach are completely beyond us.
In Mexico they call it menudo and it comes with the added bonus of cows feet. Yummy! This soup is made from tripe, leg tendons and the cow’s hooves, all slathered in chili paste and cilantro. Whatever you were up to the night before, you can be sure that by eating this dish you’ll have done your penance and then some.
The Romanian’s make their cure by boiling the tripe in a salty root vegetable soup, heavy on the hot peppers and well seasoned with garlic (not a vampire friendly recipe). When served globs of sour cream are added for added fatty goodness.
Haejangguk
Suddenly the dog’s breakfast is looking down right gourmet
If you draw the line at eating another animal’s digestive organs, then perhaps you’d rather try the Korean cure. Haejangguk translates literally into “soup to chase a hangover†and it’s stuffed full of all sorts of tasty treats like pig spines, coagulated ox blood and dried cabbage. Why it works is anyone’s guess, but it’s so popular that ancient records indicate it was the very first delivery food sent to cure a hangover, kindly delivered to guests the morning after large feasts and other shindigs.
Nikolashka
Because real men chew their coffee.
Legend says that Tsar Nicholas II of Russian created this horrible cure, proving that he among his other traits he apparently had no taste buds whatsoever.
Take one slice of lemon and heap a teaspoon of sugar and a teaspoon of coffee on top of it. Close your eyes, say a prayer to whatever deity you hold dear and eat the whole thing in one bite. Chase with a glass of water (for all the good that’s going to do) If there’s anyone on this Earth who would be willing to try and nibble on this canapé from hell instead of gulping it down, they’d have to be insane. By the time your vision clears and the waves of revulsion have died away, your hangover should be long gone.
Based on this research, we have come up with the Penultimate Hangover Cure:
- Pour equal parts tomato juice and pickle brine into a blender
- 8 green olives
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Spoonful of coffee grounds
- Double handful of tripe
- Add liberal amounts of Tabasco sauce
- Blend until its no longer chunky or moving on its own
- Pour into glass, add a raw egg
Drink up before you chicken out
**Forkparty makes no claims as to the medicinal benefits of this unholy concoction, if you drink this and survive, please drop us an email and let us know how it went. We’re sure as hell not trying it.
TEN WORST PLACES TO PASS OUT DRUNK
By Susan Hayes
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LOL, thats downright scary stuff dude. Wow.
To actually recuperate, I recommend a variation on a shake I use after heavy weightlifting: 1/2 scoop dextrose(corn sugar), 1 scoops Protein powder, milk and some yogurt and fruit. Use the scooper from the protein powder drum. This will fill you up fast.
Your body absorbs liquids faster, so it'll help get it in yah.
That and gatorade. Or just keep drinking beer in the morning, like I used to, but you may become an alcoholic like me, haha, and if that happens, join AA!
Just a FYI, a "Prairie Oyster" is another name for Bull's testicles. A "delicacy" in the prairies (Alberta)
I don't think you know what "penultimate" actually means, do you?
Weed and water helps a lot with hangovers
Menudo is the best Hangover Remedy with alot of Lemon crushed red pepper and Tapatio… dont knock it…. and sweat it all out with the hot broth and the hot chili you are eating.
Works like a charm
Aspirin and Gatorade does the trick. And don't forget to eat before you drink.
@eric don't harsh on them too hard about Penultimate, they're clearly hung over themselves.
Agreed with Eric with the incorrect use of "penultimate". Also, have successfully used at least 4 of these. I don't believe the writer really knows much about drinking.
I'm drunk right now, and reading this article pissed me off.
You manage to come across as an ignorant American who simply cannot handle the idea of eating anything other than hamburgers. Have you even ever tried tripe soup or pickled herring? These are dishes enjoyed by many people around the world. And yet, here in America, you cannot fathom the idea that someone ingests something that isn't McDonald's. You disgust me.
what do you mean by your tongue feels like its been having sex with a caterpillars corpse