Welcome to 2019! As you open those bleary eyes and realise that you aren’t quite sure where you left your shoes, regale in the fact that you have another year to get through now.
If that realisation didn’t make your head pound then the waterfall of booze you most likely put in your body last night sure will.
It’s well documented by now that the best thing for a hangover is rehydration, protein and rest…but that’s super boring so please enjoy a list of wacky hangover cures from around the world that will hopefully distract you from the jackhammer that’s going off in your brain.
Pizzle
Pizzle is the common English word for a dried bull’s penis. Sorry for making you read that first thing in 2019. Most commonly used for dog chew toys, there’s reportedly a use for the stuff as a hangover cure due to it being rich in protein, minerals and vitamins. They were even requested at the 2008 Bejing Olympics to increase stamina.
Prairie Oyster
This one comes courtesy of the good people over in the USA and the recipe is as follows; a single, raw egg floating in a combination of tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, salt and pepper – dry retches optional. There is some validity in the egg giving you hangover-fighting protein and amino acids but we’d prefer ours fried tbh.
Lime Meets Armpit
This one comes from Purto Rico and its more of an urban legend than anything with any actual science behind it but apparently rubbing a lime on the armpit of your dominant drinking arm prevents dehydration. Keep that in mind the next time you go for a tequila shot.
Buffalo Milk
Along the ‘hair of the dog’ lines of thinking, this Namibian delicacy contains cream, clotted cream, two types of liquor and rum. Supposedly the cream lines your stomach but, let’s be honest, any hangover cure that includes alcohol is just postponing the pain to a later date. Sure does sound delicious though…
Rollmops
It might sound like an adorable kids cartoon character but rollmops are actually pickled herring fish rolled into a spiral that Germans serve with onions and pickles to create katerfrühstück or “hangover breakfast”. Most importantly, the meal must be consumed on an empty stomach. Probably because if you had anything in there this grub would make it come right back up.
