610585 Wed Apr 08 13:48:23 -0700 2009 73 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 4579110 Sometimes I almost enjoy a hangover, because it gives me an excuse to eat the junkiest food in the world. My top picks are 1) MCDONALDS--You can't beat it. #2, (two cheeseburger meal) w/o cheese, extra onions, pickles, ketchup and mustard, with a Coke. 2) PIZZA HUT--Medium cheese pan pizza, extra sauce, twenty piece boneless buffalo nuggets, mild. 3) CARLS JR--5 piece chicken strips with honey mustard and BBQ for dipping, fried zucchini, with ranch dressing 4) PANDA EXPRESS--Orange chicken, chow mein, veggie spring rolls and cream cheese rangoons (no crab) 5) ASTRO-BURGER--Garden delight (veggie burger) no cheese, extra thousand island, small onion ring, ranch for dipping, and a cherry coke. All of this eaten in bed, watching some really trashy TV. YAY! Best day ever. Wed Apr 08 13:48:23 -0700 2009 212582 schrutefarms 1 4579149 Jack in the Box tacos..lots of them In and Out Double Double Burger with extra cheese and spread..grilled onions Wed Apr 08 13:54:14 -0700 2009 4579110 97452 Beach Chick 1 4579172 #1 Menudo #2 Pho' #3 Hashbrowns w/ brown gravy & american cheese melted on top #4 Leftover CB&C, day after St. Pattie's #5 About 1 hour after one of the above, an Icee or slushie, lemon or cherry. Wed Apr 08 14:01:12 -0700 2009 4579110 140140 mrbigshotno.1 2 4579417 Re your # 1: Yes!!!!! With some red chile and a fried egg on top! Wed Apr 08 15:30:42 -0700 2009 4579172 10258 Fydeaux 2 4582896 Menudo with a pig's foot Thu Apr 09 17:22:37 -0700 2009 4579172 14515 Stephanie Wong 2 4600216 I love the pho, spicy starchy warm. Also Indian place lunch buffett, the only buffet I'll consider. Wed Apr 15 22:47:51 -0700 2009 4579172 215278 corneygirl 2 4608034 pho really is the best hangover food.... It seriously cures whatever ails you. btw, I accidentally typed "ales" you first, talk about having a one track mind, lol Sat Apr 18 20:01:30 -0700 2009 4579172 264146 kubasd 1 4579176 ANY truck stop breakfast. Wed Apr 08 14:01:24 -0700 2009 4579110 176650 Lenox637 1 4579213 Diner breakfast of up eggs, bacon or sausage, rye toast and hashbrowns w/ onions, peppers and ketchup. My friends fondly refer to this as a "gut plug" - the meal to cure a hangover. If this isn't available a cheeseburger, fries anda diet coke come in a close second. Works everytime. Wed Apr 08 14:10:21 -0700 2009 4579110 71241 lynnlato 1 4579220 pizza or a bacon sandwich. Wed Apr 08 14:13:35 -0700 2009 4579110 30273 hotoynoodle 1 4579262 RE #1) I think MacD discontinued the two cheeseburger meal years ago. Been quite awhile since you tied one one? Wed Apr 08 14:31:21 -0700 2009 4579110 275533 thebomb 2 4579457 I just had one about six weeks ago. Wed Apr 08 15:46:43 -0700 2009 4579262 212582 schrutefarms 1 4579317 I got very sick/hungover once on Portuguese Brandy. The only thing that cured it was a handful of cyanide pills. :-) Wed Apr 08 14:56:19 -0700 2009 4579110 251167 billieboy 2 4581631 That's hilarious. Since cyanide is so hard to come by nowadays, I think a greasy breakfast, sausage and hashbrowns necessary, accompanied by or followed up with the hair of the dog. Thu Apr 09 10:52:49 -0700 2009 4579317 198541 James Cristinian 3 4581826 Actually, I just threw out about 1/2 lb of the stuff. Safely, of course. I was using it in a solution with silver nitrate to silverplate my homemade fishing lures. Hung around the house for a couple of years. Kinda scary stuff. Thu Apr 09 11:40:55 -0700 2009 4581631 251167 billieboy 1 4579709 A beer. Also a chorizo burrito with cheese and onions and salsa roja. Wed Apr 08 17:09:20 -0700 2009 4579110 219993 LA Buckeye Fan 2 4581079 mmmm, chorizo burrito...i second that! Thu Apr 09 08:45:25 -0700 2009 4579709 269732 andieb 2 4613352 A big greasy burrito made with chorizo, eggs and cheese. I also have to go with menudo with lots of Mexican oregano, fresh squeezed lime and diced onions. Mon Apr 20 19:02:30 -0700 2009 4579709 22801 bkhuna 1 4581031 Totally with you Beach Chick, on both the <a href="http://makingitwithmeleyna.com/?p=25">In N Out</a> and the JIB tacos. Mexican food Pretty much anything greasy and carb-loaded. Oh, and a huge Diet Coke is essential. Thu Apr 09 08:34:12 -0700 2009 4579110 179970 meleyna 1 4581623 Pork fried rice, hands down no question. Naturally it is all in my head, but it feels like the oils coat my stomach and the rice absorbs all the toxins. Course if the toxins were still in my stomach, I wouldn't have the hangover. In reality, just drink as much water as you possibly can. May not give you a warm fuzzy feeling like something fatty, but over a little bit of time, nothing is gonna actually help as much. Thu Apr 09 10:51:34 -0700 2009 4579110 57890 KaimukiMan 2 4615264 or the fried rice and a gallon of water before passing out - no hangover when you wake up. though you may be uneasy in the morning... Tue Apr 21 11:37:19 -0700 2009 4581623 192154 pie22 1 4581670 Pork roll, egg & cheese on a hard roll - SnP and 'chup. Bloody Mary and/or VERY COLD Beer! Thu Apr 09 11:03:20 -0700 2009 4579110 141889 MGZ 2 4582569 Herring w/ corn rye bread or a hunk of kolbasa w/ horseradish (w/ icy shot of vodka). Thu Apr 09 15:25:32 -0700 2009 4581670 93538 Passadumkeg 3 4608037 mmmm that sounds great! nothing better than straight keilbasa with horseradish! clears those sinuses out and gets the saliva flowing. And rereading that it sounds gross, but it really is actually great Sat Apr 18 20:03:44 -0700 2009 4582569 264146 kubasd 1 4581708 “All of this eaten in bed...trashy tv.” That’s what hooked me. I remember doing that so well. Some of my best hangovers were spent reunited with the same DB’s from the night before watching the worst of the worst movies (Pauly Shore, derivative 80’s teen-sex comedies...) all the while piggishly indulging in fast food. Now, I’m lucky to stay awake long enough to _get_ drunk! :-P But, to answer your question, my go to hangover food has always been bacon and eggs. Thu Apr 09 11:10:48 -0700 2009 4579110 233294 cuccubear 1 4581896 My go-to meal is some type of breakfast sandwich, a Pepsi and a Revive Vitamin Water. I figure with the grease, caffeine and electrolytes, I'm covering all the bases. Thu Apr 09 12:04:17 -0700 2009 4579110 87282 lawgirl3278 1 4582482 Weisenberger-gorgonzola grits topped with parsley and lemon juice, with a side of sausage. (The original was leftover short ribs plus, but in a pinch. . .) Thu Apr 09 14:55:03 -0700 2009 4579110 48876 mamaciita 1 4582906 Step #1 -- take the aspirin BEFORE you go to bed. Step #2 -- Bacon Sandwich - we now have scientific proof! :) http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/610544?tag=search_results;results_list Step #3, 4 & 5 -- Water, Water, Water...you're dehydrated big time. Thu Apr 09 17:34:13 -0700 2009 4579110 95137 mcsheridan 2 4583297 Step #1 addendum - WITH a big bottle of water. Best hangover cure I've ever found is a 20-oz bottle of water before bed - no more, no less. That seems to be my magic number. If I forget or can't be bothered (which seems to happen more frequently the older I get), any form of salty, greasy potato goodness is required the next day. If I can get to one, diner potatoes are the ideal. A bag of potato chips or an order of fries if I can't be bothered to find food until after noon or there's no diner in stumbling distance. And rehydrating with Diet Coke. For some reason, this is the only thing that can make me start to feel human again. A liter of Diet Coke later, I feel like myself. Thu Apr 09 20:33:41 -0700 2009 4582906 139230 Wahooty 3 4583610 If I know I'm going out and there is a good possibility I will over indulge, the water bottle goes next to the bed BEFORE I leave the house. The chances of actually drinking it are much higher that way. Thu Apr 09 23:41:39 -0700 2009 4583297 57890 KaimukiMan 4 4587075 Not only did my buddies and I make sure we all drank plenty of water before bed, we set an alarm for 4:30-5 am (depending on when we rolled in) to ensure we all got up to use the bathroom, and then drink another litre or so of water and take an aspirin. We might be tired the next morning, but our hangovers were minimal. Sat Apr 11 09:18:19 -0700 2009 4583610 48210 KevinB 3 4590353 I make mine Gatorade before bed, and some kind of salty food. Never had a hangover :) Sun Apr 12 20:00:48 -0700 2009 4583297 112034 spellweaver16 2 4590537 To mcsheridan, please don't take aspirin while you still have alcohol in your system. You may cause stomach bleeding especially if you mix with things like Aleve or Tylenol. Just drink lots of water to limit the dehydration. Personally, I like dim sum after drinking. It's delicious, oily, slow paced with lots of tea, and cheap. Sun Apr 12 22:00:09 -0700 2009 4582906 225436 sox_foodie 1 4583446 If we're ending the night with some hangover-prevention, then a big heaping plate of poutine (with an automatic defribulator on standby for the impending heart attack). If it's the morning after too much tequila, then a big fry up of eggs, bacon and toast. Thu Apr 09 21:48:14 -0700 2009 4579110 138472 maplesugar 2 4583483 For those of you who are wondering what poutine is - here's a pic of it in all its cheesy, gravy soaked glory ;) Thu Apr 09 22:01:12 -0700 2009 4583446 138472 maplesugar 2 4585866 I agree with the poutine, but without cheese for me...a simple fry&gravy. Also any kind of cheapo chinese food. Not the stuff from chinatown (which would work too), but from a place likely called Imperial Wong or Jade Dragon (names I got from my handy chinese restaurant name generator, http://newmoanyeah.com/2004-features/062104_chinese_food_restaurant_name_generator.php) delivered from two towns over, with most likely a hairy italian cook. Agree with pancake, a caesar helps get the edge off. Another good one is a greasy pepperoni sub on extra fresh bread. But of course, its all dependent on the severity of the hangover...you ever had one of those beer/wine/Jack/champagne hangovers where suicide seems to be a solid option? Where just the thought of eating is painful? For those (thankfully becoming a rare event) I can only stomach a weak beef broth (boiled marrow bones and beef rib) infused with tomato juice. Fri Apr 10 17:40:25 -0700 2009 4583446 176627 porker 1 4583517 Pho and mo pho, extra chili sauce, and maybe a poached egg on top. Thu Apr 09 22:17:36 -0700 2009 4579110 11408 melly 2 4585429 A ceasar!! Starbucks. chai tea or coffee. Fried eggs, sunny side up. Chicken wings. Fri Apr 10 14:42:00 -0700 2009 4583517 29331 pancake 2 4586011 I second pho!!! I find that pho will cure what ails you. Fri Apr 10 18:50:19 -0700 2009 4583517 86005 amethiste 1 4585992 McD's a must! Fried squid (calmari), fried rice, Chinese style escargots in black bean sauce, Black Bean and peppers sauce with thick rice noodles and Cantonese Chow Mein also a must!! A CAN of coke and a few cups of Jasmine tea on the side, please. :) Fri Apr 10 18:40:33 -0700 2009 4579110 281227 Yummylicious 1 4586197 Either pho or grease...Denny's..Cracker Barrell...Mickey D's.. Fri Apr 10 20:04:09 -0700 2009 4579110 12633 rHairing 1 4586922 Head to the local deli. Purchase the following: A quart of Tropicana OJ An egg salad sandwich on a hard roll with black pepper and onions. Works every time but the onions make you less than popular with neighboring people for a while. Sat Apr 11 08:01:37 -0700 2009 4579110 122195 mrsbuffer 1 4587073 Pork roll, egg and cheese on a hardroll. Sat Apr 11 09:18:03 -0700 2009 4579110 150662 white light 1 4590161 Agree on McD's but for me it's a Filet o' Fish and Fries. On the fat grams per ounce of food scale, I believe the FOF is the worst thing on their menu but oh so good for a hangover. Sun Apr 12 18:27:50 -0700 2009 4579110 253542 cycloneillini 1 4590206 Water! Sun Apr 12 18:46:05 -0700 2009 4579110 259011 Demented 2 4612389 Agreed - all that greasy stuff is great while I'm still drinking, but hung over the next morning all I want is some plain toast and OJ, or chamomile tea if it's really bad, with some ibuprofin on the side. Too much grease & salt just makes me feel sicker. Mon Apr 20 13:57:17 -0700 2009 4590206 131105 Emmmily 1 4590362 Sleep and maybe dream of Mickey Dees or Taco Bell but hopefully NOT and not wake up for a long time :) Bloody Mary? Can't eat food for a long time long late afternoon and if anything, Spicy TACOS, more spice the better. Sun Apr 12 20:06:07 -0700 2009 4579110 232829 kchurchill5 2 4602006 Oh yes, Bloody Mary, but spicy a Spicy Bloody Mary ... Bite the dog that bit you!! And a spicy chicken sandwich, I feel better all ready ;) Thu Apr 16 12:47:48 -0700 2009 4590362 237148 bermudagourmetgoddess 1 4590447 Fried dumplings. Sun Apr 12 20:45:02 -0700 2009 4579110 157039 KayceeK 1 4591061 chilaquiles (rojo or verde) and pozole. Mon Apr 13 07:56:13 -0700 2009 4579110 90359 PattiCakes 2 4591065 Posole or menudo, burn out the pain! Mon Apr 13 07:58:28 -0700 2009 4591061 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4591102 Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger with sauteed onions and fries Taco Bell Bean Burrito and a crunch Taco. Enchilada platter or chiliquilles from the local Mexican place. Mon Apr 13 08:09:16 -0700 2009 4579110 11990 Janet from Richmond 1 4591596 Totally agree with the OP 1) MCDONALDS--You can't beat it. #2, (two cheeseburger meal) w/o cheese, extra onions, pickles, ketchup and mustard, with a Coke. exactly what I need. I think it's the high ratio of bread to grease that does it. Mon Apr 13 10:44:51 -0700 2009 4579110 124908 jeanmarieok 1 4594606 Meat samosas with lots of spicy mint chutney. The oil and the mint both settle my stomach. Also had a good experience with a nice big bowl of black bean soup which cured a hangover that wouldn't otherwise budge. I deluded myself that it was because my body needed B vitamins and iron... Tue Apr 14 09:56:24 -0700 2009 4579110 13709 buttertart 1 4595902 I agree with Mcdonalds...Sausage Mcmuffin with Egg and 2 hash browns. But if I have couple more minutes to kill...A declicious Sausage, bacon and egg breakfast burrito. Dang it...I'm hungry now. Why can't Mcdonalds serve breakfast all day like everybody else?!? Tue Apr 14 15:52:05 -0700 2009 4579110 209207 Jaytizzle 1 4595910 Menudo Chilaquiles con salsa roja with a fried egg on top Cheesesteak sub Roast beef with extra sauce from Mike's in Everett, MA Fritos chili cheese wrap and tater tots at Sonic Tue Apr 14 15:56:05 -0700 2009 4579110 10271 Rubee 1 4598527 dude, I just had a terrible one this morning. Ack! To kill it, I consumed about 1/4th of a sync Vitaminwater, which was soon evacuted from it's place of rest. I then drove around, first picking up a Southwest black bean and corn grilled chicken salad from Chik-Fil-A, a large macaroni and cheese and ten not hot wings from kfc. I then made one more stop at Mickey D's for a large cup of tea. after consuming half of what I'd purchased and sleeping it off for about 5 hours, I feel so much better!! Wed Apr 15 12:07:18 -0700 2009 4579110 207337 caramelkarma 2 4614042 the key is to hydrate. That hangover is caused by dehydration -- if you pump water before you pass out, that will help significantly the next morning. I know, easy to say........ Tue Apr 21 06:12:07 -0700 2009 4598527 90359 PattiCakes 1 4599516 Korean Hangover Soup http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/596057 Wed Apr 15 16:53:53 -0700 2009 4579110 93805 hannaone 2 4599686 As soon as I saw your name on the post I thought Korean pork backbone soup and I was right. You are so right. Real Seoul food. I look forward to it in June and right now I am feeling So Juish. Wed Apr 15 18:01:10 -0700 2009 4599516 93538 Passadumkeg 3 4602696 LoL! Don't go blind. Looking forward to hearing about your visit. Thu Apr 16 16:50:53 -0700 2009 4599686 93805 hannaone 2 4609610 Homemade veggie kimchee dubu chigae (I take a lot of shortcuts when I'm hungover - I use dashi broth to cook up whatever kind of kimchee I have in the fridge, throw in some cubed tofu and sliced up scallion and that's it. Spoon it over rice.). Some years ago, I had a wicked hangover after a soju-soaked birthday celebration but managed to get up at 7am to prepare the chigae to the amazement of my roommate. Ya got to sweat out the toxins/residual alcohol and chigae does the trick! Sun Apr 19 15:53:57 -0700 2009 4599516 121319 digga 1 4600050 Deep-fried clam or lobster sandwiches... the New England kind with horseradish mayo on a toasted roll. And French fries. Although I had a headache just go away after a great plate of smoked salmon, capers, raw onions, tomatoes, and delicious cream cheese alongside a toasted sesame bagel. Wed Apr 15 20:47:58 -0700 2009 4579110 40486 Cinnamon 1 4600317 I know how to get a hangover... Thu Apr 16 02:17:16 -0700 2009 4579110 259011 Demented 1 4600322 Anything with lots of melted cheese. A steak and cheese pannini will do the trick every time. And a nice hot cup of tea. Thu Apr 16 02:34:41 -0700 2009 4579110 180623 Soop 1 4602367 Sunny side up eggs on top of some really good corned beef hash Thu Apr 16 14:31:40 -0700 2009 4579110 139527 GodfatherofLunch 1 4607700 I can't believe I didn't think of this the first time I read this thread, but I have two friends who are brothers/Mexican/bartenders. One evening after they had a particularly hard night the night before, I saw them eating something behind the bar and asked them what it was. They said it was the best Mexican hangover cure they knew of... fresh cucumbers, peeled and cut into chunks and then heavily doused with your hotsauce of choice. One taste and I was hooked - and they were so right about it being a great hangover cure. Sat Apr 18 16:53:29 -0700 2009 4579110 253542 cycloneillini 2 4607940 You can pretty much buy this at Mexican roadside fruit/veggie carts in L.A. Sat Apr 18 19:06:51 -0700 2009 4607700 40486 Cinnamon 1 4607764 bacon and eggs pho Sat Apr 18 17:27:06 -0700 2009 4579110 135229 thew 1 4607802 One of these usually does the trick for me: McD's fries, a jumbo coke( I usually get 2, drink one w/fries and put the other in the freezer to get slushy) rice water to settle the stomach and 2 Aleve Spicy Bloody Mary Sat Apr 18 17:50:47 -0700 2009 4579110 227643 Luvfriedokra 2 4607844 I like the slushy Coke idea. BTW, doesn't McDonalds have the BEST Coke?? Sat Apr 18 18:13:09 -0700 2009 4607802 212582 schrutefarms 3 4607908 There is some sort of voodoo they do with the way they set their fountains. Because they definitely have the best Diet Coke. It actually annoys me how much better it tastes there, and I have tried every iteration of diet soda known to man. Sat Apr 18 18:48:23 -0700 2009 4607844 139230 Wahooty 1 4611797 A salute to those who can bear to put solid food in their stomach DURING a hangover. I don't get hangover headaches, but my body seems to overcompensate by tripling up on the nausea. Lukewarm tap water is about the heartiest thing I can ingest on those regretful mornings. Now for post-hangover hunger, a Frisco Melt from Steak 'n Shake cannot be beaten. For you non-midwesterners, a Frisco Melt is two crispy-thin beef patties, with american cheese melted between them, drenched in thousand island dressing, and enfolded in two slices of cheap bread. The outsides are coated with what I presume is some kind of butter substitute and the whole thing is crisped up on a griddle. When eaten sober it makes me want to scrape the grease off my forehead with a credit card. When eaten post-hungover it's like Dorothy using the oil can on the Tin Man. Mon Apr 20 11:33:41 -0700 2009 4579110 149565 RealMenJulienne 1 4612362 chicken burrito, extra hot sauce, guac and an icy coke Mon Apr 20 13:49:58 -0700 2009 4579110 192154 pie22