From the Breakfast Pizza thread, I quote merryb:

"BTW, I was NOT saying anything personal to anyone. It sounds like it would
be good during that time!
I wonder if that would be a good topic- "Best Hangover Food".
My sister swore by KFC mashed potatoes and gravy..."

So here's the new topic!

When I was much (much!) younger, breakfast in the wee hours after a party
always hit the spot. So yes, I guess a breakfast pizza would have been good

For some reason, though, I usually craved something spicy if I had a
hangover. A bowl of chili, perhaps. Or menudo. (They do call menudo is
Mexican "hangover soup" and I love menudo.) I've never made it from
scratch. I'd be willing to try if I could find tripe at the grocery store
and if someone has a tried and true recipe for it Sadly, the only brand
of canned menudo I'm familiar with (Juanita's) has disappeared from Publix.
They still sell Juanita's [brand] pozole but not menudo. I'll have to ask
the manager about that.

Jill

On Mar 17, 8:54*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> From the Breakfast Pizza thread, I quote merryb:
>
> "BTW, I was NOT saying anything personal to anyone. It sounds like it would
> be good during that time!
> I wonder if that would be a good topic- "Best Hangover Food".
> My sister swore by KFC mashed potatoes and gravy..."
>
Crappy, instant mashed potatoes with stuff that is merely *called*
gravy.
>
> Jill

--Bryan

On 3/17/2012 9:54 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> From the Breakfast Pizza thread, I quote merryb:
>
> "BTW, I was NOT saying anything personal to anyone. It sounds like it
> would be good during that time!
> I wonder if that would be a good topic- "Best Hangover Food".
> My sister swore by KFC mashed potatoes and gravy..."
>
> So here's the new topic!
>
> When I was much (much!) younger, breakfast in the wee hours after a
> party always hit the spot. So yes, I guess a breakfast pizza would have
> been good
> For some reason, though, I usually craved something spicy if I had a
> hangover. A bowl of chili, perhaps. Or menudo. (They do call menudo is
> Mexican "hangover soup" and I love menudo.) I've never made it from
> scratch. I'd be willing to try if I could find tripe at the grocery
> store and if someone has a tried and true recipe for it Sadly, the
> only brand of canned menudo I'm familiar with (Juanita's) has
> disappeared from Publix. They still sell Juanita's [brand] pozole but
> not menudo. I'll have to ask the manager about that.

Drunken Noodles, which don't contain alcohol but are rather spicy, are
advised as a cure for hangovers in Thailand. I can't say much about the
hangover effect but I like the dish.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:54:14 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I wonder if that would be a good topic- "Best Hangover Food".
>
> There is no such thing as hangover food. No solid food is gogint o
> cure your hangover.
>
> The cure is simple: Water.
>
> The headache is from dehydration. It's best to drink ample water
> before you go to bed, or in the middle of the night.
>
> -sw

No one said "cure". The topic is about food you want to eat if you have a
hangover.

Jill

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:00:06 -0700 (PDT), Bryan wrote:
>
>> On Mar 17, 8:54 am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>>
>>> My sister swore by KFC mashed potatoes and gravy..."
>>>
>> Crappy, instant mashed potatoes with stuff that is merely *called*
>> gravy.
>
> Your gripes wouldn't be so pathetic if they were at least correct.
> KFC potatoes are not made from dehydrated potatoes. With all the
> other good stuff in there to harp on, you chose the wrong ingredient.
>
> Mashed Potatoes:
>
> Potatoes, Salt, Maltodextrin, Whey Product [Containing Whey Solids,
> Sodium Caseinate (A Milk Product), Calcium Phosphate,
> Calcium Stearoyl-2-lactylate, Calcium Hydroxide], Partially
> Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Soybean and Cottonseed), Mono and
> Diglycerides, Artificial Colors, Natural and Artificial Flavors,
> Calcium Stearoyl-2-lactylate, Spice. Freshness Preserved with Sodium
> Bisulfite, and BHT. Liquid and Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt,
> Soybean Lecithin, Natural and Artificial Flavor, TBHO and Citric
> Acid Added to Protect Flavor, Beta Carotene (Color),
> Dimethylpolysidoxane, An Anti-foaming Agent Added.
> Contains Milk and Soy.
>
> -sw


LOL Which ingredient would you choose?

Jill

On Mar 17, 6:54*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> From the Breakfast Pizza thread, I quote merryb:
>
> "BTW, I was NOT saying anything personal to anyone. It sounds like it would
> be good during that time!
> I wonder if that would be a good topic- "Best Hangover Food".
> My sister swore by KFC mashed potatoes and gravy..."
>
> So here's the new topic!
>
> When I was much (much!) younger, breakfast in the wee hours after a party
> always hit the spot. *So yes, I guess a breakfast pizza would have been good
>
> For some reason, though, I usually craved something spicy if I had a
> hangover. *A bowl of chili, perhaps. *Or menudo. *(They do call menudo is
> Mexican "hangover soup" and I love menudo.) *I've never made it from
> scratch. *I'd be willing to try if I could find tripe at the grocery store
> and if someone has a tried and true recipe for it *Sadly, the only brand
> of canned menudo I'm familiar with (Juanita's) has disappeared from Publix.

On Mar 17, 7:00*am, Bryan > wrote:
> On Mar 17, 8:54*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:> From the Breakfast Pizza thread, I quote merryb:
>
> > "BTW, I was NOT saying anything personal to anyone. It sounds like it would
> > be good during that time!
> > I wonder if that would be a good topic- "Best Hangover Food".
> > My sister swore by KFC mashed potatoes and gravy..."
>
> Crappy, instant mashed potatoes with stuff that is merely *called*
> gravy.
>
>
>
> > Jill
>
> --Bryan

I agree it's crap, but it was what she craved!

jmcquown wrote:
>
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:00:06 -0700 (PDT), Bryan wrote:
> >
> >> On Mar 17, 8:54 am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> >>
> >>> My sister swore by KFC mashed potatoes and gravy..."
> >>>
> >> Crappy, instant mashed potatoes with stuff that is merely *called*
> >> gravy.
> >
> > Your gripes wouldn't be so pathetic if they were at least correct.
> > KFC potatoes are not made from dehydrated potatoes. With all the
> > other good stuff in there to harp on, you chose the wrong ingredient.
> >
> > Mashed Potatoes:
> >
> > Potatoes, Salt, Maltodextrin, Whey Product [Containing Whey Solids,
> > Sodium Caseinate (A Milk Product), Calcium Phosphate,
> > Calcium Stearoyl-2-lactylate, Calcium Hydroxide], Partially
> > Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Soybean and Cottonseed), Mono and
> > Diglycerides, Artificial Colors, Natural and Artificial Flavors,
> > Calcium Stearoyl-2-lactylate, Spice. Freshness Preserved with Sodium
> > Bisulfite, and BHT. Liquid and Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt,
> > Soybean Lecithin, Natural and Artificial Flavor, TBHO and Citric
> > Acid Added to Protect Flavor, Beta Carotene (Color),
> > Dimethylpolysidoxane, An Anti-foaming Agent Added.
> > Contains Milk and Soy.
> >
> > -sw
>
> LOL Which ingredient would you choose?

I would choose that Anti-foaming Agent ingredient personally. It sounds
disturbing enough for my tastes.

Gary

"merryb" > wrote in message
...
> On Mar 17, 7:00 am, Bryan > wrote:
>> On Mar 17, 8:54 am, "jmcquown" > wrote:> From the
>> Breakfast Pizza thread, I quote merryb:
>>
>> > "BTW, I was NOT saying anything personal to anyone. It sounds like it
>> > would
>> > be good during that time!
>> > I wonder if that would be a good topic- "Best Hangover Food".
>> > My sister swore by KFC mashed potatoes and gravy..."
>>
>> Crappy, instant mashed potatoes with stuff that is merely *called*
>> gravy.
>>
>>
>>
>> > Jill
>>
>> --Bryan
>
> I agree it's crap, but it was what she craved!

Frankly, I don't know how they make their mashed potatoes. I haven't eaten
at KFC in years. But if that's what your sister craved, so be it! That's
what this thread is about. And it's just for fun.

Jill

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:15:02 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> The cure is simple: Water.
>>>
>>> The headache is from dehydration. It's best to drink ample water
>>> before you go to bed, or in the middle of the night.
>>
>> No one said "cure". The topic is about food you want to eat if you have
>> a
>> hangover.
>
> In that, case: Nothing. First I want to quell the urge to puke.
>
> -sw

When I was very, very young and the legal drinking age was 18, I went to a
party in the neighborhood. (I walked there and home again.) Copious
amounts of beer and other liquid refreshment were consumed. The next
morning I felt just awful. I was sipping some very salty Lipton Noodle Soup
with soda crackers. My mom brought me a glass of Alka-Seltzer. She said,
"Drink this, you'll feel better." I drank it. Then I ran into the bathroom
and threw up. I said to her accusingly, "You knew that would make me throw
up!" And she replied, "Yes. But don't you feel better?" LOL Mom had been
down that road before. I have two older brothers.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote:
> From the Breakfast Pizza thread, I quote merryb:
>
> "BTW, I was NOT saying anything personal to anyone. It sounds like it
> would be good during that time!
> I wonder if that would be a good topic- "Best Hangover Food".
> My sister swore by KFC mashed potatoes and gravy..."
>
> So here's the new topic!
>
> When I was much (much!) younger, breakfast in the wee hours after a party
> always hit the spot. So yes, I guess a breakfast pizza would have been good
> For some reason, though, I usually craved something spicy if I had a
> hangover. A bowl of chili, perhaps. Or menudo. (They do call menudo is
> Mexican "hangover soup" and I love menudo.) I've never made it from
> scratch. I'd be willing to try if I could find tripe at the grocery
> store and if someone has a tried and true recipe for it Sadly, the
> only brand of canned menudo I'm familiar with (Juanita's) has disappeared
> from Publix. They still sell Juanita's [brand] pozole but not menudo.
> I'll have to ask the manager about that.
>
> Jill

After taking vitamin c and b's I always liked the stews with gravy. Good
chicken soup. Any good comfort food. Make sure you take a shot or two
before eating. Then aspirin. I like to hasten the effects of aspirin I chew
them. Later, tums.

Greg

Sqwertz wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I wonder if that would be a good topic- "Best Hangover Food".
>
> There is no such thing as hangover food. No solid food is gogint o
> cure your hangover.

There are more than one liquid cures, though.

> The cure is simple: Water.
>
> The headache is from dehydration. It's best to drink ample water
> before you go to bed, or in the middle of the night.

I remember the most effective cure was $20 worth of gingsing in a very
strong tea. Less powerful and less expensive was extra B vitamins in
the water.

It also greatly reduced a hangover to go for a walk of several miles
before turning in.

Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
> Sqwertz wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >> I wonder if that would be a good topic- "Best Hangover Food".
> >
> > There is no such thing as hangover food. No solid food is gogint o
> > cure your hangover.
>
> There are more than one liquid cures, though.
>
> > The cure is simple: Water.
> >
> > The headache is from dehydration. It's best to drink ample water
> > before you go to bed, or in the middle of the night.

I agree....it works well. I don't often drink enough to have a hangover
but when I do, drinking lots of water later at night works. Never wake up
feeling bad.
>
> I remember the most effective cure was $20 worth of gingsing in a very
> strong tea. Less powerful and less expensive was extra B vitamins in
> the water.

If you wake up in the morning and still feel bad, "hair of the dog" works
well too....have 1-2 drinks. Just make sure to stop at 1-2 drinks.

Gary

Gary

On Mar 17, 12:04*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:



> There is no such thing as hangover food. *No solid food is gogint o
> cure your hangover.
>
> The cure is simple: *Water.
>
> The headache is from dehydration. *It's best to drink ample water
> before you go to bed, or in the middle of the night.


You are correct, there is no cure. If there is one, time is just
as important as water. And oh God, what a horrible time it is. I'm
not talking about headaches here, I'm talking the shakes. But I will
say this: While I agree there is no cure, I will say that a can of
sauerkraut juice used to give me a brief jolt of feel-goodism similar
to the jolt one gets jumping into a pool of ice water. It may only
have lasted a short time, but that kraut juice came close with minor
hangovers. The stuff I remember came in a small, durable, yellow can,
and it was called Keeters or Kesters or something like that. I liked
the stuff; not sure they make it any more.

TJ

On Mar 18, 11:53*am, Sqwertz > wrote:


> When I'm really drunk a walk of several miles is only about 500 yards
> (as the crow flies) the way I walk.



It's a chore, no doubt about it. I used to get drunk and blow all
my cash and then walk home, about 3 miles. I passed out once by the
railroad tracks, the ones that are set high up on a bed of white
rocks. I couldn't make it home. I laid down on the rocks and fell
asleep. Later I heard a train pass right by me. It was kind of
nice. But when I got up to continue my brutal walk home I noticed I
was covered in chalk from the rocks. I did not want to take the
walks, but when I did, even after drinking heavily, the next day my
hangover was not as harsh as usual, usual being the norm of course.

TJ

"gregz" > wrote in message
...
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>> From the Breakfast Pizza thread, I quote merryb:
>>
>> "BTW, I was NOT saying anything personal to anyone. It sounds like it
>> would be good during that time!
>> I wonder if that would be a good topic- "Best Hangover Food".
>> My sister swore by KFC mashed potatoes and gravy..."
>>
>> So here's the new topic!
>>
>> When I was much (much!) younger, breakfast in the wee hours after a party
>> always hit the spot. So yes, I guess a breakfast pizza would have been
>> good
>> For some reason, though, I usually craved something spicy if I had a
>> hangover. A bowl of chili, perhaps. Or menudo. (They do call menudo is
>> Mexican "hangover soup" and I love menudo.) I've never made it from
>> scratch. I'd be willing to try if I could find tripe at the grocery
>> store and if someone has a tried and true recipe for it Sadly, the
>> only brand of canned menudo I'm familiar with (Juanita's) has disappeared
>> from Publix. They still sell Juanita's [brand] pozole but not menudo.
>> I'll have to ask the manager about that.
>>
>> Jill
>
> After taking vitamin c and b's I always liked the stews with gravy. Good
> chicken soup. Any good comfort food. Make sure you take a shot or two
> before eating. Then aspirin. I like to hasten the effects of aspirin I
> chew
> them. Later, tums.
>
> Greg


I did say it's been years since I had a hangover I liked spicy food and
didn't take a shot of anything before eating.

I remember once when the legal drinking age was briefly 18 (this would have
been 1978) I partied with some friends. I felt awful the next morning. My
mother gave me some chicken soup, saltines and an alka-seltzer. I promptly
threw up. I remember saying, "You knew that [alka-seltzer] would make me
sick!" She said, "Yes, but you feel better now, don't you?" LOL

Jill

Sqwertz wrote:
> Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
>> It also greatly reduced a hangover to go for a walk of several miles
>> before turning in.
>
> When I'm really drunk a walk of several miles is only about 500 yards
> (as the crow flies) the way I walk.

Back in my single days I tended to drink at a pub that was over a mile
from home. I'd leave my car and walk. The walk home was extremely
long. The walk back to my car in the morning after sobering up and
having vitamins and plenty of water was fairly brief. As you say the
mileage on my legs was a lot less walking back there the next day as
well.

Best hangover cure - Continue to grow up. Decide that a part of the
growing up experience is drink holds less and less interest. Get to the
point where a hangover doesn't happen any more. Okay, not as often
anyways. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

On Mar 19, 12:50*pm, Doug Freyburger > wrote:


> Best hangover cure - Continue to grow up. *Decide that a part of the
> growing up experience is drink holds less and less interest. *Get to the
> point where a hangover doesn't happen any more. *Okay, not as often
> anyways. *an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.


I agree, but it's always good to hang onto a few bad habits. For
example, one day you wake up feeling really bad, so you give up
drinking and you start feeling better. Another time you wake up tired
and out of breath, so you give up smoking, and in a little while you
start to feel better. Another time you wake up feeling weak and worn
down, so you join a gym and start working out, and soon you start
feeling better. Then one day you wake up feeling like total crap, but
you don't have any bad habits left to give up - that's when you know
you've reached the end of the line.

TJ

Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
> Best hangover cure - Continue to grow up. Decide that a part of the
> growing up experience is drink holds less and less interest. Get to the
> point where a hangover doesn't happen any more. Okay, not as often
> anyways. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Well said!

On Mar 19, 2:05*pm, Tommy Joe > wrote:
> On Mar 19, 12:50*pm, Doug Freyburger > wrote:
>
> > Best hangover cure - Continue to grow up. *Decide that a part of the
> > growing up experience is drink holds less and less interest. *Get to the
> > point where a hangover doesn't happen any more. *Okay, not as often
> > anyways. *an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
>
> * * I agree, but it's always good to hang onto a few bad habits. *For
> example, one day you wake up feeling really bad, so you give up
> drinking and you start feeling better. *Another time you wake up tired
> and out of breath, so you give up smoking, and in a little while you
> start to feel better. *Another time you wake up feeling weak and worn
> down, so you join a gym and start working out, and soon you start
> feeling better. *Then one day you wake up feeling like total crap, but
> you don't have any bad habits left to give up - that's when you know
> you've reached the end of the line.
>
> TJ

LOL- so true, but you gotta stick with the good habits you start. I
enjoy your posts TJ!

On Mar 19, 7:16*pm, merryb > wrote:



> > *I agree, but it's always good to hang onto a few bad habits.



> LOL- so true, but you gotta stick with the good habits you start. I
> enjoy your posts TJ!


I'm glad you enjoy my posts, I was seriously beginning to think I
was unwanted around here. But of course you are under no obligation
to enjoy all my posts, and in fact I'd prefer it if you disliked some
of them as that would free me up from feeling from now on that every
last thing I write must be something you enjoy. The pressure is
killing me!!!!!!

Glad to get the LOL always. The concept is one I thought of quite
a while ago. I wrote it down and have it filed somewhere, but
whenever I'm going to say something that isn't too long, instead of
dragging out the original, I just pump out a new one off the cuff.
But it was years ago that I first got the concept about running out of
bad habits and then getting sick and knowing this is the end of the
line. Yes, keep the good habits. I started smoking at 11 and was
putting away 3 packs a day in my early teens and continued till I was
29 and thought I was having a heart attack (actually I was coming down
from booze and had the shakes which resulted in me not being able to
get air - anxiety attack)..........so I quit. That was back in 1977.
Twelve years later after going many years without even thinking about
a cigaret I bummed one from a guy one night in a poolroom.

I was on table shooting. This guy was in the bleachers - a group
of wooden seats with inclined rows, maybe 4 of them. I'm down on a
shot and I look up just as I hear a click. The guy has pulled a zippo-
style lighter from his pocket. He clicks it open and lights his
cigaret, then blows a big cloud of gentle smoke from his mouth, then
snaps the lighter shut with a flourish that ended with me asking him
if I could bum one of his smokes. It was like a commercial watching
that guy light up, and I know the sound of the zippo lighter snapped
something in my brain the way the bell used to snap the brain of Dr
Pavlov's dog. Within months I was at it with a vengeance, even worse
than when I was younger. Finally I quit for the last time at age 57.
That was 7 and 1/2 years ago. If I told you how much I smoked, you
probably would not believe me. It was brutal, I can't believe I'm
alive.

TJ

On Mar 19, 9:07*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:



> Apparently you don't read very well.

> There's a difference between a simple hangover and alcohol addiction.
> If you get the shakes, then that's addiction (along with any possible
> hangover)


I read well enough and I saw what you said about hydration and I
never disagreed that it's a help. I'm saying it or nothing else is
going to "cure" a real hangover. You're right, I have gone through
withdrawals a few times. But even before that I got hangovers that
nearly sent me to the hospital. In fact, I did go to the hospital a
few times. I wouldn't say my hangovers were always addiction or
withdrawal related, I'd say that many came from more than one day of
drinking though. I believe it would be the same for anybody, even one
who is not yet addicted - that if they drank two or more days the
hangover would be worse. In fact, I can't tell you the number of
times I started drinking upon awakening simply because I didn't want
to face the hangover. But all it did was result in another drunken
day. Each new day I'd put the hangover in the bank to collect
interest. Yep, the longer you drink the worse you're hangover is
going to be.

Read this!

TJ

There is a great demand for menudo. I wonder why have they stopped selling it.