It's a brand new year, but all you can think of is your throbbing headache as a result of all the partying and merriment you did last night. All you need is some piece of quiet and this article.
Stuff.Com has listed some of the weirdest hangover cures from around the world that might aid your stomach hurls and pounding head. Feeling a little brave and desperate? Maybe you could include trying them out in your new year's resolution and see if the following will work for you:
1. Swig pickle juice
Believed to have its origin from Poland, this is just the juice of pickles. Yes that salty, brime-y liquid that comes with the pickles inside the jar. The sodium, water and vinegar can help rehydrate the body.
2. Poached duck embryo
Note that fertilization is the key here. Poach the duck egg instead of the typical chicken egg. It is said to contain nutrients that will work on your liver toxins.
3. Sparrow poo cocktail.
This might be a little way off the limit for some, but Hungarians believe the fresh poo from a sparrow, combined with brandy, is a guarantee to stop the post drinking side effects of your body.
4. "Katerfruhstuck" or "hangover breakfast"
Maybe the Germans think that eating gherkins and onions wrapped in a handful of pickled herrings is worse than your hangover that you might be able to forget that you have it
5. Lemon-fresh armpit
Yes, your eyes didn't play a trick on you. It is a custom in Puerto Rico that consuming the juice of a lemon rubbed on your armpit will cease your hangover. It is important to rub it on the specific arm you used while drinking the night before.
6. Japanese bottled cures
The Japanese and their highly spiritual culture have cultivated "hangover elixirs" that are widely believed to cure any alcohol induced pain. In fact, they are readily available for sale in retail stores all over the country. These elixirs vary in flavor-some can be mild, a turmeric tonic which settles your stomach, to extreme, unthinkable combinations like clam and watermelon juice.
7. Tripe soup
The Romanians make their "Tripe Soup" to cure hangovers. These soup includes offal (ideally a cow stomach), fat, salt, vegetables, garlic, vinegar and cream in the recipe.
8. Haitian cork voodoo
In Haiti, hangovers are dealt with by revenge. The locals believe that pushing voodoo needles into the cork of last night's bottle will stop their stomach from hurling and their heads from pounding. On the other hand, this ritual is not applicable for hangovers caused by canned drinks.
9. Haejangguk
The Korean take for hangovers are somehow like their signature dish kimchi-but in soup. Koreans make it with cabbage, various vegetables and beef stock. If this recipe still doesn't do the trick, take your cure up a level and add some coagulated ox blood or stuffed pig intestines.
10. Deep-fried canary
This one is gross, and ancient. The Roman forefathers once believed that best cure is a whole canary, fried. And we'd like to believe that this tradition is dead.
There you have it, the top 10 * gross * Hangover cures from the different cultural beliefs and traditions of countries around the world. Are you brave enough to try it? Or are you brave enough to quit alcohol and never resort to these? Happy New Year!
