1. Tripe Soup

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Sworn on by Hispanics and those South of the border, tripe is made from the lining of a cow’s stomach and is usually spiced with chili powder, garlic, and other seasonings. Hominy is a common ingredient and when the tripe is fresh, often the cow’s stomach will contain its final meal. This delicatessen is also commonly referred to as Menudo.

2. Haejangguk

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Translated literally as “soup for the stomach,” this traditional Korean hangover remedy has been sold out of carts on weekend mornings for decades. Ingredients include pork spine or cow bones, coagulated ox blood, cabbage, and vegetables.

3. Deep-fried Canaries

Practiced by the ancient Romans to prevent vomitous bacchanalia, this high fat food did much to cure the anguish felt from a long night of wine and orgies. Many Romans threw in a couple raw owl eggs as well. This was perhaps their version of Denny's bacon and eggs breakfast.

4. Vegemite on Toast

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5. Pickled sheep eyeballs

Airag, a popular fermented milk drink consumed by Mongolians, led to many hangovers for the descendants of Khan. The cure? Sheep eyeballs in tomato juice. Tomatoes are renowned for their hangover curing abilities. The eyeballs likely could have been left out. They wouldn’t be crazy Mongolians without throwing in some eyeballs for good measure.

6. A Red Eye

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A Red Eye: 4 oz. Beer, 1.5 oz. Vodka, 3 oz. Tomato juice, and 1 Whole egg. Blend and serve. Sounds fucking terrible, but many people have sworn by this concoction and it was even featured in the movie ‘Cocktail.’ The only thing further you could do to keep me from trying this is rename it ‘brown eye.’

7. Prairie Oyster

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Combine 1 egg yolk, 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce, 2 dashes vinegar, 2 dashes Tabasco sauce, and a pinch of salt & pepper. Vinegar and ketchup are optional. As with the Red Eye, I would prefer maintaining my hangover to drinking this.

8. Voodoo

Haitians place 13 pins into the cork of the bottle that did the damage. Not sure what the hell they do if the bottle is cork-less, but everyone loves a little black magic, right?

9. Rabbit Shit Tea

A favorite of cowboys from the old west, rabbit shit tea was their cure for the whiskey and beans from the night before. This concoction was actually used in the original script for Brokeback Mountain, but was later cut. I’ll puke if I must explain any further.

10. Prickly Pear

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Extract from prickly pears—a type of cacti—has been proven to cure a few symptoms of the common hangover. Nausea, cotton-mouth, and loss of appetite can all be vanquished with a few bites of this desert plant. Good luck finding some.

11. Lemon Coated Underarm

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Many Puerto Ricans practice applying lemon juice to the underside of their drinking arm. If you share my sentiments for alcoholic beverages and double-fist frequently, a lemon for both arms is suggested. The application of the lemon juice must come prior to your binge for full effectiveness.

12. Red Meat and Bananas

A German remedy, bananas provide valuable B vitamins while red meat helps to settle your stomach. Greasy foods, because of a common misconception, are an addition to many hangover cures. Whether it works or not, I always like having another excuse for being a shameless carnivore.

13. Swallow’s Beak and Myrrh

Endorsed by Jesus, this hangover cure was practiced by the Assyrians. It involved crushing the swallow beaks into powder and combining with myrrh-- the dried sap from Commiphora opobalsamum. They generally washed it all down with wine.

14. Sicilian Sausage

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Nothing like a dried bull dick to make the swelling of your brain subside. I don’t know about you, but I’m as likely to try this as I am to question the forefathers of organized crime. Capice?

15. Inhale the Smoke of Burning Fossils

This cure can be attributed to the Moroccans along with rose oil to cure headaches. This isn’t unique to the Moroccans though, chimney sweeps in England once mixed up warm soot milkshakes for themselves. Science has shown evidence that charcoal, which Moroccans inhaled over fossil fires and that chimney sweeps swilled with milk, has health benefits. Doctors today prescribe charcoal tablets for indigestion, though they don’t quite promote the onset of black lung.

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