We asked the BuzzFeed Community to send us their go-to hangover foods. Here are their suggestions:
(Note: We cannot guarantee that any of these will actually cure your hangover, or even taste good.)
1. Pickles and/or pickle juice
"Mild: water and coffee
Medium: sausage and eggs, or biscuits and gravy
Heavy: pickle juice"
—Michael Munger, Facebook
"Pickles. Something about the brine and salt cures bad nausea. Paired with a lot of water/Gatorade and some bread, you’re good to go."
2. Orange juice + cheesy bacon potato soup
3. Chicken Chow Mein
"Chinese — usually a chicken chow mein. Feel like shit all day and get cured at 5 p.m. when the takeaways open."
4. Mountain Dew and a plate of bacon
5. "Hangover pasta"
"I make 'hangover pasta.' It’s just whatever type of pasta I have lying around with pesto and a buuunch of chopped, fresh tomatoes.
Spice it up with whatever else you have lying around."
6. Applesauce
"APPLESAUCE. It’s plain but really hydrating and literally tastes so good when nothing else does. I swear by it."
7. Blue Gatorade and McDonald's cheeseburgers
"First off, blue Gatorade. Then it always seems to be McDonald's cheeseburgers I crave."
—Nic Young, Facebook
8. Pedialyte
"Pedialyte. The food changes (usually leftovers from drunk food), but ALWAYS Pedialyte."
9. Pho
"Pho is the way to go! It hydrates and replenishes lots of the vitamins and electrolytes you need to feel better. Plus it’s the most delicious thing on the planet."
10. Cookies & cream ice cream
"My hangovers are usually very bad. I have a headache until 9-11pm and my stomach hurts so much the first couple of times, I couldn’t eat. What helped me, before I found the miracle Gatorade, was cookies and cream ice cream. It was liquid so it was easy to digest, and the coldness made it enjoyable."
11. A Dunkin' Donuts sausage, egg & cheese sandwich
"Dunkin' Donuts sausage egg and cheese with a large iced coffee. Yes, I'm from Boston."
—Sarah Jaye, Facebook
12. Grilled cheese and two cans of V8
"Two cans of low sodium V8’s 100% vegetable juice, full of potassium, anti-oxidants and fiber, a liter of water, strong coffee, and a grilled cheese sandwich with the protein and fat to suck up all the sugar from your system."
13. Yukgaejang
"Yukgaejang. A Korean spicy soup with beef. Great for hangovers and that sicky feeling. Well…the soup and some sprite."
14. "Green juice" and toast with Vegemite
"Fresh green juice with cucumber, celery, kale, spinach, and romaine. ‘Rehab Shot’ with lemon, ginger and cayenne. Vegemite on whole-grain toast. Works every time."
15. Whataburger grilled cheese with spicy ketchup
16. Kraft mac & cheese.
"All day errrr day."
17. Chicken in a Biskit crackers with blue Gatorade
"I drink ice blue Gatorade slowly until I feel like my stomach can handle food, then Chicken in a Biskit crackers if I’m hungry. Once I’m fully stable I eat either a cup of microwave Easy Mac or some cheap ramen — carbs help stabilize my blood sugar and sodium helps replace electrolytes (as does the Gatorade)."
18. Wendy's chili and a gallon(!) of Gatorade
19. Sourdough bread with butter and salsa
"Well, hair of the dog, for sure. But for food, sourdough bread with butter and salsa on top."
20. Turkey Tom from Jimmy John's with salt & vinegar chips
"Jimmy John's Turkey Tom on wheat with salt and vinegar chips! It’s magic — I swear."
21. Nothing
"Nothing. I just curl up in bed and wait to die."
— venus236
