Posts for January 1st 2007

Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary
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Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary

Not only is today the first day of 2007, but it's National Bloody Mary day as well.
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Not only is today the first day of 2007, but it's National Bloody Mary day as well. Quite suitable if you woke up this morning feeling like your head was about to burst. Hangovers are the worst, but sometimes a good Bloody Mary can do the trick.

A hangover is the body's way of saying it's dehydrated and that its natural levels of alcohol are out of whack. After consuming excessive amounts of alcohol the body stops producing it on its own naturally. When you stop drinking and the alcohol has left your system, there is a lag time that occurs before your body realizes it needs to start reproduction of alcohol. This lag time is commonly known as a hangover. If you drink a Bloody Mary the next morning, the alcohol from the vodka will hold off the body's need for alcohol until you can start making it on your own. Learn more about why you have a hangover from FitSugar.

I apologize to anyone who happens to be reading this with a hangover, all of that scientific talk didn't help the headache much. Translation: if you're hung over try drinking a Bloody Mary to make you feel better. It might not cure a hangover, but it should help postpone it.


Bloody Mary
From Ina Garten

3 large stalks celery from the heart, including leaves, plus extra for serving
36 ounces tomato juice (recommended: Sacramento)
2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
1 teaspoon grated yellow onion
1 lemon, juiced
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
12 dashes hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco), or to taste
1 1/2 cups vodka

  1. Cut the celery in large dice, including the leaves, and puree in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Process until finely minced.
  2. In a large pitcher, combine the rest of the ingredients except the vodka.
  3. With the food processor running, pour 1/4 of the tomato juice mixture into the food processor through the feed tube.
  4. Then pour the contents of the food processor into the pitcher with the remaining tomato juice mixture.
  5. Add the vodka and chill.
  6. Serve in tall glasses over ice with a stick of celery.

Serves 6

What Do You Eat When You Are Hungover?
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What Do You Eat When You Are Hungover?

There's something about a big night of end-of-the-year partying that goes hand in hand with over-drinking and hangovers.
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There's something about a big night of end-of-the-year partying that goes hand in hand with over-drinking and hangovers. The worst thing about a hangover is that there is no specific cure or little pill that can instantly make it go away (why hasn't anyone ever invented one??!). The way in which one deals with a hangover is a highly personalized matter and more times than not, it involves food. I got to thinking, and wondered what types of food people turn to when suffering from a severe head-splitting stomach-hurling hangover.

I took an informal poll at the office to see what people eat and got a variety of solutions, with the most popular being some sort of egg sandwich (bacon, eggs, cheese on toast, a roll, or an English muffin). The runner up was a burger and fries. It was interesting to hear each person's cure - they included a bagel and cream cheese, coffee, Diet Coke, chips and beans, tuna melts, and blts. Basically what it boiled down to was two food groups: grease and sugar. The other popular remedies revolve around salt, liquids, carbs, fat, protein and more alcohol. I personally choose toast with butter.

So how about you? What do you eat when you are hungover?