Crudo in Mexico - Hangover cures for the Holiday Season

With the festive season rapidly approaching, those who have imbibed a little too much the night before should be prepared with a locally available cure for those dreaded hangovers. The Mexican word for hangover is crudo , which literally translates as raw and perfectly describes the state you can find yourself in after a night on the town in Mexico.

We polled some locals who gave us some hard won advice and swear by these cures:

"Bloody Mary with the lot, if you can eat try pancakes", "eggs with very spicy salsa or chicken soup, hot & spicy", "advil & 2 glasses of water before bed" "chilaquiles & aqua de limon", "cheeseburger, find one, its worth the effort", "flavored milk & sweet breads", "just don’t drink, however that’s not practical so try not to sober up", "drink corona, it doesn’t give you a hangover", "menudo", "find a hammock under a palm tree with a good book, this will cure anything".

Good luck and remember, although you may feel bad, there is no nicer place to recover than here.

December 1999

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