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
