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“Full English” tops UK hangover-cure survey

31 points by jjgreen 5y ago

tmysl 5y ago
"full fat cola"
- dafman 5y ago
  It's just what we call a drink that isn't a diet version
jakub_g 5y ago
As a slav, I must respectfully disagree! The best hangover cure is żurek (Polish sour soup with white sausage, eggs and potatoes). https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%C5%BCurek&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%C5%BCurek&iax=images&ia=images
- rich_sasha 5y ago
  While I wholeheartedly agree, this is for the poor Britons, who know not the delights of Żurek! (available at your local Tesco's - you're welcome!). Also, Full English is pretty damn good too...
  - Lio 5y ago
    One of the great gifts of Polish migrants to the UK has been the wide availability of your delicious goodies. Big fan of Prince Polos and other Polish sweets. Also kabanos. Cheers guys.
- kozikow 5y ago
  Rosół is even better. Żurek may be too heavy in case of upset stomach.
  - jakub_g 5y ago
    Yep rosół is excellent too.
nemo44x 5y ago
I always appreciated the Hemingway quote: "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
mbg721 5y ago
My American eyes were opened to the savory delights I'd been missing once I tried a proper full breakfast. Now whenever I make bacon and eggs, I'll at least throw together a can of beans, a little can of tomato sauce, some Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper.
- Lio 5y ago
  My pro tip would be to look for Heinz Five Beans aka "adult" baked beans. The sauce is more savoury, less sweet than standard and there are, er, 5 types of beans. IMHO a much better experience overall than your common or garden backed bean, although others might disagree[1]. Also don't forget black pudding. 1. ...but they are wrong!
  - grkvlt 5y ago
    100% agree; and as an alternative, for only GBP 0.45 you can get the Sainsburys own-brand equivalent which is just as good - and then go one better with their Hot and Spicy [0] variant, which is my suggested replacement for anything baked-bean related... 0. https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-five-beans-in-hot---spicy-tomato-sauce-400g https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-five-...
- drcongo 5y ago
  American breakfasts are easily second place in the World Breakfast Cup though. Except for the bacon, you guys need to work on your bacon.
  - sanedigital 5y ago
    No way, American bacon is our gift to the world. The European stuff doesn’t even come close.
    - grkvlt 5y ago
      But even with the same cut of meat, fat cointent, etc. the USA style of cooking burns it to a crisp, which ruins the taste of good bacon...
hprotagonist 5y ago
https://shirazsocialist.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/kingsley-amis-on-the-hangover/ https://shirazsocialist.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/kingsley-am... Before going on to the Metaphysical Hangover, I will, for completeness’s sake, mention three supposed hangover cures, all described as infallible by those who told me about them, though I have not tried any of them. The first two are hard to come by. • Go down the mine on the early-morning shift at the coal-face. • Go up for half an hour in an open aeroplane (needless to say, with a non-hungover person at the controls). • Known as Donald Watt’s Jolt, this consists of a tumbler of some sweet liqueur, Benedictine or Grand Marnier, taken in lieu of breakfast. Its inventor told me that with one of them inside him, he once spent three-quarters of an hour at a freezing bus-stop ‘without turning a hair’. It is true that the sugar in the drink will give you energy and the alcohol alcohol.
Hitton 5y ago
Interesting. I would expect an alcohol to be featured on the list. Isn't the phrase "hair of the dog who bit you"?
- hotsauceror 5y ago
  It does mention a Bloody Mary about halfway down the list.
  - Hitton 5y ago
    Right. I missed that.
robotmay 5y ago
The full english breakfast is our gift to the world. Honestly it's one of the only things I'm vaguely proud of - most countries fail utterly at breakfast, despite their other meals by far defeating ours (Japan, why do you eat natto for breakfast?). I do have a guilty pleasure in ordering a full english breakfast in other countries just to see the variations. I had a really quite interesting interpretation in Budapest which involved paprika sausages and beans served as a dipping sauce. Lesser known aspect - it's totally OK to have a pint of beer with your full english breakfast. I would consider that very traditional, and it's also an extra helper against a hangover, somehow.
- brnt 5y ago
  I come from the Netherlands, so we're in no place to tell others how to breakfast, but do most countries utterly fail at breakfast? I find a lot do pretty OK. I guess my experience is pretty European though. English breakfast is certainly not on my list of appealing breakfasts; way too heavy for my tastes. I also don't often have hangovers to combat.
  - robotmay 5y ago
    Haha yeah a full english is not something you want every day, unless you want to die at 30 with arteries full of sausages. Most places I've been, breakfast seems to be a bit of an after-thought, and lunch is the main event. A lot of places tend to be along the lines of "coffee and a croissant", which I find really hard to adapt to as I often eat a heavier breakfast and a lighter lunch. Aside: I have a friend in France who was introduced to a kettle and how to make cups of tea, and it resulted in an interesting French/English hybrid breakfast where we dipped some sort of French breakfast cake into a bowl of tea (only thing bigger than a coffee cup he had) :D
    - brnt 5y ago
      In NL, dinner is the main event, and for years I skipped breakfast and lunch entirely. Due to my wife being not Dutch, and finding this unacceptable, I now eat a little, but you're right, I eat little for breakfast and lunch. Lived in France for a while, and I remember those official lunches well :)
mywittyname 5y ago
> 8. A can of full fat cola 14% WTF is this English people?
- jjgreen 5y ago
  Full sugar (no saccharine), likely comes from the types of milk on sale in the UK, full-fat, semi-skimmed, skimmed.
- brnt 5y ago
  Protip: do not ask Brits any tips regarding food. That's a millennium of experience talking. - the rest of Europe.
  - jjgreen 5y ago
    Brit here, that's probably good advice, except when it comes to the fry-up and curry.
  - omnicognate 5y ago
    Excellent advice! If you want to know the meaning of a British slang phrase for a soft drink, seen in a British news article, definitely don't ask a British person. You probably want a Belgian for that.
- tupac_speedrap 5y ago
  The Register is a informal British news website. So you see these colloquialisms a lot, it's just a slightly ironic term for non-diet fizzy drinks.
- mbg721 5y ago
  It's in the same spirit that decaf is "unleaded".
  - Lio 5y ago
    Yes. It's just a joke name for non-diet.
hotsauceror 5y ago
My wife swears by chocolate milk with ice cubes in it. As for me, you can pry my leftover pizza slices from my cold, dead hand.
towb 5y ago
There is no cure. Not for me anyway. Swedish midsummer celebrations tomorrow and I just bought a bottle of Havana Club and a bunch of beers. I know what to expect and only time will help... a lot of time... Haven't been drunk since last summer, that's the only thing that truly works ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
fatjokes 5y ago
Korean hangover soup is where it's at! Nothing beats a hearty stew for me.
klelatti 5y ago
For a video exposition of the "Full English" I recommend Danny's recent trip to Bolton which has become something of a viral hit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7YM7iYtFRY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7YM7iYtFRY

31 points by jjgreen 5y ago

tmysl 5y ago

"full fat cola"

dafman 5y ago
It's just what we call a drink that isn't a diet version

jakub_g 5y ago

As a slav, I must respectfully disagree! The best hangover cure is żurek (Polish sour soup with white sausage, eggs and potatoes). https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%C5%BCurek&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%C5%BCurek&iax=images&ia=images

rich_sasha 5y ago
While I wholeheartedly agree, this is for the poor Britons, who know not the delights of Żurek! (available at your local Tesco's - you're welcome!). Also, Full English is pretty damn good too...
- Lio 5y ago
  One of the great gifts of Polish migrants to the UK has been the wide availability of your delicious goodies. Big fan of Prince Polos and other Polish sweets. Also kabanos. Cheers guys.
kozikow 5y ago
Rosół is even better. Żurek may be too heavy in case of upset stomach.
- jakub_g 5y ago
  Yep rosół is excellent too.

nemo44x 5y ago

I always appreciated the Hemingway quote: "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."

mbg721 5y ago

My American eyes were opened to the savory delights I'd been missing once I tried a proper full breakfast. Now whenever I make bacon and eggs, I'll at least throw together a can of beans, a little can of tomato sauce, some Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper.

Lio 5y ago
My pro tip would be to look for Heinz Five Beans aka "adult" baked beans. The sauce is more savoury, less sweet than standard and there are, er, 5 types of beans. IMHO a much better experience overall than your common or garden backed bean, although others might disagree[1]. Also don't forget black pudding. 1. ...but they are wrong!
- grkvlt 5y ago
  100% agree; and as an alternative, for only GBP 0.45 you can get the Sainsburys own-brand equivalent which is just as good - and then go one better with their Hot and Spicy [0] variant, which is my suggested replacement for anything baked-bean related... 0. https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-five-beans-in-hot---spicy-tomato-sauce-400g https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-five-...
drcongo 5y ago
American breakfasts are easily second place in the World Breakfast Cup though. Except for the bacon, you guys need to work on your bacon.
- sanedigital 5y ago
  No way, American bacon is our gift to the world. The European stuff doesn’t even come close.
  - grkvlt 5y ago
    But even with the same cut of meat, fat cointent, etc. the USA style of cooking burns it to a crisp, which ruins the taste of good bacon...

hprotagonist 5y ago

https://shirazsocialist.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/kingsley-amis-on-the-hangover/ https://shirazsocialist.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/kingsley-am... Before going on to the Metaphysical Hangover, I will, for completeness’s sake, mention three supposed hangover cures, all described as infallible by those who told me about them, though I have not tried any of them. The first two are hard to come by. • Go down the mine on the early-morning shift at the coal-face. • Go up for half an hour in an open aeroplane (needless to say, with a non-hungover person at the controls). • Known as Donald Watt’s Jolt, this consists of a tumbler of some sweet liqueur, Benedictine or Grand Marnier, taken in lieu of breakfast. Its inventor told me that with one of them inside him, he once spent three-quarters of an hour at a freezing bus-stop ‘without turning a hair’. It is true that the sugar in the drink will give you energy and the alcohol alcohol.

Hitton 5y ago

Interesting. I would expect an alcohol to be featured on the list. Isn't the phrase "hair of the dog who bit you"?

hotsauceror 5y ago
It does mention a Bloody Mary about halfway down the list.
- Hitton 5y ago
  Right. I missed that.

robotmay 5y ago

The full english breakfast is our gift to the world. Honestly it's one of the only things I'm vaguely proud of - most countries fail utterly at breakfast, despite their other meals by far defeating ours (Japan, why do you eat natto for breakfast?). I do have a guilty pleasure in ordering a full english breakfast in other countries just to see the variations. I had a really quite interesting interpretation in Budapest which involved paprika sausages and beans served as a dipping sauce. Lesser known aspect - it's totally OK to have a pint of beer with your full english breakfast. I would consider that very traditional, and it's also an extra helper against a hangover, somehow.

brnt 5y ago
I come from the Netherlands, so we're in no place to tell others how to breakfast, but do most countries utterly fail at breakfast? I find a lot do pretty OK. I guess my experience is pretty European though. English breakfast is certainly not on my list of appealing breakfasts; way too heavy for my tastes. I also don't often have hangovers to combat.
- robotmay 5y ago
  Haha yeah a full english is not something you want every day, unless you want to die at 30 with arteries full of sausages. Most places I've been, breakfast seems to be a bit of an after-thought, and lunch is the main event. A lot of places tend to be along the lines of "coffee and a croissant", which I find really hard to adapt to as I often eat a heavier breakfast and a lighter lunch. Aside: I have a friend in France who was introduced to a kettle and how to make cups of tea, and it resulted in an interesting French/English hybrid breakfast where we dipped some sort of French breakfast cake into a bowl of tea (only thing bigger than a coffee cup he had) :D
  - brnt 5y ago
    In NL, dinner is the main event, and for years I skipped breakfast and lunch entirely. Due to my wife being not Dutch, and finding this unacceptable, I now eat a little, but you're right, I eat little for breakfast and lunch. Lived in France for a while, and I remember those official lunches well :)

mywittyname 5y ago

> 8. A can of full fat cola 14% WTF is this English people?

jjgreen 5y ago
Full sugar (no saccharine), likely comes from the types of milk on sale in the UK, full-fat, semi-skimmed, skimmed.
brnt 5y ago
Protip: do not ask Brits any tips regarding food. That's a millennium of experience talking. - the rest of Europe.
- jjgreen 5y ago
  Brit here, that's probably good advice, except when it comes to the fry-up and curry.
- omnicognate 5y ago
  Excellent advice! If you want to know the meaning of a British slang phrase for a soft drink, seen in a British news article, definitely don't ask a British person. You probably want a Belgian for that.
tupac_speedrap 5y ago
The Register is a informal British news website. So you see these colloquialisms a lot, it's just a slightly ironic term for non-diet fizzy drinks.
mbg721 5y ago
It's in the same spirit that decaf is "unleaded".
- Lio 5y ago
  Yes. It's just a joke name for non-diet.

hotsauceror 5y ago

My wife swears by chocolate milk with ice cubes in it. As for me, you can pry my leftover pizza slices from my cold, dead hand.

towb 5y ago

There is no cure. Not for me anyway. Swedish midsummer celebrations tomorrow and I just bought a bottle of Havana Club and a bunch of beers. I know what to expect and only time will help... a lot of time... Haven't been drunk since last summer, that's the only thing that truly works ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

fatjokes 5y ago

Korean hangover soup is where it's at! Nothing beats a hearty stew for me.

klelatti 5y ago

For a video exposition of the "Full English" I recommend Danny's recent trip to Bolton which has become something of a viral hit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7YM7iYtFRY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7YM7iYtFRY