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In the current issue of Gourmet Live, contributor James Rodewald shares bartenders’ hangover remedies, including one from LeNell Smothers: a Prairie Oyster. This cocktail generally contains raw egg, hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce, but the other ingredients vary (you can find four Prairie Oyster recipe variations on Epicurious). So we asked Smothers to share her formula. Here’s how she does it:
LeNell Smothers’ Prairie Oyster
INGREDIENTS
1 farm fresh egg
3 dashes Maggi Jugo (a Mexican “salsa inglesa” that can be substituted with whatever Worcestershire sauce you have on hand)
pinch of sea salt
1 twist of the pepper grinder
2 dashes Salsa Huichol (or Chipotle Tobasco)
DIRECTIONS
Crack the egg into a shot glass if no one volunteers a belly button. Top with all other ingredients, and take down in one gulp.
seriously? Anyone try this as a cure yet?
I haven’t tried this before. But as a Mexican I can tell you that hot sauce or chiles for some reason do make your hangover feel better. The only hangover cure I’ve tried is a ukrainian gherkin pickle cocktail. Taste horrible but takes away the stomach sourness.
I tried this out this morning. It took me about fifteen minutes to muster enough courage to slog a raw egg down my throat – but honestly it wasn’t bad at all. And I do feel better. I’m not entirely convince though – I feel better but it could be the fact that I spent fifteen minutes working my adrenaline up to do something – and that could have an effect on the way I feel. Well see if it continues to work in the future.