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" The gentle tinkling of sleigh bells or the hum of a holiday tune can bring good cheer on a normal day. But after a night of rocking around the Christmas tree with your good buddies, eggnog and spiked hot cider, those bells can be like sledgehammers and the carols like broken shards of ornaments digging into your skull. Hangovers have been around since ancient man first left his grape juice out too long and drank it anyway. Luckily, hangover cures were soon to follow (prairie oyster anyone?) and every country has their favorite - not all of which involve drinking a raw egg. Mexico: Menudo Before you run to iTunes to download a piece of Ricky Martin&amp;#039;s first foray into fame, know that we don&amp;#039;t mean Menudo the band. We mean Menudo thesoup. Its main ingredients are tripe (beef stomach) and beef feet with a chili base. It&amp;#039;s traditionally only served on weekends or during special occasions because it takes many hours to cook, as tripe needs a lot of time to mellow out its funkiness. To finish the soup, hominy is added to make a comforting, tummy-coating, starchy base. UK/Ireland: Fry-Up Most similar to the USA&amp;#039;s favorite hangover cure from a greasy spoon breakfast is the British Fry-Up. Fried eggs, baked beans, bacon, sausage, black pudding (blood pudding) and cooked tomatoes make for a greasy pile of goodness with enough fats, amino acids, and vitamins (that&amp;#039;s why the tomatoes are there) to soothe the heartiest hangover. For an Irish touch add white pudding; for a Scottish breakfast, supplement some haggis. Mongolia: Sheep&amp;#039;s Eyes Ancient Mongolians, like those in Genghis Kahn&amp;#039;s horde, were known to eat pickled sheep&amp;#039;s eyes either steeped in or washed down by a briny tomato juice. Japan: Umeboshi Plums After a hard night of sake and karaoke, the Japanese put their hopes of a clear head into the salty/sweet hands of  umeboshi plums. These plums, which have been pickled for months or even years, were at one point used to help soldiers in the Middle Ages battle against fatigue. Now they are known for their ability to aid digestion, help cure an ailing liver, and draw out toxins from the blood. Korea: Ox Blood Soup On weekend mornings mobbed street vendors throughout Korea sell Haejangguk, or &amp;quot;soup for the stomach.&amp;quot; We&amp;#039;ve already seen its main ingredient in this list: blood. Ox blood to be precise. It is lip-tinglingly spicy (which takes your mind off the pain of the night before) and chock-full of vegetables that vary according to what grows in the region in which it is being served. Germany: Pickled Herring The Germans rely on Katerfr\u00FChst\u00FCck, which translates as &amp;quot;Tomcat&amp;#039;s Breakfast.&amp;quot; It&amp;#039;s a meal of pickled food, namely pickled herring fillets rolled around onions and pickles. The saltiness of the food encourages you to drink water \u2014 which is, after all, why you are needing a cure in the first place (hangovers are mostly just the symptoms of dehydration) \u2014 and these foods also replace electrolytes. Think of them as edible, fishy, Gatorade. Russia: Salted Cucumber Juice and Black Bread Russians swear by a breakfast of salted cucumber juice and black bread soaked in water. It may sound odd but think about what a Bloody Mary is at its essence: salty tomato juice. Another cure is attributed to Tsar Nicholas II. The &amp;quot;Nikolashka,&amp;quot; as it is called, is a slice of lemon topped with a teaspoon each of sugar and coffee eaten in one bite. Australia: Vegemite Vegemite: It&amp;#039;s Australian for hangover cure. The yeast-based spread is rich in B vitamins, which help with hangover symptoms like the shakes. Spread it on toast and try to ignore that it&amp;#039;s made from brewer&amp;#039;s yeast if the night before was filled with other brewer&amp;#039;s products. Ancient Rome: Fried Canaries! When the vomitorium got a little old for the ancient Romans they would turn to a meal of deep-fried canaries. If it was a particularly bad morning, a couple of raw owl eggs might be thrown into the meal for good measure. But may we suggest you try a little tripe first before reaching into the birdcage? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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