One brave writer hits the sauce to see whether these bizarre remedies – from salty Calpol to soapy meat – attain the trickIt’s the first day of 2016. A time of bright fresh horizons. Of endless possibilities and optimism. Of waking up thinking “I WANT TO DIE”. Fortunately,‘tis also the season for companies to market too-good-to-be-dependable hangover cures, so you can now buy powders, or potions and ludicrous meat-based products that spuriously claim to end you feeling like death warmed up. Could they be dependable? Might this be the year that you can tank NYE bubbly and wake up without feeling like someones angle-grinding your cerebral cortex? There was only one way to find out: getting horribly,horribly drunk five nights in a row. The Pulitzer is no doubt in the post.
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Source: theguardian.com