My absolute favorite meal to get me out of the hangover jiffy is:

Omelet stuffed with cheese and black beans, topped with sour cream, fresh salsa, jalapenos, and avocado. I serve this with a side of home fries seasoned with cumin, parsley, and paprika.

Fatty, but not overly salty foods. Fried potatoes, mashed potato with gravy. Cold pizza. Junk food, basically. Drag the morning after into the over indulgence of the night before and worry about the whole thing collectively. Later.

I definitely agree about the sugary foods. When I am hungover, coke tastes terrible to me. Can't stomach it. Same with most soft drinks.

coconut water

Pho. I always crave pho when hungover.

When pho is not an option, definitely some sausages or bacon, buttered toast and a big glass of orange juice.

Also miso soup and sushi.

Whatever it is, it's imperative that you post the recipe for that pizza.

Boxed mac n cheese!!

Macaroni and cheese, hands down.

Generally, my go-to hangover fighter for during the work week is a large gatorade, and a sausage, egg & cheese sandwich on a roll. (preferably from one of my local places in Midtown).

During weekends, I try to gather the troops to a diner - pancakes and sausage, two eggs over with bacon, an omlette...as long as I don't have to make the damn thing. And gallons of iced tea.

Soup. Wonton soup from a Chinese takeout place is the best, I think. Gets you hydrated and is yummy and savory at the same time.

My college cafeteria used to have brunch on weekends, so I'd have a giant glass of Powerade and a plate of tater tots.

taylor ham, egg, & cheese on a bagel. Unfortuately, those are hard to find outside of NJ.

I have to drink ice cold water slowly for a bit, sleep it off, then I'm starved for a Five Guys double bacon cheeseburger with some fixins, fries, and a diet coke.

Oh, and McDonald's iteration of sweet tea.

Usually I crave a bowl of carby cereal first thing when I get up. Then about an hour later I want eggs, bacon, cheese-the works. I always seem to like creamy, cheesy things on the days that I am hungover.

Coconut water: I've tried to like that and while it tastes delicious, it always seems to give me stomach cramps. Not sure if its all that potassium but I just can't partake in that particular cure.

I'm with you smellykelly, McDonalds two cheeseburger combo meal with a diet coke gets me through. I'd probably do five guys too, but they don't have a drive through, a necessity for hangovers.

@Flotisserie, I thought there might be a craving for that pizza (with or without a hangover)! It's Faith's brilliant recipe and it's linked to in the image credit at the bottom of the post.

OMG PERFECT TIMING GUYS
UUGGGGHHH

IHOP breakfast platter: eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and pancakes! Best cure EVER!

cheese, in any shape or form. salty, greasy and cheesy.

I always want something salty, greasy, and full of carbs. This usually means a bacon and fried egg sandwich or plain pasta with butter and salt.

I always love Massaman Curry for some reason. Perfect amount of heartiness and spice. I usually order it from the nearest Thai place, but I should probably learn how to make it myself

The best hangover food is popcorn popped in bacon fat and sprinkled with a little salt and garlic powder. So good. Maybe with some peanut M&Ms in there too...

A fried egg make me feel so much better.

I need hasbrowns piled with green chile, eggs and cheese. Failing that, anything carby and spicy does the trick.

Pho, pozole, or gazpacho.

I must be a freak because whenever I'm hungover all I crave are vegetables.

Anything with copious amounts of tomatoes always helps my zombie-hangover.

The plain vegetable soup that you can get from Chinese take-out restaurants. It's soothing and easy to digest, plus the veggies restore some of the vitamins you probably lost.

Jjigae ---- tofu, kimchi, hot soup.....sweat it all out!

French fries. Usually a burger and fries and as much mayo/ketchup mixed to dip the fries in as my stomach will hold! Always feel better after.

Breakfast burrito from Lolita's. Eggs, bacon, cheese, carbs :)

Eggs, hasbrowns, sausage bits & cheese, all smothered in green chile. Tortillas or some other form of bread on the side.

Menudo or pozole:)

I thought I'd be alone with my affinity for sushi when I'm hungover, but apparently not! It has to be really good sushi, too. If not that, then a burger from Five Guys. Talk about two ends of the spectrum! And coke in a can.

Carne asada tacos with 2 pain killers and a coke. I hear chocolate milk is the best thing to drink since it replenishes the glucose lost by drinking.

I can't eat when I am hung over. If I can manage to drink some black tea without puking, I go for that. I sleep and that evening usually keep it simple and eat some brown rice (either with toppings or as some sort of porridge).

I, too, crave salt and grease. I like to make (or order) a bowl of grits with butter and cheddar, and an over-easy fried egg, then put the egg on the grits, and stir it until it breaks apart and the yolks runs through everything. Lots of salt. And a HUGE unsweet tea.

GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES!

Although that pizza probably would also do the trick, I´m more of a hamburger kind of girl, with a beer if its after noon - diet coke is a second best. Oh, and fries with that...

i crave breakfast/brunch food, pancakes, huge omelette with cheese/bacon/black beans/salsa, and home fries. but also...cold pizza!

ps who has the recipe for the above picture?

Pho or dim sum.

When I'm really hung over the only thing that I can stomach is a 7-up or sprite from a fountain. It can't be a regular bottle of soda it has to be from a side fountain. I think it's fizzier which helps to settle my stomach. After that I usually star with toast and work my way up to other foods.

I go through cycles; sometimes I crave greasy, junky stuff (which I resolve with In 'n Out *well done* fries, breakfast skillety items, tacos) and other times I'd crave light comfort foods (congee, wonton noodles, chicken noodle soup) -- rarely would I go to something sweet for hangovers, which is odd given my HUGE sweet tooth.

Well, if this morning is any indication, my fave is a bowl of dry cheerios and strong, hot, black tea with a splash of milk. Then, for lunch, piping hot vegetarian hot-n-sour or egg drop soup. All of this helps the tummy and my usual hangover temperature-regulation problem; none of it is helping my Shocking Hangover Stupids, in the throes of which I currently am!

Stupid, stupid Nora, still making the occasional bad decision! :)

Mac and cheese, a toasty Italian sub or thai food.

In addition, there's nothing worse then a plate of scrambled eggs. Makes me want to vomit EVERY time

How bizarre! Another commenter has already left my hangover food and there is only one place in the world that you can get it! Lolitas, breakfast burrito, bacon egg and cheese. I can no longer get them though, because I moved. Damn.
But, I wonder who that person is?

Savory! Best are mac and cheese, grilled cheese, pizza, cheesesteak... really anything featuring melted cheese. BONUS POINTS for crispy bacon and doughy bread. And to wash it all down, an orange soda.
Sadly, in Scotland where I am located now- NONE of these things are available. Back bacon is weird and hammy, mac and cheese from a box tastes poisonous, 'pizza' is a relative term, and chip steaks are unheard of. Also most orange sodas feature aspartame which I am allergic to :(
I'm so excited for New Year's morning- I'll be back stateside and have all of these items available to cure my hangover!

When I was living in Spain in a residencia they always served the same thing on Saturday mornings for breakfast, they knew what was coming. It was white rice with over-easy eggs fried in tons of olive oil, smothered with very plain tomato sauce that I've never seen in America, and of course bread on the side.

generally, something cheesy and greasy, with a side of gatorade. so... pizza.

For me, it's falafal with extra hummus.
No eggs and never ground beef.

Pizza from Whole Foods, sushi and a cherry diet coke from Sonic!

I need to try Pho soup for my next hangover! I bet it works wonders!

See now I love sushi anytime any day......except for when Im hungover. I would choose death. But when death is not available any not creamy soup will do...like Miso! And tons of liquid, soda, water, tea, juice. And some Munchos.

egg and cheese on a toasted sesame bagel. large hazelnut latte with cream and sugar. and a liter of water.

congee

Vegemite on toast. Ask any Aussie...4 slices will fix you up in a snap.

I'm with the greasy, cheesy, spicy people here. Ye olde deli egg on a roll, with pepper jack cheese. Or chilaquiles verde.

A gatorade and advil.....

and then I eat Menudo rojo
http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/menudo-rojo-red-menudo/Detail.aspx

I buy it in advance....

Vernor's and Ramen

coffee with a side of advil

Anything from a diner. Eggs, corn beef hash and rye toast is the stand-by (with lots and LOTS of coffee), but anything greasy will do.

Miso soup with lots of veggies! Also kimchi with mac and cheese (don't knock it 'til you've tried it!)

Cheeseburger and fries. Greasy, salty, lots of protein!

i'm seeing it here too, the claim that McDonald's coke is the hangover cure! LOL that is so funny, i personally have never tried it but i have heard that time and time again. my cure is anything greasy, especially breakfast foods.

Bacon Egg & Cheese Biscuit from McDonald's, with hash browns and coffee. Definitely coffee.

Plus my special cocktail of three ibuprofens chased with two rapid-release Tylenols.

Also a Revive Vitamin Water.

A McGriddle, lots of water, and a morning on the couch watching "Boondock Saints". It's the best hangover film.

Greasy/cheesy/spicy lovers unite! For this you can't beat Chilaquiles - hits home on all fronts (just look it up if you're not familiar)

I don’t get drunk enough to get a hangover (;-p BUT if I did, a couple of Aleve, a HUGE breakfast of bacon, two eggs over lite, fried potatoes w/onion, toast w/butter, gobs of applesauce and a HUGE glass of OJ!

Chocolate milk! The McD's bacon, egg and cheese biscut is a close second.

hot n sour soup with crispy wonton strips sprinkled on top, 7-Up and then sleep it off

I agree, breakfast sandwiches are a good choice. In college however, vending machines were the quickest option on an early Sat. AM. My 80's era dorm had a weird hot canned food vending machine, so my choice that got me through many a desperate Sat. morning was a teeny tiny piping hot can of chili and an ice cold Sprite.

TWO WORDS. CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE

Japanese breakfast: miso soup, grilled fish, rice and pickles

Congee before you go to bed. After a night of drinking in Thailand we'd go to a congee restaurant in the wee hours, stuff ourselves and...no hangover in the morning.

Toast with hummus, avocado, sprouts and tomatoes. Yum, i'd eat that sans hangover though...

Tomato soup, tomato juice or V8. Or a couple of caesars...there's nothing that hair of the dog can't fix!

Toast topped with crunchy peanut butter and several strips of bacon. Don't knock it til you've tried it! Sweet, salty, fatty, carby - possibly the perfect hangover food.

Biscuits and gravy

i've never been hungover... but this thread is making me hungry.

Kung Pao Chicken--extra peppers

the food i most crave when hungover: BAGELS. ohhh so good. those carbs!!

Mercedesz, try a macaroni pie! They sell them at many bakeries in Scotland, and Tesco has an only slightly sub-par version. My Scottish husband swears by Irn-Bru for a hangover too - it's orange-colored, but I'm not convinced. I personally rely on egg+cheese bagels, myself. Mmm, carbs and grease.

Breakfast tacos! Grilled cheese. Mashed potatoes. Diet Dr. Pepper. Kombucha (I thought because it was super healthy, then I learned that it's a little hair of the dog too... ).

Back in my more, erm, *intemperate* days, it would be a Mickey D's Fillet-O-Fish, fries and root beer. Best restorative in the world. Starch, grease, some cheese, a bit of protein and a sugar bomb. How could that not help?

I tell all my friends, anything spicy and fatty, gets me through every time. I also do a coffee mug full of spicy V-8 heated, add more ground red pepper and the juice from a whole fresh lemon. I call it my Hot Toddy =) gets me up and feeling so much better.

I haven't had a hangover in over a decade - college *shrug* - but on the few occasions I did, only 7-UP stayed down long enough to count as food.

However, I agree with irpineapple, this thread is making me hungry!

McDonalds fries and fishwich, or boxed mac and cheese, and a couple liters of seltzer.

Gatorade and excedrin are required to actually get out of bed. After that it's savory, greasy foods that I crave. Veggie burger and fries from Burger King or a local place, huevos rancheros, or maybe a sandwich of egg, cheese, & veggie sausage. Usually I'm not in the mood to cook so it depends on what i have in the kitchen or what's open nearby.

Funyuns, microwave creamed spinach with pasta thrown in. Sometimes I will crumble the funyuns on top and make a white trash casserole of sorts (when I am not that incapacitated).

I actually read somewhere that the best thing to have in the morning is something that is eaqually balanced in equally balanced in protein and carbs.

The carbs give your recovering body easy energy and the fat absorbs leftover alcohol and satiates.

Lots of mashed potatoes with gravy or vanilla pudding.