New Year’s Day seems an appropriate day to sample this cookbook, right? It was for John, anyway, who was suffering from the malady in the book’s title. So I grabbed this cookbook (a Christmas gift from him) to find something I could make with the ingredients we had on hand in the house.
I actually really love this book (by Milton Crawford). It’s a cheeky, whimsical book that has a very British feel and definitely embraces the hangover. It starts with a funny quiz you take to find out what sort of hangover you’re suffering from, and then the cookbook is divided into recipes to appeal to each subset of hangover.
We determined John was dealing with “The Atomic”, and one of the suggested recipes was for a potato hash with avocado and bacon.
Adaptations: The cookbook encourages you to experiment with this recipe, whether it be adding cheese, putting a poached egg on top, etc. My only adjustment was using a bit less potato than asked for (just because we only had one potato in the house) and using turkey bacon for mine (John got regular).
What I learned: All about hangovers. Also, I should be putting Worcestershire sauce in my home fries more often, apparently.
Recipe Results: Any recipe prominently featuring avocado and bacon is all right with me, and we were really blown away by how delicious this was. It hit all my breakfast cravings.
Cookbook verdict: Funny and (for better or worse) practical, with surprisingly good recipes. I look forward to experimenting more with this cookbook, particularly a lot of the spicy-looking dishes. Not that I’m going to be hungover soon or anything…right?
Recipe: See beyond the jump.
