Best food for a stomach ache?
French night was a success at my house last night except for one thing… the wine. Apparently you can’t drink it at the same volume and speed as beer. My stomach is felling very sour today. Its now 11am and I haven’t eaten a thing. Now I can’t tell if I feel sick from the wine or sick from not eating.. probably both. Anyone got an idea of what would be easy on tummy?
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My favorite tummy-hurts-hangover cure: Spaghetti with a little olive oil, garlic salt and parmesan cheese. Usually about 1/2 a box (Hangovers make me starving).
bitchincamero at 12:13PM on 09/10/09
Personally, I eat Ramen noodles when I feel like that. The cheapo, packaged ones.
arm1970 at 12:13PM on 09/10/09
i usually eat toast with butter or toasted buttered bagel
korovka at 12:14PM on 09/10/09
Rice. Cook it with a bit more water than you normally would so it's a bit soupy. It is bland, bulking, and the starch helps to absorb toxins.
CatBoy at 12:16PM on 09/10/09
I like french toast for the drunkydrunk upset stomach the morning after, and also for recovering from any type of sad stomach.
joyyy at 12:31PM on 09/10/09
oh man I know the red-wine hangover inside and out. Glad to hear it was a blast tho
It's too-late now: but after more than 3 glasses of red I add 1 bottle of water ration BEFORE BED.
If you're feeling headache-ish: I'd drink something antioxidant-rich.
If it's you're tummy: Perrier with fresh lime is my favourite, and some basic chicken broth (or with some wild rice)
I hope you feel better happyeats!
hungrychristel at 1:03PM on 09/10/09
ok... i just ordered noodles and white rice.
happyeats at 1:07PM on 09/10/09
sorry: I didnt' read my post before sending.
If it's "your" tummy;
and I meant to say 1 bottle water per 3 glasses ratio
hungrychristel at 1:08PM on 09/10/09
ginger ale and saltines are my favorite tummy settler. If that stays down I move on to chicken soup.
dhorst at 1:16PM on 09/10/09
campbells chicken noodle, straight up, keep it condensed. with some saltines and ginger ale on the side.
_greenbean at 1:29PM on 09/10/09
ginger ale, toast, scrambled eggs if you think you can stomach them. the most important thing is breaking the no food barrier, after that you will be fine. also even though it is disgusting, gatorade will make you feel better.
allot at 1:58PM on 09/10/09
Ginger tea (grate some ginger into hot water, add lemon and honey), applesauce, and toast. For really bad hangover, pho or hot sour soup used to work wonders for me (along with lots and lots of water, if you can keep it down).
fanghsing at 2:13PM on 09/10/09
For a sour stomach i'd say toast but for a hngover i'd go with Mexican food!!! yum, always makes me feel better :P maybe its the spice....
joylissa at 2:29PM on 09/10/09
Fresh ginger tends calm my upset stomach. Slice up some gingerroot and steep in hot water. Sweeten with a little honey. It's good and should help with the stomach.
Also try some candied ginger, that will help too.
AnnieNT at 2:54PM on 09/10/09
hair of the dog, baby-drink more wine!
in all seriousness though, toast and tea are typically my go-to tummy cure.
hope you feel better :)
gastronomeg at 3:08PM on 09/10/09
Room temp, mostly flat ginger ale, all the way! Or gatorade, I guess, but I hate the taste of that. Once the ginger ale settles your stomach and brings your blood sugar back up, move onto to solid food of the carb-laden variety. : )
Junie at 3:31PM on 09/10/09
Well... a plate of rice, a bowl of noodles, and a 2 liter of ginger ale later and I am feeling better. Still a bit fatigued, but better. Thanks for the advice!! I think I will try to push right on through it after work…. Maybe eat some chili cheese dogs, spicy chicken wings, and a few beers. That should help out the ole gut.
happyeats at 3:50PM on 09/10/09
Starch, grease, and salt. McDonald's is a good one for that.
Kerosena at 3:54PM on 09/10/09
This sounds gross but milk toast or just plain old toast. Another thing my mother used to make when I was young kid with sore tummy was egg drop soup, clear chicken broth with scrambled eggs in it and it worked. I hate to say this as well but a hair of the dog works, a beer, bloody mary, not to get drunk but just take that ick out of tummy.
pjracz10 at 3:56PM on 09/10/09
Everyone's suggestions are good, but @hungrychristel is hot on the trail. Alcohol dehydrates the body and that is what is causing that awful feeling that you wake up with. Your organs need to be rehydrated. Before you go to bed is the best, but if you forget first thing in the morning drink lots of water, tea, etc along with any of these fine suggestions that you can stomach.
Hmm...is there any leftovers?
janaatwg at 3:58PM on 09/10/09
The seared scallops with smoked sea salt and cayenne infused beurre blanc sauce was the biggest hit. I have to admit.... I am proud of it. There is a little of the lamb left over. Everything else is gone.
I should have switched to water after the banana tarte tatin. Oh well... it was fun and if I said I would never drink that much wine again... I'd be lying.
happyeats at 4:32PM on 09/10/09
Sounds like a wonderful night! After girl's nights here I tend to feel the same way. What works for me is instant mashed potatoes(please don' t hate me y'all) with lots of butter, salt and pepper, followed by ice cream.
Any smooth ice cream, nothing with "stuff" in it.
donnie at 5:01PM on 09/10/09
@donnie: I love instant mashed! Idahohan® (sp?) rules
hungrychristel at 5:16PM on 09/10/09
@hungrychristel: I also figured out the other day why I love Munchos so much,
they are also made from dehydrated potatoe--whatever!
donnie at 5:23PM on 09/10/09
what i like to call soup with dots...
chicken broth with little pastina pasta and whisk an egg or two with some parmesan cheese... and actually sometimes a little red pepper flakes helps me believe it or not... particularly when its self induced...
hungrygrl7 at 7:18PM on 09/10/09
A coinkidink...I'm having sea scallops tonight. Probably not as elegant as yours. I'll close my eyes and maybe....hope you feel better.
janaatwg at 8:00PM on 09/10/09
yes, lots of water, happy eats and don't foget the aspirins..... sounds like a great party.... and yes, i hope you do it again sooner rather than later.
your scallops sound delishious.
pooch at 9:50PM on 09/10/09
You poor dear. My body hasn't rebelled like that for years now, probably because, over the years, I've built up a tolerance to rich, elegant food and wine. That's what you need. . .more practice!
betteirene at 11:04PM on 09/10/09
If it's a hangover stomach ache starchy, salty, greasy foods do wonders for me. My instant fix for a hangover is a sourdough jack from jack in the box and some Ginger ale. At least out of all the hangover cures I've tried that works the best for me; soaks up all the alchohol. After that I just start pounding back liters of water. Oh! Hot water with lemon and a touch of honey is really good if you have a headache too.
SaltyDonuts at 11:15PM on 09/10/09
Pho with only sriracha and no tripe or meatballs. Steaming hot, spicy broth, lots of noodles, fresh flavors makes me feel better.
smile at 1:51AM on 09/11/09
I keep a small box of candied ginger in the pantry for emergencies of that nature. seems to really settle things down and the sugar gives you an energy boost. Thats for guests though for SO and I, we get the homemade stuff along with homemade gingerale ;-)
huneybumper at 7:46AM on 09/11/09
Toast with grape jelly and lots of water.
Chew on That at 3:58PM on 09/11/09
Dennys Grand Slam Breakfast! Will cure everything, that's why they've had it on the menu for 30 years. Great place after the bars close. However don't go if the sun is up, the light reveals too much.
Go for a can of chicken soup or even top ramen. your feeling bad due to dehydration.
Ribster at 6:33AM on 09/12/09
Yeah, a wine hangover can be pretty awful. BF used to join me in whatever wine I was partaking of when we first got together, but he drinks very fast and he's used to the alcohol levels in his Sam Adams or Sierra Nevada (except for the occasional excursion into Arrogant Bastard). He'd wake up crippled pretty routinely and eventually switched back to just beer drinking.
I try to have a large glass of water for every glass of wine I'm drinking and try not to have more than two glasses of wine in an hour. That's in an ideal world. When I screw that up and realize that I've put away too much wine before bed and not enough water, I'll have a glass of water and some aspirin before sleeping and try to stay up an extra hour to let stuff percolate through. The next day (if I can sleep in), I'll want something spicy with a starchy base. If I'm functional enough to cook, then I'll make grits with ham and habanero cheddar stirred in. Otherwise, a burrito place just opened up in a five minute walk from our place. If I can't bring myself to leave the house, I usually get Thai or Indian delivered. Spice + Food Coma + nap = hangover recovery.
Amandarama at 1:57PM on 09/12/09