CM December DECEMBER 2018

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Karen Young Peter Walker Heather Greig-Smith
AS crazy as it might seem, my best cure
for a hangover is to be brave and do some
exercise! You have to go through a bad
patch at the start as it will get worse
before it gets better, but once your pores
open and you are exercising hard you
will drink more water – sweat it out and
re-hydrate all in one cure.
I’ve got to be honest and say in our
house that the leftover turkey from
Christmas Day usually turns into Boxing
Day dinner i.e. the cold meats put out on
a platter with mashed potato and salad.
Although we always cook some fresh
pigs in blankets which go down a storm
every time. Anything that is left over
from that (unlikely) gets put into a curry
for the day after Boxing Day once I have
done duties of running relatives back
home and things go back to ‘normal’.
THE festive season can be a source of
problems including what to do with the
leftover turkey. When my late wife, a
Chinese from Malaysia, cooked turkey
for the first time, she then had to deal
with the remains. She made a soup stock
– ordinary so far – but she had brought
some shark’s fin from Malaysia, so the
result was shark’s fin soup. That was
back in 1970, but don’t do it today! Sharks
need protection, so make something less
adventurous with that stock.
I was once adventurous with wine
during an evening with some barristers
– this time we were all at a different
bar. I telephoned my tenants from the
tube station. They came to the rescue
and poured me back home. No cure for
the subsequent hangover, but at least I
arrived home safely. I will make such
rescues as an obligation in the tenancy
agreement.
THE best hangover cure has to be going
for a run – rain, shine or snow, a winter
run always leaves me rosy-cheeked and
virtuous (smug), even if it’s utter hell at
the time. A two-hour adventure through
snow-coated fields with an equally
crazy friend or a true crime podcast for
company. Followed by a nice rewarding
gin and tonic. Oh, wait...
What to do with leftover turkey?
Obviously, sandwiches – lots of
mayonnaise and salad. There is always
masses left in our house so we box it
up carefully and put it in the freezer for
future meals/curries, only to dig it out
from the back of the freezer and chuck it
away 12 months later. Must do better this
year!
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