Hangover Breakfast

 "And last but not least, the wonderful crew at McDonald's for spending hours making those Egg McMuffins, without which I might never be tardy." -Travis Clueless

So last night was a bit rough on my system...Thanks to a six pack of Grimbergen (*drool*), a Blue Moon, aaaand an Oktoberfest...Whoops. Woke up this morning to rain, rain, rain...and wanted to go back to sleep. Unfortunately hangover won't let me sleep until I've consumed some water, some advil, and some breakfast.

Cue McDonald's for the catchall cure-all. I have a general plan of attack when it comes to hangovers. If I'm totally nauseated, then I bring in the big guns with Alkaseltzer morning relief. Otherwise, I go straight for McDonald's Breakfast. I know I know. Bad...but so so good! There's a non-essential amino acid in eggs (cysteine) that breaks down the toxins that cause the hangover. Also containing this substance is pork (mmmm insert sausage McMuffin with egg here) so your hangover is on the way to recovery with this happy breakfast. Although greasy food doesn't actually help hangovers, I always seem in better spirits the morning after drinking with a nice crispy hash brown...or two... In college it was always about those delicious potato triangles (sometimes dipped in liquid cheese sauce...I know sounds gross...but come on...it was college).

If the McD's breakfast ceases to work or isn't your thing, bring out the big guns with a vanilla frozen custard shake from Culver's. It helps. Really. I can't explain why, though I think it has something to do with that cysteine stuff again...


Regardless, I had a delightfully bad for me breakfast, and I'm okay with that.

Italian Breakfast Scramble

Tuscan cheese curds. In my eggs? Delicious? You don't say. Well, you don't, because you don't know. You. Don't. Even. Know. But I do. And it rocked. Om nom nom. So I started with some fresh chopped red onion (a staple in the fridge) and sliced grape tomatoes from the Aurora Farmer's Market (also a staple in the fridge). Let it heat up in a pan. The add 3 egg whites, and let that cook up for a bit. Mix it up, top it with the Tuscan cheese curds, and garnish (yes, I said garnish) it with a fresh chiffonade of basil and voila! Breakfast is served.

The cheese curds, obviously from The Cheese People of Beloit, purchased at the aforementioned market...yum yum yum. Have you ever cooked relatively fresh cheese curds? Still freaking squeakin' in my dang mouth. Holy delightfulness, Batman!

I've had some pretty great breakfasts this past week, but haven't had time to log them all. Let's just say that the cheese and I are gettin' pretty creative in the kitchen. And I'm sure that you'll hear all about some of my tasty treats eventually when I remake/perfect them. *drool*

In other news, yesterday's breakfast was a homage to McDonald's Monopoly, which of course, I'm not too thrilled with...they changed the game on me. and there were kinks in the system. and it was un-fun. But last year, I won a $50 gas card to Shell...so I'll keep playing. Gotta get my SASE ready for mailin'! In case you're wondering, here is the list of breakfast items to get your grubby little hands on game pieces:

medium drink
McCafe bevs (smoothies and frappes, but not coffee!)
Egg McMuffin
Sausage McMuffin with Egg
Hashbrowns (2 for $1.49, people)
Oatmeal

I'm thrilled that I don't have to get any of the strange breakfast sandwiches and I can enjoy a less than terrible for me egg McMuffin of joy.