Hi everyone, welcome to PopLog Cool Talks. Today we're going to talk about what was the
name of the episode?
Munchies and Drunken Antidotes.
Okay, so do you have any pre-drunkness thing that you eat before you get drunk?
Well, I don't know. I don't really think so. I definitely notice it. You know, it's weird
because I feel like I notice it that I get drunk much more quickly if I haven't eaten
anything. But I heard recently that that's actually not true at all. That it doesn't
matter how much you eat.
I don't believe that at all.
I mean, that's like an empiric fact for me. I mean, do you stop? I'd all be drunk right
in five minutes.
Yeah, same. Yeah, I always try to eat sort of like curry things, you know, like potatoes
or bread or something like that. I probably usually like some sort of meat also.
Oh really? I go to protein, lots of meat.
But isn't that just your normal diet anyway?
No, that would be my pre-drunk diet.
It's like, oh, I'm going out to drink. Let me just have this, you know, platter of jamonibirico
just to get ready.
Yeah, no, I don't know. I have like much more things that like I go to when I'm already
drunk like after I've been drinking, but I don't really have like a pre-party ritual,
you know.
Well, while being drunk, I spend anything that I'm just to play.
Kind of, yeah, kind of. But somehow, I don't know, like for sure you also have these like
recipes that you only ever seem to make when you like come home at like three o'clock in
the morning.
Ah yeah, of course. In my case, that would be quesadillas.
Quesadillas?
Yeah, quesadillas with cheese and mushroom.
Nice. Yeah. I mean, sort of like cheese is, I think cheese is like a general sort of thing
that just always works, you know.
Yeah, even like just cheese directly from the bread.
Yeah, I mean, for me, it's like definitely my go-to is like when I make lasagna, I always
like make way too much and there's no like greater joy than coming home and being sort
of like, oh, fuck, you know, like I really want to eat something. And every place is
closed already. And then you look in the freezer or in the fridge and you still have like some
lasagna left and you're like, oh my God, yes. And you just bang it into the oven. And then
I always, I just kind of like hover it in olive oil and chili flakes just to make it
even more kind of like artery closing.
What stuff you eat in the street, like pizzas and burgers. I think that's also pretty, I
mean, if anything, it's open. Donners for sure, kebabs.
I think kebab is the ultimate drunk food, you know. It's like, which I don't like to
say because it kind of like goes into kind of bastardizing kebabs as, you know, being
something else than like this like beautiful art form of cooking. You know, I mean, like
kebab culture is so amazing, but like a lot of people just think of like cheap kebabs
that they get when they're really, really drunk, which is a shame, you know, but it's
just, there's just nothing better. I mean, we said it before, like kebab is just the
perfect food, you know, you've got some bread, you've got some meat, you've got salad, you've
got some yogurt, you've got everything.
Sneeze, sneeze, interruption. Yeah. So what about hangover foods?
Well, hangover foods, like, um.
Well, first of all, do you eat something before going to bed while being drunk?
Yeah, always. If I can, always. Like, I feel like it's probably a really bad thing to do,
but it just makes me feel a little bit better.
No, I actually think it's like a, like an anti hangover pre antidote, eating at least
something before going to bed and drinking lots of water as well.
Yeah, water for sure. I think there's no doubt that drinking lots of water is really good
for you, but eating like a plate of spaghetti, that's, you know, way bigger than your actual
nutritional needs are at two o'clock in the morning, right before laying down. I don't
think that that's very healthy at all, but still I do every time, you know, I mean, that's
one of my go-to's like hangover things, especially if I haven't done any shopping and like I
come home, there's nothing there. What's always there? There's always olive oil, there's always
pasta, there's always chili flakes. And if you're lucky, if you're lucky, there's also
still a bit of Parmesan in the fridge, you know, maybe even just a rind that you can
still sort of fucking grate a little bit more off. So what do you make? You make, you know,
pasta aglio olio, which is one of the best pastas in the world if you'll make it right.
But usually when you come home at three o'clock in the morning, you're not making it right.
You're just making a big oily, garlicky, chili mess, but it feels good. You know, it makes
you, it makes you happy. I mean, that's, that's really what food's supposed to do.
Well, in my case, as I said, I do wheat flour quesadillas and that's just, you know, basically
a sandwich with cheese. I add some oregano and slices of mushrooms. That's it. You know,
I cook the mushrooms and everything else is just, just like a sandwich and that's it.
Quesadilla is basically a sandwich is something that we definitely need feedback on from Mexicans.
It's basically just a sandwich, you know? Well, first of all, I don't know if quesadillas
are Mexican or one of those American things that, that you see in Tex-Mex restaurants,
like burritos, you know, and I know that there are also different meanings for quesadillas
and different, I know here in Spain, there's something completely different. I think quesadillas
are like very Mexican. Yeah. Okay. I've seen lots of street stalls with quesadillas, especially
with like, like just with queso Oaxaca and zucchini blossoms, you know? Yeah. And mushrooms
also or wheat la coche also, you know, it's very good. It is actually right. Like, yeah,
tag wheat with tiny asshole. Yeah. It was like, we did, did I say something wrong? I can't
judge, you know, I'm only 1 16th Oaxacan, so I can't, I have no judgment here. So going
back to, to the hangover antidotes, I remember once working in a restaurant and I was feeling
like really, really bad. And this waiter, not the barman, he gave me something. He said,
this is disgusting, but after you're drinking it, you're going to feel better. So it was
like a brown drink with ice. So I drink it and it was really fucking disgusting, but
it was like magic. Like two minutes later I was, the hangover was gone. I felt good.
Life was beautiful. I was like, what the fuck was this? And basically it was like a Bloody
Mary with not so much gin and an espresso into the Bloody Mary. Wow. Yeah. That sounds,
that sounds brutal. Shit. Yeah. That was the, the, but usually my go to hangover antidote
is Gazpacho. Oh yeah. That's a very good, like Gazpacho, you mind the supermarket? Yeah.
I drink like a whole liter of it. Yeah. That's really good. That kind of reminds me of, it's
not a hangover antidote, but it kind of prevents it a little bit. We used to drink these things
while we were drinking and I feel like they would kind of like keep us alive a little
bit called pickle backs. You know, a pickle back. Is it like this hydrating salts, something
like that? No, it's like a, it's like a little shot that you get. And it's like one part
whiskey, one part the liquid from pickles, cucumbers from pickles. Okay. Sounds disgusting,
but it's actually like, it actually works quite well and it's kind of like sour and
salty and but like still booze and it just kind of like kicks you back into place. And
yeah, they have their own appeal. They're kind of cool. They're kind of nice. I've seen
something similar that is actually Mexican. It's like this little mixture of, I don't
know, like tamarind with spices. I don't remember the name, but it's also something like, like
a really strong spices in you drink if you're really, really drunk is to get like a kick
back to life. Yeah. But then again, in Mexico, they have a lot of stuff like that. I mean,
like, you know, have you ever heard of a toques the game? No. Toques in Mexico? No. Okay.
So this is a, this is a very, very quintessential Mexican pastime when you are drinking. So
you'll be in a bar or in a pulqueria or mezcaleria or whatever, you know, and then a guy will
come by carrying a car battery and he'll say, Hey, who wants to play toques? And so he gives
you, you and a friend, a metal sort of bar that's attached to a wire that's attached
to the battery. And you and your friend have to hold this bar in your hand and he slowly
turns up the voltage on the battery. And so you're getting shocked, electrocuted basically
more and more and more until one of you like, let's go, which, you know, sounds insane.
It is insane. You know, it's, it's crazy, but like, it's a, it's a really common game
like in this, well, definitely in Mexico city when I was living there. But then again, it's
kind of like, you know, when you're really, really drunk. But was, was the end of the
game, the one who drops has to drink or? Well, depends what you, depends what you decide,
you know, or you just lose, you know, and it's just like, everybody just loves, you
know, that, that you're like electrocuted, but that, that'll kind of wake you up, you
know, just being attaching yourself to a car battery. That's kind of an antidote. Okay.
Yeah. I guess that worked. I remember in Bolivia, it was quite common to have a ceviche for your
hangover. That's also very, yeah. That's also like a super good choice. Yeah. Like let's
you digger it. Drinking let's you dig it. It's kind of like, you know, the same concept
as drinking a spatcha when you're hungover. And sometimes I'll order like a poke bowl,
but I guess that's just like a guilty conscience wash. Just feeling I'm eating something healthier
after everything I've done before. Yeah, for sure. But yeah, I mean, sort of like salty,
like fish, you know, it's just like, it's really good. Like for me, I, for example,
when I'm super hungover and I need to eat something, I love eating like really kind
of salty, fresh food. Like one of my favorite things is boquerones, which are these sort
of like sardines sort of like on top of like pan to maca, you know, just like toasted bread,
grated tomato, a bit of, you know, olive oil, salt. And it's like, it gives you like, it
gives you the energy that you need to survive the oncoming day.