What ho! I have no idea if this weird story belongs here, but here goes!
Recently, I listened to an audiobook of Jeeves Takes Charge with a friend while we were both rather under the surface, and of course, we ended up discussing Jeeves's hangover cure and agreeing that we wished it existed, because it'd certainly be a godsend the next morning given how sozzled we were both becoming. The story (if I recall correctly) says the recipe calls for Worcester sauce, raw egg, and chili peppers, and while we didn't quite have the guts to follow the recipe (since nobody fancies the possibility of salmonella from raw egg) we came up with a coffee-based drink that we named The Palpitator which indeed has a whole pepper (can be red or green depending on how strong you want it to be) as the secret ingredient of sorts. We made it and tried it out the next morning, and even if it definitely wasn't as magical as Jeeves's concoction (I mean, the man's a paragon, how could two drunk uni students reach his heights) it still helped somewhat and made us feel much less sluggish and cranky! We also tried it out the week after that as we prepared for a nerve-wracking stat final and found it kept us awake and clear-headed enough to finish the exam coverage, ahaha. The only downside is that this drink is /really, really, really/ strong and definitely not something I would give to a person who's caffeine sensitive or struggles with hyperacidity XD
If anyone else has made an attempt at recreating the restorative or wants to discuss it in general I'd love to know! I'm pretty sure it isn't real and that making that exact concoction probably isn't a good idea, but I find it really cool regardless~
Jeeves's restorative
Recently, I listened to an audiobook of Jeeves Takes Charge with a friend while we were both rather under the surface, and of course, we ended up discussing Jeeves's hangover cure and agreeing that we wished it existed, because it'd certainly be a godsend the next morning given how sozzled we were both becoming. The story (if I recall correctly) says the recipe calls for Worcester sauce, raw egg, and chili peppers, and while we didn't quite have the guts to follow the recipe (since nobody fancies the possibility of salmonella from raw egg) we came up with a coffee-based drink that we named The Palpitator which indeed has a whole pepper (can be red or green depending on how strong you want it to be) as the secret ingredient of sorts. We made it and tried it out the next morning, and even if it definitely wasn't as magical as Jeeves's concoction (I mean, the man's a paragon, how could two drunk uni students reach his heights) it still helped somewhat and made us feel much less sluggish and cranky! We also tried it out the week after that as we prepared for a nerve-wracking stat final and found it kept us awake and clear-headed enough to finish the exam coverage, ahaha. The only downside is that this drink is /really, really, really/ strong and definitely not something I would give to a person who's caffeine sensitive or struggles with hyperacidity XD
If anyone else has made an attempt at recreating the restorative or wants to discuss it in general I'd love to know! I'm pretty sure it isn't real and that making that exact concoction probably isn't a good idea, but I find it really cool regardless~