Whether you’ll be counting down the new year with prosecco and pomegranate or regular champagne, the hearty hangovers that loom above the New Year’s Day horizon are as sure a bet as year-writing typos that will linger through June.

If you’re the type to reach for the hair of the dog that bit you, or Similia similibus curantur , as the Latins would have had it (”like cures like”), Tasting Table offers several recipes for putting that leftover champagne to good use, that’s assuming there’s any left… Click on the image below for more details on the magical concoctions…

Ernest Hemingway’s twist on this hard-core “homeopathy” was quite adroit and also champagne-based.

Beerscocktailsspiritssuite101.com reports that the American literary giant and first rate quaffer would cast away his inebriated blur by preparing a drink that involved pouring an inch of absinthe on the bottom of his champagne cup, topping it up with champagne and stirring.

The Hemingway nuclear is not what this blog would necessarily recommend, but whatever powers your engine…

For those of you in the camp that believe that the hair of the dog will end up eating you up and belching you out like a bowl of rotten refried beans (my camp), some tamer alternatives might be welcome.

Drinking a large-sized sports beverage, rich in electrolytes such as Gatorade, will help the kidneys replace those that were excreted.

Taking a B vitamin before going to bed would also work. A high potency vitamin B will help metabolize the carbohydrates in the alcoholic beverages.

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