# What ELSE do you use angostura bitters for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-use-angostura-bitters-for/489464 "2009-03-14T23:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-use-angostura-bitters-for/489464/21 "2009-03-16T17:09:04Z")
> [@MissGypsy](#): > > It’s the best cure for hiccups that I’ve ever found. Perhaps not quite what you were seeking, but it works. That’s what my father used to give me when the hiccups wouldn’t succumb to normal cures. A slice of lemon with Angostura bitters splashed on it. “Here, suck on this!” ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-use-angostura-bitters-for/489464/22 "2009-03-16T18:44:14Z")
Do bitters taste, uh, bitter? ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-use-angostura-bitters-for/489464/23 "2009-03-16T20:03:45Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Do bitters taste, uh, bitter? With a vengeance. I double dare you to try it. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-use-angostura-bitters-for/489464/24 "2009-03-16T23:03:38Z")
> [@TastesLikeBurning](#): > > Lemon, lime, and Bitters. > > It’s a common and popular drink over here and can also be bought pre-mixed, with one version actually made by Angostura. This link on their site gives a better description and also how to make it, [http://www.angosturabitters.com/llb.htm](http://www.angosturabitters.com/llb.htm). Recommend 100%. A LLB is terrific, plus it is the drink of choice at the pub if for whatever reason you’re not actually drinking. In the posted link, I would definitely use the Sprite (or 7-up would work as well) I think trying to make it using American Lemonade would produce less than satisfactory results IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-use-angostura-bitters-for/489464/25 "2009-03-17T00:36:34Z")
In the spirit of empiricism, I just sliced up a pear and sprinkled bitters over it. Result: not mind-blowing, but pretty tasty. The sweetness of the pear overwhelms the bitterness of the angostura, and you get this nice herby flavor. Also, after I posted the OP, I realized that this is probably the best OP/username combo I’ll ever produce. Enjoy it while it lasts, y’all. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-use-angostura-bitters-for/489464/26 "2009-03-30T05:53:12Z")
Lemon, Lime, and Bitters is the _only_ use for Angostura Bitters that I’m aware of… much in the same way that the only use for Jagermeister is mixed with Red Bull in a Jagerbomb, as far as I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-use-angostura-bitters-for/489464/27 "2009-03-30T06:07:47Z")
Much like the [Horehound hard rock candy](http://shop.crackerbarrel.com/online/shopping/Product.asp?cat_id=45&sku=575600), I would love an Angosturas Bitter Drop. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-use-angostura-bitters-for/489464/28 "2009-03-30T06:44:33Z")
I’ve often put Angosturas in the Red Licoroce file for culinary referrence. Floral, herbal, sweet, savory, bitter really doesn’t figger. ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-use-angostura-bitters-for/489464/29 "2009-03-30T11:51:51Z")
> [@MissGypsy](#): > > It’s the best cure for hiccups that I’ve ever found. Perhaps not quite what you were seeking, but it works. I’ll ditto that. I had a severe bout of hiccups a couple of years ago after a day’s boozing in Detroit. A barman suggested Angostura bitters; I immediatley poo-poohed the notion but agreed to try - the result was instant stoppage of the hiccups! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-use-angostura-bitters-for/489464.md?page=1)