Master- need slave
Strong men simply need women. This will never be understood by weak men. A strong man needs a woman at his feet, who is truly his. Anything else is less than his fulfillment. When a man has once eaten of the meat of gods he will never again chew on the straw of fools. ~ Explorers of Gor
Master- Strong
The men of Gor," she said, "are strong. They are not weak and divided against themselves. They are not tortured. They are integrated and coherent, and proud. They see themselves in the order of nature. They see females as females, as slaves, and themselves as men, as masters. If we do not please them they punish us, or slay us. We quickly learn our place in the order of things. Only where there are true men can there be true women."
~ Rouge of Gor - Page 100
~ Rouge of Gor - Page 100
Slave -Friends
The slave girl, of course, will usually have many friends. These are, of course, almost always wenches collared like herself: Friends of her master will often bring their own girls with them, in visiting, and with these, after the men have been served, she may make friends, perhaps chatting in the kitchen. These girls may be exchanged among the men, but commonly they are not. Most masters are rather possessive about their slaves, particularly if they are fond of them. She may also, of course, meet girls in the streets, encountered in the neighborhood, or on her errands. The slave girl, almost always, has no dearth of friends. To be sure, they are likely only to be mere slaves like herself. Women desire, in their hearts, to be beautiful, helpless, conquered animals, owned and dominated by masters. The collar makes it clear to them that their dream has been enacted upon them; that, indeed, their dream, to their joy, has become their reality. They know that they are now in their place, and will be kept there. They are happy. ~ GUARDSMAN OF GOR-, Pages 209-210
Never in the books do slaves call each other sister
Slave love
“Do masters ever love their slaves?” she asked.
“Often,” I said. Indeed, a female slave is the easiest of all women to love; too, of course, she is the most natural of all women to love; these things have to do with the equations of nature, in particular with those of dominance and submission. To a man a female slave is a dream come true."Blood Brothers of Gor, page 101
He took me by the hair and thrust my head down to the furs. "A man can truly love only that woman," he said, "who is truly his, who belongs to him. Otherwise he is only a part to a contract." "A woman," I said, "can love only that man to whom she truly belongs." "To whom do you truly belong, Slave?" he asked.
"To you, Master," I said.
"You please me, Slave Girl," he said.
“Often,” I said. Indeed, a female slave is the easiest of all women to love; too, of course, she is the most natural of all women to love; these things have to do with the equations of nature, in particular with those of dominance and submission. To a man a female slave is a dream come true."Blood Brothers of Gor, page 101
He took me by the hair and thrust my head down to the furs. "A man can truly love only that woman," he said, "who is truly his, who belongs to him. Otherwise he is only a part to a contract." "A woman," I said, "can love only that man to whom she truly belongs." "To whom do you truly belong, Slave?" he asked.
"To you, Master," I said.
"You please me, Slave Girl," he said.
Page 444 - Slave Girl of Gor
She had known then that she was his, and in perfection.
I had no doubt they fitted together, in the order of nature,
in the most intimate, beautiful and fulfilling relationship
possible between a man and a woman, that of love master and love slave.
-Magicians of Gor - Page 15
"Love on Gor does not purchase a girl lenience;
it does not mitigate her bondage,
nor compromise her servitude,
but rather renders it the more complete,
the more helpless and abject."
-Tribesmen of Gor - Page 214
“Why then,” he demanded, “do I feel as I do?”
“How is it that Master feels?” she begged.
“I fear I have grown fond of a slave,” he said.
“Cannot one grow fond of a slave, even of so
small and unimportant a thing?” she asked.
“Curse the codes!” he cried.
“When shall we see one another again, Master?” she asked.
“Never!” he wept.
~Witness of Gor - Pages 496 – 497
"The slave girl is not simply someone with whom the man lives; she is very special to him;
she is a treasured possession; he owns her; he wants to know, profoundly and deeply, the
background, history, the mind, the intelligence, the appetites, the nature, and the dispositions
of his lovely article of property; this knowledge, of course puts her more at his mercy; by making
it possible for him to manipulate her feelings, exploit weaknesses, drop asides, etc., she in the
helpless condition of her slavery, it gives him great power over her."
-Tribesmen of Gor – Page 42
Why then,” he demanded, “do I feel as I do?”
“How is it that Master feels?” she begged.
“I fear I have grown fond of a slave,” he said.
“Cannot one grow fond of a slave, even of so
small and unimportant a thing?” she asked.
“Curse the codes!” he cried.
“When shall we see one another again, Master?” she asked.
“Never!” he wept.
~Witness of Gor - Pages 496 – 497at power over her."
-Tribesmen of Gor – Page 42
It is a beautiful moment when the woman realizes that the man who owns her is her love master, and the man realizes that the girl he bought, looking up at him, tears in her eyes, is his love slave. Then the only danger is that he will weaken. One must be strong with a love slave. If one truly loves her, he will be that strong. The slavery in which a love slave is kept is an unusually deep slavery."
Page 236 - Beasts of Gor
I had no doubt they fitted together, in the order of nature,
in the most intimate, beautiful and fulfilling relationship
possible between a man and a woman, that of love master and love slave.
-Magicians of Gor - Page 15
"Love on Gor does not purchase a girl lenience;
it does not mitigate her bondage,
nor compromise her servitude,
but rather renders it the more complete,
the more helpless and abject."
-Tribesmen of Gor - Page 214
“Why then,” he demanded, “do I feel as I do?”
“How is it that Master feels?” she begged.
“I fear I have grown fond of a slave,” he said.
“Cannot one grow fond of a slave, even of so
small and unimportant a thing?” she asked.
“Curse the codes!” he cried.
“When shall we see one another again, Master?” she asked.
“Never!” he wept.
~Witness of Gor - Pages 496 – 497
"The slave girl is not simply someone with whom the man lives; she is very special to him;
she is a treasured possession; he owns her; he wants to know, profoundly and deeply, the
background, history, the mind, the intelligence, the appetites, the nature, and the dispositions
of his lovely article of property; this knowledge, of course puts her more at his mercy; by making
it possible for him to manipulate her feelings, exploit weaknesses, drop asides, etc., she in the
helpless condition of her slavery, it gives him great power over her."
-Tribesmen of Gor – Page 42
Why then,” he demanded, “do I feel as I do?”
“How is it that Master feels?” she begged.
“I fear I have grown fond of a slave,” he said.
“Cannot one grow fond of a slave, even of so
small and unimportant a thing?” she asked.
“Curse the codes!” he cried.
“When shall we see one another again, Master?” she asked.
“Never!” he wept.
~Witness of Gor - Pages 496 – 497at power over her."
-Tribesmen of Gor – Page 42
It is a beautiful moment when the woman realizes that the man who owns her is her love master, and the man realizes that the girl he bought, looking up at him, tears in her eyes, is his love slave. Then the only danger is that he will weaken. One must be strong with a love slave. If one truly loves her, he will be that strong. The slavery in which a love slave is kept is an unusually deep slavery."
Page 236 - Beasts of Gor
Slave feelings
"Her feelings were easily hurt, a valuable property in a slave girl. Too, she could not control her feelings, another excellent property in a slave girl. Her feelings, vulnerable, deep, exploitable, in her expressions and on her face, betrayed her, exposing her to men, and their amusement, as helplessly as her stripped beauty. They made har more easily controlled, more a slave."
Page 103-104- Tribesmen of Gor
Masters control of boards-power
Those who control the public boards, it is said, control the city. But I was not sure of this. Goreans are not stupid. It is difficult to fool them more than once. They tend to remember.
Magicians of Gor, pg. 489
Magicians of Gor, pg. 489
proverbs
Beware the sleen that seems to sleep," is a Gorean proverb.
Guardsman of Gor, pg. 50
It is said, in a Gorean proverb, that a man, in his heart, desires freedom, and a woman, in her belly, yearns for love. The collar, in its way, answers both needs. (Slave Girl of Gor, page 180)
Guardsman of Gor, pg. 50
It is said, in a Gorean proverb, that a man, in his heart, desires freedom, and a woman, in her belly, yearns for love. The collar, in its way, answers both needs. (Slave Girl of Gor, page 180)
Master honor
Honor was honor, in small things as well as great. Indeed, how can one practice honor in great things if not in small things?
Rogue, pg. 231
Rogue, pg. 231
HAND SIGNALS
HAND SIGNALS
• Leading Hand Command •
I looked at the girl. I nodded to her to approach me. She did so. I held my left hand open, at my waist. She stiffened, and looked at me, angrily. I opened and closed my left hand once. I saw her training in Gorean customs had been thorough. But she never thought that such a gesture would be used to her. She came beside me, and a bit behind me, and, crouching, put her head down, deeply. I fastened my hand in her hair. She winced. Women are helpless in this position.
-Beasts of Gor, pg. 409 -
• Nadu Hand Command •
He suddenly snapped his fingers and, in the swift double gesture of a Gorean master, pointed to a place on the dirt floor before him, almost simultaneously turning his hand, spreading his first and index fingers, pointing downwards. I fled to him and knelt before him, my knees in the dirt, in the position of the pleasure slave, my head down, trembling.
-Captive of Gor, pg. 143 -
• Belly Hand Command / Disrobe Hand Command •
Two gestures then did he make, in quick succession, the first indicating the left shoulder where, had I been tunicked in that fashion, there would have been a disrobing loop, and the second indicating, fingers spread, palm down, the floor. Instantly I drew the tunic over my head, stripping myself before him, and turned about, and put myself to my belly, legs and arms spread widely, spread-eagled.
-Witness of Gor, Ch. 10 -
• Instruction on 'Kneel' Hand Command •
I spread the first two fingers of my right hand and gestured downward, toward a place nearby in the sand. Immediately she knelt there, her knees widely spread. There are many signals by means of which such behaviors can be commanded. In this particular signal, one of several which, from city to city, might have similar import, the downward movement of the hand indicates that the girl is to kneel, the place where she is to kneel is indicated in effect by pointing,, and the spreading of the fingers indicates how she is to kneel, in this case, in effect, in the position of the pleasure slave, the knees spread. -Vagabonds of Gor, Ch. 29
• Obeisance Hand Command •
I pointed to the sand before me. She immediately, frightened, dropped to her knees and again put her head down to the sand, the palms of her hands, too, on the sand. It is pleasant to have a woman perform obeisance before one."
-Vagabonds of Gor, Ch. 19 -
• Crawl Hand Command •
I gestured that she should return the whip, and then, briefly, placed four fingers, downward, on the arm of the curule chair. The whip would be returned, then, in the manner of the naked slave.
"Yes, my Master," she whispered.
She fell forward, to her hands and knees, with a jangle of slave bells, and put her head down. She took the staff of the whip, which is about an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half in diameter, gently between her teeth, and looked up at me. The staff of the whip was crosswise in her mouth. Her mouth, by the whip, was held widely open. I snapped my fingers. Head down, then, on all fours, to the small sounds of the slave bells on her wrists and ankles, and collar, she slowly ascended the three broad steps of the carpeted dais. She was then before me, on all fours, the lovely, obedient slave, the former Miss Henderson, before the curule chair on which I reclined.
-Guardsman of Gor, pg 178 -
• Shhhhh Command •
I cautioned her to silence, holding my finger across my lips. This is a very natural gesture. I do not know if the gesture, considered as a Gorean gesture, had an independent deveopment, or if, specifically, somewhere in the remote past, it had an Earth origin. There are many Gorean gestures, of course, some of which are very similar to Earth gestures and some of which are not. Another way of warning an individual to silence, incidentially, is to touch the fingers twice, lightly, to the lips. The origin of that gestures, as far as I know, is uniquely Gorean. I looked back at the female. Her lip trembled. She was frightened. She wanted desperately to speak. She could not speak, of course. She was a slave. She had been silenced.
-Players of Gor, pg 179-
• Stand Command •
I snapped my fingers and Ina hurried to me. As I had kept the palm of my hand up, she did not kneel. She stood happily before me.
Vagabonds of Gor - Page 327
• Leading Hand Command •
I looked at the girl. I nodded to her to approach me. She did so. I held my left hand open, at my waist. She stiffened, and looked at me, angrily. I opened and closed my left hand once. I saw her training in Gorean customs had been thorough. But she never thought that such a gesture would be used to her. She came beside me, and a bit behind me, and, crouching, put her head down, deeply. I fastened my hand in her hair. She winced. Women are helpless in this position.
-Beasts of Gor, pg. 409 -
• Nadu Hand Command •
He suddenly snapped his fingers and, in the swift double gesture of a Gorean master, pointed to a place on the dirt floor before him, almost simultaneously turning his hand, spreading his first and index fingers, pointing downwards. I fled to him and knelt before him, my knees in the dirt, in the position of the pleasure slave, my head down, trembling.
-Captive of Gor, pg. 143 -
• Belly Hand Command / Disrobe Hand Command •
Two gestures then did he make, in quick succession, the first indicating the left shoulder where, had I been tunicked in that fashion, there would have been a disrobing loop, and the second indicating, fingers spread, palm down, the floor. Instantly I drew the tunic over my head, stripping myself before him, and turned about, and put myself to my belly, legs and arms spread widely, spread-eagled.
-Witness of Gor, Ch. 10 -
• Instruction on 'Kneel' Hand Command •
I spread the first two fingers of my right hand and gestured downward, toward a place nearby in the sand. Immediately she knelt there, her knees widely spread. There are many signals by means of which such behaviors can be commanded. In this particular signal, one of several which, from city to city, might have similar import, the downward movement of the hand indicates that the girl is to kneel, the place where she is to kneel is indicated in effect by pointing,, and the spreading of the fingers indicates how she is to kneel, in this case, in effect, in the position of the pleasure slave, the knees spread. -Vagabonds of Gor, Ch. 29
• Obeisance Hand Command •
I pointed to the sand before me. She immediately, frightened, dropped to her knees and again put her head down to the sand, the palms of her hands, too, on the sand. It is pleasant to have a woman perform obeisance before one."
-Vagabonds of Gor, Ch. 19 -
• Crawl Hand Command •
I gestured that she should return the whip, and then, briefly, placed four fingers, downward, on the arm of the curule chair. The whip would be returned, then, in the manner of the naked slave.
"Yes, my Master," she whispered.
She fell forward, to her hands and knees, with a jangle of slave bells, and put her head down. She took the staff of the whip, which is about an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half in diameter, gently between her teeth, and looked up at me. The staff of the whip was crosswise in her mouth. Her mouth, by the whip, was held widely open. I snapped my fingers. Head down, then, on all fours, to the small sounds of the slave bells on her wrists and ankles, and collar, she slowly ascended the three broad steps of the carpeted dais. She was then before me, on all fours, the lovely, obedient slave, the former Miss Henderson, before the curule chair on which I reclined.
-Guardsman of Gor, pg 178 -
• Shhhhh Command •
I cautioned her to silence, holding my finger across my lips. This is a very natural gesture. I do not know if the gesture, considered as a Gorean gesture, had an independent deveopment, or if, specifically, somewhere in the remote past, it had an Earth origin. There are many Gorean gestures, of course, some of which are very similar to Earth gestures and some of which are not. Another way of warning an individual to silence, incidentially, is to touch the fingers twice, lightly, to the lips. The origin of that gestures, as far as I know, is uniquely Gorean. I looked back at the female. Her lip trembled. She was frightened. She wanted desperately to speak. She could not speak, of course. She was a slave. She had been silenced.
-Players of Gor, pg 179-
• Stand Command •
I snapped my fingers and Ina hurried to me. As I had kept the palm of my hand up, she did not kneel. She stood happily before me.
Vagabonds of Gor - Page 327
Slave Training
The first Gorean words the Earth girl had been taught, and she had learned them in the pens of Samos of Port Kar, were "La Kajira," which means "I am a slave girl." -Tribesmen of Gor, pg. 74
"Do you know, ultimately," I asked, "who will prove to be your one best trainer?" "No, Master," she said. "You, yourself," I said, "the girl, herself, eager to please, imaginative and intelligent, monitoring her own performances and feelings, striving lovingly to improve and refine them. You yourself will be largely responsible for making yourself the superb slave you will become." -Savages of Gor, pg. 210
The highly intelligent woman, incidentally, as would be expected, learns her slave lessons, and that she is a slave, much more quickly than the stupid woman. It takes some stupid women as much as two days before they learn that they are truly in a collar. If a slave continues to prove recalcitrant, of course, she gains nothing by this. She will merely be disposed of. -Blood Brothers of Gor, pg. 116
"Do you know, ultimately," I asked, "who will prove to be your one best trainer?" "No, Master," she said. "You, yourself," I said, "the girl, herself, eager to please, imaginative and intelligent, monitoring her own performances and feelings, striving lovingly to improve and refine them. You yourself will be largely responsible for making yourself the superb slave you will become." -Savages of Gor, pg. 210
The highly intelligent woman, incidentally, as would be expected, learns her slave lessons, and that she is a slave, much more quickly than the stupid woman. It takes some stupid women as much as two days before they learn that they are truly in a collar. If a slave continues to prove recalcitrant, of course, she gains nothing by this. She will merely be disposed of. -Blood Brothers of Gor, pg. 116
Slave Sexual Teasing
Be aware of what you offer (teasing, heat, and nadu). If a kajira offers a Free Person wholly of herself, she will be required to give what is offered if the Free Person chooses to accept it.
A kajira cannot tease without intention of fulfilling the promise of the tease. To do so is not only an insult to the Free Person, but shows dishonor and a lack of intergrity within the kajira
.
"If a kajir teases, the kajir will please, exceptions made for dancers." {Players of Gor, page 26}
By kneeling nadu, a girl is telling the Master that her full sexual service is at His disposal. If you kneel in nadu, you are offering sexual service among other things to the Master, and you had better be able to fulfill that promise. Hiding behind restrictions or a collar is absolutely no excuse for you to tease or present yourself incorrectly when kneeling.
CLOTHES - WAGON SLAVE
Among the Wagon Peoples, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear four
articles, two red two black; a red cord, the Curla, is tied about the waist; the
Chatka, or long, narrow strip of black leather, fits over the cord in front,
passes under, and then again, from the inside, passes over the cord in back; the
Chatka is drawn tight; the Kalmak is then donned; it is a short, open,
sleeveless vest of black leather; lastly the Koora, a strip of red cloth,
matching the Curla, is wound about the head, to hold the hair back, for slave
women, among the Wagon Peoples, are not permitted to braid, or otherwise dress
their hair; it must be, save for the Koora, worn loose. For a male slave or
Kajirus, of the Wagon Peoples, and there are few, save for the work chains, to
be clad Kajir means to wear the Kes, a short, sleeveless work tunic of black
leather."
Nomads of Gor
"The red cord, or Curla, was knotted about
my waist, tightly, the knot, a slip knot, might be loosened with a single tug
over my left hip. Over the Curla in the front, slipping under the body and
between the legs, and passing over the Curla in the back, was the Chatka, or
narrow strip of black leather, some six inches in width, some five feet or so in
length; it was drawn tight; when a girl wears the Curla and Chatka, the brand,
whether on left or right thigh, is fully visible, for the inspection of masters.
I also wore a brief, open, sleeveless vest of black leather, the Kalmak. I wore
a broad Koora, which, kerchieflike, covered most of my head." Slave Girl of Gor
DRINKS
ALE
served in tankards or horns, it is one of the two favored drinks of the Torvaldslanders, the other being mead. Closer to a honey lager than to ale or beer, a deep gold in color. Brewed from the grains of Gor and imported from Urth in the early years. The north regions, like Torvaldsland, have a strong ale. Ale would be rarer outside of the northlands.
In Torvaldsland, it would commonly be served in a drinking horn.
In taverns south or Torvaldsland, it would simply be served in a cup or goblet.
kept in casks in the chillery..
. *serve in a chilled tankard*
BAZI TEA
very aromatic tea brewed fresh from Bazi leaves. Traditionally in the Tahari, it is an herbal beverage served hot and heavily sugared; ceremonially drunk from three tiny cups (similar to Earth’s espresso cups) at a time, in rapid succession. Served in a fashion similar to the Japanese Green Tea Ceremony on Earth, it is a very beautiful and elaborate serve by the kajira. In the North, Bazi Tea is highly prized, but served less formally as tea is served on Earth, for example. Most people seem to forget that Bazi tea has such variety. Bazi tea is a common Gorean drink, enjoyed by High and Low Castes. It is commonly served hot and heavily sugared. It may be served in either of two fashions. First, there is a more traditional and formal serve. This serve does not reach the level of a Japanese tea ceremony, it is simply a more formal serve. The tea is carefully measured into three tiny cups, which are drank in rapid succession. Various sugars and milks may be added. Such a serve would rarely, if ever, be done in a paga tavern. It is more likely to be done in one's own home while entertaining. Second, Bazi tea is also drank informally, in regular-sized cups, with or without sugars and milks
Some taverns may have a pitcher of tea ready for its customers.
Cakes and Bazi tea is a popular breakfast on Gorean holidays
Needed: from the servery, a tray, 3 small bazi tea cups, and small saucers of different sugars, teapot
Serve: steep the tea, then pour out a small amount testing it before going to the Master, kneeling and adding the sugars to each cup, and offer each cup up one at a time
.tea and required items are kept in an elaborate enameled box in the servery, on the counter
BEER
Rence beer is commonly available only in the marsh communitiesof the Delta of the Vosk. It is steeped, boiled and fermented from crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the rence plant. It would be very rare to find this available in a tavern.
BLACKWINE
described as a very expensive drink, even in Thentis, where it is grown. It is the same as coffee, the original beans were probably imported from earth. It is very strong and bitter It is traditionally served steaming hot with white and yellow sugars and powdered bosk milk as desired with other sugars, spices or cream may also be served with it. The cups may have small handles or not. In some ways, it is like expresso coffee and in tiny cups, or as a thick, bitter brew sipped from tiny cups although in most taverns it is served in mugs If asked to serve it second slave means to serve it black. In the river cities and some northern cities, the phrase "second slave" indicates that you do not want any creams or sugars with your black wine. This comes from the custom in some areas for two kajirae to serve black wine. One kajira is responsible for putting down the cups, taking the orders and seeing that the drink is prepared according to the customer's preferences. The second kajira only pours the black wine. In some areas, there are more formal blackwine services, such as in the Tahari region. Thentis does not trade the beans to make this drink. In Thentis, it is commonly only served in High Caste Homes. It is an expensive luxury outside the area of Thentis, affordable only by the wealthy. Most paga taverns would not serve blackwine due to its rarity and expense.
Need:tray, small blackwine cup, small saucers of white and yellow sugars, real and powdered bosk milk
Serve: get all utensils and supplies from servery, then fill from the firepit the cup with the hot blackwine, kneel before the person and ask if they wish sugars and or either of the bosk milks add the sugars and powdered bosk milk, then offer it up to them
prepared blackwine is always bubbling in a kettle over the cooking fires..
*serve in a heavy mug or clay bowl*
{Mercenaries of Gor - 360
: a sweet beverage which counteracts the effects of slave wine, making a slave girl fertile; also called second wine, it is made from the extract of the teslik plant.
: Is paga and
chocolate together, whipped cream and chocolate shavings garnish it.
The paga is found in a bota hanging on
the hearth, and the chocolate would most likely be found in a canister. Fresh
bosk milk or cream would be heated over a fire while you shave chocolate on to a
clean rep cloth once the milk/vcream is heated but not scalded it is removed
from the fire then the bowl is filled 2/3 full of milk the shavings melted in
then filled the rest of the way with warm paga top with clotted cream and more
chocolate shavings. served hot in the bowl.
CHOCOLATE
made from beans grown from cacao trees brought back on one of the early Voyages of Acquisition, this is the same as the chocolate of Earth.It is served in higher class establishments. made into cocoa for hot chocolate as well as chocolate candy
kept in an elegant wooden box in the servery on a shelf..
*serve hot in a heavy mug or clay bowl, if cold in a goblet*
"'Sit,' invited Tasdron, and we took places about the low table, sitting about it, cross-legged. Callisthenes put his helmet beside the table and threw back his cloak. His tunic bore the insignia of Port Cos. Peggy knelt before the table and began to place the cups, the vessels, and plates on the table. One plate was of meat, another of breads, another of sliced fruits, the fourth of nuts and cheeses. Each of us, with our fingers, would eat as we wished from the common plates. She had brought, too, paga, Cosian wine and water." Rogue of Gor... kept in the rack of wines in the servey as well as in the chillery...
*serve in a goblet*
an exquisite, rare, fabulously expensive wine, its cost would purchase a city. Its existence is only rumored among collectors. There is some indication that it does exist though only wealthy Ubars or Merchants might own a precious bottle. No paga tavern would have this
kept in the rack of wines in the servey as well as in the chillery...
*serve in a goblet*
Tuchuk drink, made from fermented bosk milk curds.This is an alcoholic drink among the Wagon Peoples. It would be very rare to find this drink available outside of the lands of the Wagon Peoples.
"By one fire I could see a squat Tuchuk, hands on hips, dancing and stamping about by himself, drunk on fermented milk curds, dancing, according to Kamchak, to please the Sky."
Nomads of Gor...
stored in botas in the servey...
*served in a bowl*
JUICES
There are a variety of juices on Gor as there are numerous fruits. Larma fruit juice is very popular. "'You will work, eat, drink juice, sleep, dream and excrete upon my command,' he said.
'Yes, Master!' we said." Kajira of Gor...
kept in pitchers in the chillery...
*serve in a goblet*
a sweet, rich, fully bodied, deliciously fragrant ruby red wine, fermented from the fruit of the yellow-wood ka-la-na tree, variously described as rich and delicate as well as ‘bright, dry, and powerful’. Like the wines of earth the quality of ka-la-na varies from that of a common table wine to premium brands such as the very expensive ‘Slave Gardens of Anesidemus’ and ‘Boleto’s Nectar’, a medium-grade wine. Many cities make their own brands and most people have their personal preferences. Boleto's Nectar of the Public Slave Gardens is a major brand of Ka-la-na served in Ar's public slave gardens. Boleto is a well-known winegrower from the vicinity of Ar. He is famous for the production of a large number of reasonably good, medium-grade Ka-la-nas. Ka-la-na is normally sold and served in bottles. It is said that this wine makes any woman a slave if but for an hour. An unnamed white wine exists on Gor and there are inferences in the books that lead one to conclude that white, or other color, ka-la-na may exist. There is no passage in the books that states ka-la-na is only red.
Ar is particularly noted for its production of fine ka-la-na. Ka-la-na wine is reported to have an aphrodisiac effect on females. This drink often symbolizes romantic love.
It is served chilled or at room temperature
Needed: ask which is preferred, goblet and a bottle of ka-la-na (sometimes served in botas - skins)
*serve in a goblet*
Heated ka-la-na, with mulling spices. Usually garnished with a piece of ka-la-na fruit or tospit, served in a goblet.
alcoholic beverage made of distilled ka-la-na wine diluted with citrus juices, such as tospit and larma, and mixed with strong spices, and served hot, almost scalding. It is considered a peasant drink. It is cheap and most popular with the lower castes. Paga taverns that catered to the Low Castes would serve this but higher class taverns would not. Most Warriors would not deign to drink kal-da.
(Note: an instance of an alternate spelling, i.e., Cal-da, exists) Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, pages 76, 78, 80 and 226; Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 61
Needed: footed bowl
* ladle the kal-da from a pot at the fire pit, into the footed bowl, heavy mug or clay bowl*
LIANA VINE
a rainforest plant which can be used as a source of drinking water. "Explorers of Gor" p 310
LIQUEURS
It is common after dinner, or between courses at a large feast, or as a treat during a meeting or a party, for Goreans to consume liqueurs. These are usually sweet, and are fermented from fruits, sugars, and various creams. They are high in alcoholic content, but are usually consumed more for their taste, and in small quantities.
"'Yes, Mistress,' I said. The liqueurs of 'Turia are usually regarded as the best, but I think this is largely a matter of taste. Those of Cos and of Ar, and of certain other cities, are surely very fine. I had little doubt that Drusus Rencius, of Ar, and Publius, at least once of Ar, would prefer those of their own city." Kajira of Gor...
kept in bottles in the racks in the servey...
*serve in small crystal glasses*
Mead is brewed from fermented honey and is sweet. It is often preferred over paga by the men of Torvoldsland. It is primarily drank in the north and favored over paga there.
"In the north generally, mead, a drink made with fermented honey and water, and often spices and such, tends to be favored over paga." Vagabonds of Gor, page 16
" 'Here Jarl,' said Thyri, again handing me the horn. It was filled with the mead of Torvoldsland, brewed from fermented, honey, thick and sweet." Marauders of Gor, page 90
"Bera went to the next man, to fill his cup with the mead, from the heavy hot tankard, gripped with cloth, which she carried." Marauders of Gor, page 78
"Many were the roast tarsk and roast bosk that had roasted over the long fire, on the iron spits. Splendid was the quality of the ale at the tables of the Blue Tooth. Sweet and strong was the mead." Marauders of Gor, page 191
"I held up the large drinking horn of the north. 'There is no way for this to stand upright,' I said to him, puzzled. He threw back his head again and roared once more with laughter. 'If you cannot drain it,' he said, 'give it to another!' I threw back my head and drained the horn." Marauders of Gor, page 89
kept in a casks in the chillery and servey..
*served in a drinking horn or tankards*
Milk from the verr, bosk, and kaiila are common. Hot milk is also drank. Kaiila milk is reddish and has a strong, salty taste as it has a lot of ferrous sulphate. There are milk vendors in Gorean cities like the milkmen of Earth.
kept in pitchers in the chillery...
*served in a goblet or mug*
Heated ka-la-na, with mulling spices. never seen this in the book
kept warm in a pot at the firepit, ladle it into the goblet, add a garnish of kalana fruit or tospit
*goblet*
PAGA
a grain based, distilled hard liquor akin to whiskey; sometimes served warm to very hot, this is the drink most often served in Taverns in a variety of vessels. sometimes served warm
a strong fermented drink brewed from sa-tarna (pagar-sa-tarna or Pleasure of the Life- Daughter) grain, the favored drink of Gorean men. A cup in a paga tavern would cost a tarsk bit. One of the large serving bottles may be purchased for a silver tarsk. Paga is served warmed to fiery hot. There seem to be no traditions surrounding its service as demonstrated by the variety of vessels from which it is stored, served and drunk. serving vessels: wineskins or botas made from verrskin leather, bottles so large they must be supported by a shoulder sling, bronze vessels with a similar strap, a hydria or water vessel, as well as bottles, sealed with the insignia of the brewer. Paga is served from kettles, jugs and vats when not sealed in a large or standard sized bottle.
It is probably the most popular alcoholic drink on Gor. There are many varieties, usually named for their city of origin, such as Ar, Tyros, Ko-ro-ba, Helmutsport, Anango, and Tharna. The primary difference in these pagas is usually the spices or grains added. Paga is normally served at room temperature. Paga may also be served warm or hot, which is most popular in Cos and the lands of the north. Some claim that you feel the effects of paga sooner if it is heated. In taverns outside of Cos and Torvaldsland, you would need to specifically asked for your paga to be heated. Paga is a strong drink and is commonly cut with water in taverns. It may be bought from merchants in bottles or botas.
*served wooden bowl or bota*
This is a big export from the city of Schendi
"Schendi's most significant exports are doubtless spice and hides, with kailiauk horn and horn products also being of great importance. One of her most delicious exports is palm wine."
Explorers of Gor...
stored in bottles in the servey racks.
.*served in goblets*
steeped, boiled and fermented from crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the rence plant, served in a gourd flagon; it is a drink of the rence growers of the Delta of the
Raiders of Gor...
stored in tapped cask in the chillery...
*served in a tankard
brewed from bitter herbs, acts as a contraceptive drunk once per month although a girl would not serve this wine a slave would be given this by her Master, later books show a type only needed to be drunk once and then needing "second wine" to conteract the effects.
'Yes,' I said. This is not really a wine, or an alcoholic beverage. It is called 'slave wine,' I think, for the amusement of the masters. It is extremely bitter. One draught of the substance is reputed to last until the administration of an appropriate releaser. In spite of this belief, however, or perhaps in deference to tradition, lingering from earlier times, in which, it seems, less reliable Slave wines were available, doses of this foul stuff are usually administered to female slaves at regular intervals, usually once or twice a year. Some girls, rather cynical ones, I suspect, speculate that the masters give it to them more often than necessary just because they enjoy watching them down the terrible stuff. This is unlikely, however. There are cheaper and more easily available ingredients for such a mode of discipline than slave wine." Dancers of Gor
clear, almost tasteless, but very potent alcoholic beverage made from suls akin to vodka.. It is seldom available outside of the peasant villages where it is brewed. . It is served at room temperature. It is seldom available outside of a peasant village. It would be a rarity in a paga tavern to find sul paga available.
Akin to vodka
* footed bowl, and a bota of sul paga *
a dry wine made from purple grapes grown on the terraces of the Isle of Cos, served at room temperature, or warm, in a tankard or goblet. The color is not described, but the grapes are purple. Ta grapes also grow in areas outside of Cos and wine can also be made from those grapes. Thus, different cities have their own varieties of Ta wine. The color of this wine was never stated
"One girl held back our head, and others, from goblets, gave us of wines, Turian wine, sweet and thick, Ta wine, from the famed Ta grapes, from the terraces of Cos, wines even, Ka-la-nas, sweets and dry, from distant Ar." Tribesmen of Gor...
hidden in the lower racks in the servey...
*serve in a goblet*
TURIAN LIQUER
a thick, sweet liqueur from Turia, . These liqueurs are considered the best on Gor
*tiny glasses*
TURIAN WINE
a thick syrupy wine so sweet and thick that is it said one could see a thumbprint on its surface. Their wines are made specfically so that you can add various spices and sugars to it. They are an acquired taste. The liqueurs of Turia are regarded as the best on Gor.
Many Gorean wines are very strong, 80 to 100 proof. Most Earth wines in comparison are only about 12 proof. Thus, wine may commonly be cut with water. This occurs often when wine is drunk at homes at meals, at certain parties and in some taverns. A wine krater, a mixing bowl, is used to mix the wine and water. "Krater" is an ancient Greek term that means "mixing bowl." If the wine is not cut, it might also be served in very small amounts. At more raucous parties or taverns, the wine is rarely cut or only in a slight amount.
"I did not much care for the sweet, syrupy wines of Turia, flavored and sugared to the point where one could almost leave one's fingerprint on their surface." Nomad of Gor...
kept in wax sealed bottles with the Ta-wine...
*serve in a goblet*
WATER
A basic staple just as on Earth, water is found in a variety of manners from wells to streams to rivers to lakes, or from the liana vine or carpet plants from the rain forest area inland of Schendi.
: spring water from the icy springs at the cliff base in the Lair.
.kept in a chilled cask in the chillery as well as in a cask in the servey...
*served in a goblet*
WHITE WINE
a wine light in color and taste, it is not described in detail just as white wine.
*goblet*
VERMINIUM OIL
by-product of Veminium petals being boiled in water; a scented oil used in middle to upper class homes to rinse hands before and after eating.
FOOD
Meat, Fish / Seafood, Fruit, Vegetables, Bread / Sweets / Misc, Dairy and Soups/Porridge
MEATS
BOSK (noun)
This bovine closely resembles a Yak of Earth (visually), but is essentially identical to the Earth Cow (cattle) in other ways. It is used for many things on Gor. When a Gorean says Sa-Tassna (literally. "Life-mother") he usually refers to bosk meat; food in general. Bosk can be served roasted and sliced, or cut into steaks. The milk of the bosk is very drinkable, and it can be used to make cheese and churned for butter. The Wagon Peoples exist almost solely upon it.
"The meat was a steak cut from the loin, a juge shaggy long horned bovine, meat is seared, as thick as the forearm of a Warrior on a small iron grill on a kindling of charcoal cylinders so that the thin margin on the outside was black, crisp and flaky sealed within by the touch of the fire - the blood rich felsh hot and fat with juice. (Priest Kings, page 45)
"The meat was a steak cut from the loin, a juge shaggy long horned bovine, meat is seared, as thick as the forearm of a Warrior on a small iron grill on a kindling of charcoal cylinders so that the thin margin on the outside was black, crisp and flaky sealed within by the touch of the fire - the blood rich felsh hot and fat with juice. (Priest Kings, page 45)
GANT ARTIC
A small long-legged horned bird; broad-billed and broad-winged migratory bird that nests in the mountain of Hrimgar on cliffs.
GANT JUNGLE
A bird, related to the marsh Gant, which inhabits the river in rainforests inland of Schendi Arctic, gant is a flighted bird found in the rence, often eaten broiled over an open fire.
Many other species of birds may be found, such as jungle gants, (Explores of Gor, chapter 32)
Many other species of birds may be found, such as jungle gants, (Explores of Gor, chapter 32)
GANT MARSH
A small, horned, web-footed aquatic fowl, brad-billed and broad-winged. Marsh girls, the daughters of rence growers, sometimes hunt them with throwing sticks, often eaten broiled over an open fire.
"I heard a bird some forty or fifty yards to my right; it sounded like a marsh gant, a small, horned, web-footed aquatic fowl, broad-billed and broad-winged. Marsh girls, the daughters of Rence growers, sometimes hunt them with throwing sticks." (Raiders of Gor, page 4)
"I heard a bird some forty or fifty yards to my right; it sounded like a marsh gant, a small, horned, web-footed aquatic fowl, broad-billed and broad-winged. Marsh girls, the daughters of Rence growers, sometimes hunt them with throwing sticks." (Raiders of Gor, page 4)
KAILIAUK
A relative to the bosk, can be prepared in a variety of ways, including dried into jerky
The mere thought of the kailiauk can inspire awe in them, and pleasure and excitement. More to them than meat for the stomach and clothes for the back is the kailiauk to them. (Blood Brothers of Gor, page 8)
The mere thought of the kailiauk can inspire awe in them, and pleasure and excitement. More to them than meat for the stomach and clothes for the back is the kailiauk to them. (Blood Brothers of Gor, page 8)
QUALAE
Is a three toed mammal, dun colored with a stiff brushy mane of black hair.
"Near one of the green stretches I saw what I first thought was a shadow, but as the tarn passed, it scattered into a scampering flock of tiny creatures, probably the small, three-toed mammals called qualae, dun-coloured and with a stiff brushy mane of black hair." (Tarnsman of Gor, pg. 140
"Near one of the green stretches I saw what I first thought was a shadow, but as the tarn passed, it scattered into a scampering flock of tiny creatures, probably the small, three-toed mammals called qualae, dun-coloured and with a stiff brushy mane of black hair." (Tarnsman of Gor, pg. 140
SAUSAGE
Made of various meats, tarsk sausage is the one mentioned directly.
There were several yards of sausages hung on hooks; numerous cannisters of flour, sugars and salts; many smaller containers of spices and condiments.
Assassins of Gor, page 271
There were several yards of sausages hung on hooks; numerous cannisters of flour, sugars and salts; many smaller containers of spices and condiments.
Assassins of Gor, page 271
SA TASSNA
(Lit. Life-Mother) meat; food in general.
TABUK
The tabuk is described as a one horned, yellowish Antelope. The meat is often grilled.
and in the same case but in a different corner was a small herd, no more than five adult animals, a proud male and four does, of tabuk, the single-horned, golden Gorean antelope. Priest Kings of Gor, page 191
and in the same case but in a different corner was a small herd, no more than five adult animals, a proud male and four does, of tabuk, the single-horned, golden Gorean antelope. Priest Kings of Gor, page 191
TARSK
Similar to the boar, of earth, its meat is eaten in various ways, normally roasted or baked, sometimes whole. On way to prepare it is stuffed with Sul and Peppers from the City of Tor.
I thought of the yellow Gorean bread, baked in the shape of round, flat loaves, fresh and hot; my mouth watered for a tabuk steak or, perhaps, if I were lucky, a slice of roast tarsk, the formidable six-tusked wild boar of Gor's temperate forests.
Outlaw of Gor, page 76
I thought of the yellow Gorean bread, baked in the shape of round, flat loaves, fresh and hot; my mouth watered for a tabuk steak or, perhaps, if I were lucky, a slice of roast tarsk, the formidable six-tusked wild boar of Gor's temperate forests.
Outlaw of Gor, page 76
TUMIT
A large, flightless, carnivorous bird hunted with bolas by the Wagon Peoples. The sport lies in who gets to eat that night, the hunter or the bird.
I gathered that the best season for hunting tumits, the large, flightless carnivorous birds of the southern plains, was at hand, for Kamchak, Harold, and others seemed to be looking forward to it with great eagerness. Nomads of Gor, page 2
I gathered that the best season for hunting tumits, the large, flightless carnivorous birds of the southern plains, was at hand, for Kamchak, Harold, and others seemed to be looking forward to it with great eagerness. Nomads of Gor, page 2
VEER
A goat-like animal. The meat can be eaten. Its milk can be used for drinking or the making of either butter, or a distinctive soft cheese, which is frequently used in the creation of many recipes.
The verr was a mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai. It was a wild, agile, ill-tempered beast, long-haired and spiral-horn. Priest-Kings of Gor, page 63
The verr was a mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai. It was a wild, agile, ill-tempered beast, long-haired and spiral-horn. Priest-Kings of Gor, page 63
VULO (noun)
A tawny-colored poultry bird, similar to a pigeon, which also exists in the wild; used for meat and eggs. The very small eggs are cooked for the breakfast meal by frying them in a large, flat pan. It takes several birds or many eggs to make a meal for the average Gorean, and it is not unusual for dozens to be consumed by a single Warrior with a hearty appetite.
She had been carrying a wicker basket containing vulos, domesticated pigeons raised for eggs and meat. > Nomads of Gor, page 1
She had been carrying a wicker basket containing vulos, domesticated pigeons raised for eggs and meat. > Nomads of Gor, page 1
FISH / SEAFOOD
COSIAN WINGFISH
Also known as 'song fish' due to its whistling mating song; a tiny blue saltwater fish with 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin. Found in the waters off Port Kar; its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia.
"The blue, four-spined wingfish is found only in the waters of Cos. Larger varieties are found farther out to sea. The small blue fish is regarded as a great delicacy, and its liver as the delicacies of delicacies." (Nomads of Gor, page 23)
"The blue, four-spined wingfish is found only in the waters of Cos. Larger varieties are found farther out to sea. The small blue fish is regarded as a great delicacy, and its liver as the delicacies of delicacies." (Nomads of Gor, page 23)
EEL
Various types of eel are raised on Gor to be consumed. Many types are considered to be a delicacy.
Some of these pools contain voracious eels, of various sorts, river eels, black eels, the spotted eel, and such, which are Gorean delicacies.
Magicians of Gor, page 428
Some of these pools contain voracious eels, of various sorts, river eels, black eels, the spotted eel, and such, which are Gorean delicacies.
Magicians of Gor, page 428
BLINT
Fighting fish, much like the piranha of Earth.
GRUNT
Varieties: Marsh, Blue, Great-speckled a large, carnivorous, salt-water fish which inhabits Thassa. It is often attracted by the blood of a wounded creature. Similar to the shark of Earth. The great speckled, being caught and used as food by the sailors of the Thassa.
Three other men of the Forkbeard attended to fishing, two with a net, sweeping it along the side of the serpent, for parsit fish, and the third, near the stem, with a hook and line, baited with vulo liver, for the white-bellied grunt, a large game fish which haunts the plankton banks to feed on parsit fish
Three other men of the Forkbeard attended to fishing, two with a net, sweeping it along the side of the serpent, for parsit fish, and the third, near the stem, with a hook and line, baited with vulo liver, for the white-bellied grunt, a large game fish which haunts the plankton banks to feed on parsit fish
OYSTERS
A shellfish, common in the Vosk river, similar to an Earth oyster; like an oyster, it manufactures pearls. This can be served in a variety of ways including raw, steamed, or smoked, or in a thick fish stew. When serving raw, the mollusk should be placed within the half shell, which are seated on a bed of colored salt. When steamed or smoked, the same serving style can be used or the shelled mollusk can be served upon a platter lined with greens. The stew is served in the traditional footed clay bowl with handles and is meant to be drunk rather than spooned by the Warrior.
Other girls had prepared the repast, which, for the war camp, was sumptuous indeed, containing even oysters from the delta of the Vosk, a portion of the plunder of a tarn caravan of Ar, such delicacies having been intended for the very table of Marlenus, the Ubar of that great city itself. Captive of Gor, page 301
Other girls had prepared the repast, which, for the war camp, was sumptuous indeed, containing even oysters from the delta of the Vosk, a portion of the plunder of a tarn caravan of Ar, such delicacies having been intended for the very table of Marlenus, the Ubar of that great city itself. Captive of Gor, page 301
PARSIT FISH
Slender, striped flakey fish, of the type added to Bond-Maid gruel. This fish is delightful when roasted in a bag made of Rence paper, and topped within it with a dollop of Verr butter, some herbs from the gardens, and sliced red Tyros olives. It is a delicacy suited to even the tongue of a high-born Mistress.
Like the bond-maids, she had been fed only on cold Sa-Tarna porridge and scraps of dried parsit fish.
Marauders of Gor, page 56
Like the bond-maids, she had been fed only on cold Sa-Tarna porridge and scraps of dried parsit fish.
Marauders of Gor, page 56
SORP
A shellfish, common in the Vosk river, similar to an Urth oyster; like an oyster, it manufactures pearls. This can be served in a variety of ways including raw, steamed, or smoked, or in a thick fish stew. When serving raw, the mollusk should be placed within the half shell, which are seated on a bed of colored salt. When steamed or smoked, the same serving style can be used or the shelled mollusk can be served upon a platter lined with greens. The stew is served in the traditional footed clay bowl with handles and is meant to be drunk rather than spooned by the Warrior.
TAMBER CLAM
"I said, "amber droplets, the pearls of the Vosk sorp, the polished shell of the Tamber clam, glass colored and cut in Ar for trade with ignorant southern Peoples." (Nomads of Gor, pg. 20)
WHITE GRUNT
"Three other men of the Forkbeard attended to fishing, two with a net, sweeping it along the side of the serpent, for parsit fish, and the third, near the stem, with a hook and line, baited with vulo liver, for the white-bellied grunt, a large game fish which haunts the plankton banks to feed on parsit fish." (Marauders of Gor, page 59)
WINGFISH
A small blue four-spined fish, about the size of a tarn disk when curled in one's hand, it has three or four poisonous spines on its dorsal fin. It is regarded as a delicacy, its liver the delicacy of delicacies. Served as either fried nuggets or as pate` with small squares of Sa-Tarna toast. Caution must be taken during preparation to avoid the 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin.
The blue, four-spined wingfish called so for its ability to fly above the waters of Thassa for short distances. Larger varieties are found farther out to sea. The small blue fish is regarded as a great delicacy, and its liver as the delicacy of delicacies.
Nomads of Gor, page 85
The blue, four-spined wingfish called so for its ability to fly above the waters of Thassa for short distances. Larger varieties are found farther out to sea. The small blue fish is regarded as a great delicacy, and its liver as the delicacy of delicacies.
Nomads of Gor, page 85
FRUITS
APRICOT
Not described but presumably similar if not identical to the same fruit found on Earth. It can be found sold in the markets of the Tahari.
I brushed away two sellers of apricots and spices.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45
I brushed away two sellers of apricots and spices.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45
BLUEBERRIES
Smuggled to Gor from Earth. Very rare. (there is no actual reference so far with Blueberries however there is a reference to berries
..and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons." (Tribesmen of Gor, pg. 37}
..and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons." (Tribesmen of Gor, pg. 37}
CHERRIES
Tyros cherries, Famous.
With the tip of my tongue I touched her lips. Some slave cosmetics are flavored. “Does Master enjoy my taste?” she asked. “The lipstick is flavored,” I said. “I know,” she said. “It reminds me of the cherries of Tyros,” I said. “I do not know what the flavor is,” she said, “but it is lovely, is it not?” (Beasts of Gor, chapter 28)
With the tip of my tongue I touched her lips. Some slave cosmetics are flavored. “Does Master enjoy my taste?” she asked. “The lipstick is flavored,” I said. “I know,” she said. “It reminds me of the cherries of Tyros,” I said. “I do not know what the flavor is,” she said, “but it is lovely, is it not?” (Beasts of Gor, chapter 28)
CHOCKEBERRIES
Assumed similar to Earth
"In Kantasawi," he said, "the moon when the plums are red." This was the moon following the next moon, which is known variously as Takiyuhawi, the moon in which the tabuk rut, or Canpasapawi, the moon when the chokecherries are ripe. "Will this give you time to return to Kailia. (Savage of Gor, pg, 253)
"In Kantasawi," he said, "the moon when the plums are red." This was the moon following the next moon, which is known variously as Takiyuhawi, the moon in which the tabuk rut, or Canpasapawi, the moon when the chokecherries are ripe. "Will this give you time to return to Kailia. (Savage of Gor, pg, 253)
DATES
These come from the City of Tor. A date nut loaf is commonly served in the Tavern with Verr butter or the soft cheese of same on the side. Can be hard to find on Gor, but you know that, thats why you came to the Tavern in the first place.
A veiled woman was hawking dates by the tefa. Tribesmen of Gor, page 64
A veiled woman was hawking dates by the tefa. Tribesmen of Gor, page 64
KA-LA-NA FRUIT
The red fruit of the Ka-la-na tree. Presumably sweet, it is used to make a type of wine as well as being edible on its own.
"Over there," I said, "are some Ka-la-na trees. Wait here and I'll gather some fruit."
Tarnsman of Gor, page 96
"Over there," I said, "are some Ka-la-na trees. Wait here and I'll gather some fruit."
Tarnsman of Gor, page 96
LARMA
There are three references to Larma. They are.... 1 (Larma) It is sometimes called the pit fruit, because of its large single stone. Fried larma with a browned honey sauce... 2 (Larma, succulent) Succulent, juicy, fruit; sometimes sliced and fried, and served with browned-honey sauce. Offering a larma, real or imagined, by a slave girl to her master is a silent plea for the girl to be raped... 3 (Larma, Apple-like) Single-seeded apple-like fruit; a variation of the succulent juicy larma with a single seed; commonly called pit fruit.
"I took a slice of hard larma from the tray. This is a firm, single-seeded applelike fruit. It is quite unlike the segmented, juicy larma. It is sometimes called, perhaps more aptly, the pit fruit, because of its large single stone." (Players of Gor, page 267)
"I took a slice of hard larma from the tray. This is a firm, single-seeded applelike fruit. It is quite unlike the segmented, juicy larma. It is sometimes called, perhaps more aptly, the pit fruit, because of its large single stone." (Players of Gor, page 267)
MELON
A yellowish red-striped fruit.
"Buy melons!" called a fellow next to her, lifting one of the yellowish, red-striped spheres towards me.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45
"Buy melons!" called a fellow next to her, lifting one of the yellowish, red-striped spheres towards me.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45
OLIVES
Is a type of olive mentioned but not otherwise described. Possibly a black olive of some sort
"The Tarn Keeper, who was called by those in the tavern Mip, bought the food, bosk steak and yellow bread, peas and Torian olives, and two golden-brown, starchy Suls, broken open and filled with melted bosk cheese." (Assassin of Gor, page 168)
"The Tarn Keeper, who was called by those in the tavern Mip, bought the food, bosk steak and yellow bread, peas and Torian olives, and two golden-brown, starchy Suls, broken open and filled with melted bosk cheese." (Assassin of Gor, page 168)
OLIVES RED
Red olives from Tyros.
"Clitus, too, had brought two bottles of Ka-la-na wine, a string of eels, cheese of the Verr, and a sack of red olives from the groves of Tyros." (Raiders of Gor, page 114)
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"Clitus, too, had brought two bottles of Ka-la-na wine, a string of eels, cheese of the Verr, and a sack of red olives from the groves of Tyros." (Raiders of Gor, page 114)
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PEACH
A yellow peach, possibly similar in taste to earth peaches.
Another device, common in Port Kar, is for the girl to kneel before the Master and put her head down and lift her arms, offering him fruit, usually a larma, or a yellow Gorean peach, ripe and fresh.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 27
Another device, common in Port Kar, is for the girl to kneel before the Master and put her head down and lift her arms, offering him fruit, usually a larma, or a yellow Gorean peach, ripe and fresh.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 27
PEAR
Similar to an earth pear perhaps.
In her hand there was a half of a yellow Gorean pear, the remains of a half moon of verr cheese imbedded in it.
Explorers of Gor, page 62
In her hand there was a half of a yellow Gorean pear, the remains of a half moon of verr cheese imbedded in it.
Explorers of Gor, page 62
PIT FRUIT
Also known as the hard larma, this is a firm, single-seeded, applelike fruit.
I took a slice of hard larma from my tray. This is a firm, single-seeded, applelike fruit. It is quite unlike the segmented, juicy larma. It is sometimes called, and perhaps more aptly, the pit fruit, because of its large single stone.
Players of Gor, page 267
I took a slice of hard larma from my tray. This is a firm, single-seeded, applelike fruit. It is quite unlike the segmented, juicy larma. It is sometimes called, and perhaps more aptly, the pit fruit, because of its large single stone.
Players of Gor, page 267
PLUMS
No description given, presumed similar to earth plums.
I had nearly stepped into a basket of plums.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45
I had nearly stepped into a basket of plums.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45
POMEGRANATE
Hopefully similar to the earth fruit of the same name.
"Pomegranate orchards lie at the east of the oasis," I said.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 174
"Pomegranate orchards lie at the east of the oasis," I said.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 174
RAISINS
For any who do not realise this, raisins are dried grapes. As the grapes on Gor might not have the exact taste of Earth grapes, raisins might be slightly different than what we're used to.
In the cafes I had feasted well. I had had verr meat, cut in chunks and threaded on a metal rod, with slices of peppers and larma, and roasted; vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions and honey; a kort with melted cheese and nutmeg; hot Bazi tea, sugared, and, later, Turian wine.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
In the cafes I had feasted well. I had had verr meat, cut in chunks and threaded on a metal rod, with slices of peppers and larma, and roasted; vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions and honey; a kort with melted cheese and nutmeg; hot Bazi tea, sugared, and, later, Turian wine.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
RAM-BERRIES (noun)
Small, succulent berries, native to Gor. Ram-berry pies are common on Gor, enjoy the delicious results! Also tastes excellect as a jam when applied to a willing slave, might be combined with honey if she has been real good or you are real hungry!
A guard was with us, and we were charged with filling our leather buckets with ram-berries, a small, reddish fruit with edible seeds, not unlike tiny plums, save for the many small seeds. Captive of Gor, page 305
A guard was with us, and we were charged with filling our leather buckets with ram-berries, a small, reddish fruit with edible seeds, not unlike tiny plums, save for the many small seeds. Captive of Gor, page 305
TA-GRAPES
Purple grapes grown on the terraces of Cos.
The grapes were purple and, I suppose, Ta grapes from the lower vineyards of the terraced island of Cos some four hundred pasangs from Port Kar. Priest Kings of Gor, page 45
A Gorean grape - "I retrieved a grape about the size of a small plum from the table before it could be cleared away. It was peeled and pitted, doubtless laboriously by female slaves. It was a Ta-Grape." Players of Gor pg 291 - 292
The grapes were purple and, I suppose, Ta grapes from the lower vineyards of the terraced island of Cos some four hundred pasangs from Port Kar. Priest Kings of Gor, page 45
A Gorean grape - "I retrieved a grape about the size of a small plum from the table before it could be cleared away. It was peeled and pitted, doubtless laboriously by female slaves. It was a Ta-Grape." Players of Gor pg 291 - 292
TOPSIT
A bitter, juicy citrus fruit. The tospit is yellow in color. Small, peach-like fruit that is about the size of a plum. They are a variety of juicy citrus fruit, bitter but edible. Often they are dried and candied. They are bitter but edible, and are sometimes served sliced and sweetened with
honey, and in syrups, and to flavor, with their juices, a variety of dishes.
They are also carried on sea voyages to prevent nutritional
deficiencies. They almost always have an odd number of seeds,
except for the rare, long-stemmed ones.
Nomads of Gor, page 59
Nomads of Gor, page 59
VEGETABLES
BEANS
No description given, assuming is the same as the earth vegetable.
In them growing, small at this season, shafts of Sa-Tarna; too, there would be peas, and beans, cabbages and onions, and patches of the golden sul, capable of surviving at this latitude. Marauders of Gor, page 81
In them growing, small at this season, shafts of Sa-Tarna; too, there would be peas, and beans, cabbages and onions, and patches of the golden sul, capable of surviving at this latitude. Marauders of Gor, page 81
CABBAGE
No description given, assuming is the same as the earth vegetable.
In them growing, small at this season, shafts of Sa-Tarna; too, there would be peas, and beans, cabbages and onions, and patches of the golden sul, capable of surviving at this latitude. Marauders of Gor, page 81
In them growing, small at this season, shafts of Sa-Tarna; too, there would be peas, and beans, cabbages and onions, and patches of the golden sul, capable of surviving at this latitude. Marauders of Gor, page 81
CARROTS
No description given, assuming is the same as the earth vegetable.
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
CORN
Presumably the same as corn on earth. Grown by the Sames in the Barrens.
They grow produce for their masters, such as wagmeza and wagnu, maize, or corn, and such things as pumpkins and squash. Savages of Gor, page 234
They grow produce for their masters, such as wagmeza and wagnu, maize, or corn, and such things as pumpkins and squash. Savages of Gor, page 234
DATE
Similar to Earth, export of the Oasis
The principal export of the oases is dates and pressed-date bricks. Some of the date palms grow to more than a hundred feet high. It takes ten years before they begin to bear fruit. They will then yield fruit for more than a century. A given tree, annually, yields between one and five Gorean weights of fruit. A weight is some ten stone, or some forty Earth pounds. A great amount of farming, or perhaps one should speak of gardening, is done at the oasis, but little of this is exported. (Tribesman of Gor pg 37)
The principal export of the oases is dates and pressed-date bricks. Some of the date palms grow to more than a hundred feet high. It takes ten years before they begin to bear fruit. They will then yield fruit for more than a century. A given tree, annually, yields between one and five Gorean weights of fruit. A weight is some ten stone, or some forty Earth pounds. A great amount of farming, or perhaps one should speak of gardening, is done at the oasis, but little of this is exported. (Tribesman of Gor pg 37)
KATCH
A foliated leaf vegetable
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
KES
The salty blue secondary root of the kes shrub can be eaten and is a primary ingredient in sullage, a form of Gorean soup.
First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, as it is said, whatever else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown, vine-borne fruit of the golden-leaved Sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-pa, a tree parasite, cultivated in host orchids of Tur trees; and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes Shrub, a small, deeply rooted plant which grows best in sandy soil. Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45
First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, as it is said, whatever else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown, vine-borne fruit of the golden-leaved Sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-pa, a tree parasite, cultivated in host orchids of Tur trees; and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes Shrub, a small, deeply rooted plant which grows best in sandy soil. Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45
KORT
A large brownish-skinned, sphere shaped vegetable with a thick skin, usually six inches in width. It has a yellowish interior that is fibrous and heavily seeded. Served sliced with melted cheese and nutmeg.
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
MUSHROOM
No description given other than it was prepared as a stuffed mushroom.
"Have a stuffed mushroom." Mercenaries of Gor, page 81
"Have a stuffed mushroom." Mercenaries of Gor, page 81
NUTS
Undescribed but presumably similar to an earth nut of some kind, possibly peanuts or cashews. It is an import of the Tahari and also ingredient for vulo stew.
To the oases caravans bring various goods, for example, rep-cloth, embroidered cloths, silks, rugs, silver, gold, jewelries, mirrors, kailiauk tusk, perfumes, hides, skins, feathers, precious woods, tools, needles, worked leather goods, salt, nuts and spices, jungle birds, prized as pets, weapons, rough woods, sheets of tin and copper, the tea of Bazi, wool from the bounding Hurt, decorated, beaded whips, female slaves, and may other forms of merchandise. Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
To the oases caravans bring various goods, for example, rep-cloth, embroidered cloths, silks, rugs, silver, gold, jewelries, mirrors, kailiauk tusk, perfumes, hides, skins, feathers, precious woods, tools, needles, worked leather goods, salt, nuts and spices, jungle birds, prized as pets, weapons, rough woods, sheets of tin and copper, the tea of Bazi, wool from the bounding Hurt, decorated, beaded whips, female slaves, and may other forms of merchandise. Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
ONIONS
No description given, assuming it is similar to the earth onion.
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
PEAS
Presumably the same as the earth vegetable. The climate is suited for growing many varieties of "peas", including baby butter beans, cowpeas, and black-eyed peas, as well as the common green gorean pea.
"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut," said the man, his bundle like a giant's hump on his back. Outlaw of Gor, page 29
"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut," said the man, his bundle like a giant's hump on his back. Outlaw of Gor, page 29
PEPPERS
Hot peppers found in the Tahari, used in cooking.
Some of the peppers and spices, relished even by children in the Tahari districts, were sufficient to convince an average good fellow of Thentis or Ar that the roof of his mouth and his tongue were being torn out of his head Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
Some of the peppers and spices, relished even by children in the Tahari districts, were sufficient to convince an average good fellow of Thentis or Ar that the roof of his mouth and his tongue were being torn out of his head Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
POTATOE
The only mention of an actual potatoe in the books.
"Dorna the Proud," said the slave, who tumbled onoins, turnips, radishes, potatoes and bread into the feed trough.
Outlaw of Gor, page 155
"Dorna the Proud," said the slave, who tumbled onoins, turnips, radishes, potatoes and bread into the feed trough.
Outlaw of Gor, page 155
PUMPKIN
Presumably the same as pumpkins on earth. Grown by the Sames in the Barrens.
They grow produce for their masters, such as wagmeza and wagnu, maize, or corn, and such things as pumpkins and squash. Savages of Gor, page 234
They grow produce for their masters, such as wagmeza and wagnu, maize, or corn, and such things as pumpkins and squash. Savages of Gor, page 234
RADISH
There are two types of radish, a sphere shaped version and a cylinder shaped variety.
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries, onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded. Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
SQUASH
Presumably the same as squash on earth. Grown by the Sames in the Barrens.
They grow produce for their masters, such as wagmeza and wagnu, maize, or corn, and such things as pumpkins and squash.
Savages of Gor, page 234
They grow produce for their masters, such as wagmeza and wagnu, maize, or corn, and such things as pumpkins and squash.
Savages of Gor, page 234
SUL
The sul is a large, thick skinned, starchy, yellow fleshed, root vegetable. A tuberous vegetable similar to the potato; often served sliced and fried in butter and salted. One way of serving is to break it open and fill it with melted Bosk cheese. It Can be distilled into the drink called Sul-Paga.
Sul paga is, when distilled, though the Sul itself is yellow, as clear as water. The Sul is a tuberous root of the Sul plant; it is a Gorean staple.
Slave girl of Gor, page 134, Dancer of Gor pg 80
Sul paga is, when distilled, though the Sul itself is yellow, as clear as water. The Sul is a tuberous root of the Sul plant; it is a Gorean staple.
Slave girl of Gor, page 134, Dancer of Gor pg 80
TURNIPS
Presumably the same as on earth. Turnips are also an import to the Tahari region.
"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut," said the man, his bundle like a giant's hump on his back.
Outlaw of Gor, page 29
"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut," said the man, his bundle like a giant's hump on his back.
Outlaw of Gor, page 29
TUR-PAH (noun)
An edible tree parasite with curly, red, ovate leaves; grows on the tur tree; a main ingredient in sullage.
First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, as it is said, whatever else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown, vine-borne fruit of the golden-leaved Sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-pah, a tree parasite, cultivated in host orchids of Tur trees; and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes Shrub, a small, deeply rooted plant which grows best in sandy soil. Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45 Magicians of Gor pg 244
First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, as it is said, whatever else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown, vine-borne fruit of the golden-leaved Sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-pah, a tree parasite, cultivated in host orchids of Tur trees; and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes Shrub, a small, deeply rooted plant which grows best in sandy soil. Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45 Magicians of Gor pg 244
SPICES
CIMMAMON
similar to earth
“Do you smell it?” asked Ulafi. “Yes,” I said. “It is cinnamon and cloves, is it not?” “Yes,” said Ulafi, “and other spices, as well.”
“Do you smell it?” asked Ulafi. “Yes,” I said. “It is cinnamon and cloves, is it not?” “Yes,” said Ulafi, “and other spices, as well.”
CLOVE
Similar to earth
“Do you smell it?” asked Ulafi. “Yes,” I said. “It is cinnamon and cloves, is it not?” “Yes,” said Ulafi, “and other spices, as well.”
“Do you smell it?” asked Ulafi. “Yes,” I said. “It is cinnamon and cloves, is it not?” “Yes,” said Ulafi, “and other spices, as well.”
GARLIC
Presumably the same as garlic on earth.
"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut," said the man, his bundle like a giant's hump on his back.
Outlaw of Gor, page 29
"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut," said the man, his bundle like a giant's hump on his back.
Outlaw of Gor, page 29
NUTMEG
similar to earth
nutmegs and cloves, spikenard and peppers from the lands east of Bazi, the floral brocades, the perfumes of Tyros, the dark wines, the gorgeous diaphanous silks of glorious Ar. Captives of Gor chapter 8
nutmegs and cloves, spikenard and peppers from the lands east of Bazi, the floral brocades, the perfumes of Tyros, the dark wines, the gorgeous diaphanous silks of glorious Ar. Captives of Gor chapter 8
PEPPER
similar to earth
nutmegs and cloves, spikenard and peppers from the lands east of Bazi,
nutmegs and cloves, spikenard and peppers from the lands east of Bazi,
MISCELLIANOUS
CANDIES
Soft, rounded, succelent candies covered with a coating of syrup of fudge on a stick
It had to do with "tastas" or "stick candies." These are not candies, incidentally, like sticks, as, for example, licorice or peppermint sticks, but soft, rounded, succulent candies, usually covered with a coating of syrup or fudge, rather in the nature of the caramel apple, but much smaller, and, like a caramel apple, mounted on sticks. The candy is prepared and then the stick, from the bottom, is thrust up, deeply, into it. It is then ready to be eaten. As the candy is held neatly in place there is very little mess in this arrangement. Similarly, as the candy is held in its fixed position, it may, in spite of its nature, be eaten, or bitten, or licked or sucked, as swiftly, or slowly, and as much at one’s leisure as one might please. These candies are usually sold at such places as parks, beaches, and promenades, at carnivals, expositions and fairs, and at various types of popular events, such as plays, song dramas, races, games, and kaissa matches. They are popular even with children. (Dancer of Gor)
It had to do with "tastas" or "stick candies." These are not candies, incidentally, like sticks, as, for example, licorice or peppermint sticks, but soft, rounded, succulent candies, usually covered with a coating of syrup or fudge, rather in the nature of the caramel apple, but much smaller, and, like a caramel apple, mounted on sticks. The candy is prepared and then the stick, from the bottom, is thrust up, deeply, into it. It is then ready to be eaten. As the candy is held neatly in place there is very little mess in this arrangement. Similarly, as the candy is held in its fixed position, it may, in spite of its nature, be eaten, or bitten, or licked or sucked, as swiftly, or slowly, and as much at one’s leisure as one might please. These candies are usually sold at such places as parks, beaches, and promenades, at carnivals, expositions and fairs, and at various types of popular events, such as plays, song dramas, races, games, and kaissa matches. They are popular even with children. (Dancer of Gor)
CHOCOLATE
First cocoa beans probably came from Earth, Cosians obtain them in the tropics, rich and creamy.
It was a small, hard candy. It was sweet. I closed my eyes. It was the first sweet I had had since I had been brought to Gor. In the plain diet of a slave girl, such things are very precious. Girls would fight and tear at one another for a chocolate.
Slavegirl of Gor, page 216 Kajira of Gor pg 61
It was a small, hard candy. It was sweet. I closed my eyes. It was the first sweet I had had since I had been brought to Gor. In the plain diet of a slave girl, such things are very precious. Girls would fight and tear at one another for a chocolate.
Slavegirl of Gor, page 216 Kajira of Gor pg 61
FLAVORED ICES
Ices sold at various events, the actual flavors used are unmentioned.
I heard a slave girl wheedling her master for a pastry. Free women, here and there, were delicately putting tidbits beneath their veils. Some even lifted their veils somewhat to drink of the flavored ices. Assassins of Gor, page 141
I heard a slave girl wheedling her master for a pastry. Free women, here and there, were delicately putting tidbits beneath their veils. Some even lifted their veils somewhat to drink of the flavored ices. Assassins of Gor, page 141
HONEY
Seems to be the same as on Earth, it is recorded often being placed upon sa-tarna bread and also within drinks
"I saw small fruit trees, and hives, where honey bees were raised; and there were small sheds, here and there, with sloping roofs of boards; in some such sheds might craftsmen work, in others fish might be dried or butter made." (Marauders of Gor, page 81)
"I saw small fruit trees, and hives, where honey bees were raised; and there were small sheds, here and there, with sloping roofs of boards; in some such sheds might craftsmen work, in others fish might be dried or butter made." (Marauders of Gor, page 81)
HONEY CAKES
Made with honey and sesame seeds
"...from a vendor, the Forkbeard bought his girls honey cake; with their fingers they ate it eagerly, crumbs at the side of their mouths." (Marauders of Gor, pg. 143}
"...from a vendor, the Forkbeard bought his girls honey cake; with their fingers they ate it eagerly, crumbs at the side of their mouths." (Marauders of Gor, pg. 143}
MINT STICKS
Similar to Earth
"On the tray, too, was the metal vessel which had contained the black wine, steaming and bitter, from far Thentis, famed for its tarn flocks, the small yellow-enameled cups from which we had drunk the black wine, its spoons and sugars, a tiny bowl of mint sticks, and the softened, dampened cloths on which we had wiped our fingers." (Beasts of Gor, pg. 10}
"On the tray, too, was the metal vessel which had contained the black wine, steaming and bitter, from far Thentis, famed for its tarn flocks, the small yellow-enameled cups from which we had drunk the black wine, its spoons and sugars, a tiny bowl of mint sticks, and the softened, dampened cloths on which we had wiped our fingers." (Beasts of Gor, pg. 10}
SALT SEA
From the mines of Klima
_5Salt, incidentally, is obtained by the men of Torvaldsland, most commonly, from sea water or from the burning of seaweed. It is also, however, a trade commodity, and is sometimes taken in raids. (Mauraders of Gor, pg. 187)
_5Salt, incidentally, is obtained by the men of Torvaldsland, most commonly, from sea water or from the burning of seaweed. It is also, however, a trade commodity, and is sometimes taken in raids. (Mauraders of Gor, pg. 187)
SALT RED
Some salt mines at Kasra and Tor, deliver red salt, red from ferrous oxide in its composition, which is called the Red Salt of Kasra, after its port of embarkation, at the juncture of the Upper and Lower Fayeen. A delicacy...
"Most salt at Klima is white, but certain of the mines deliver red salt, red from ferrous oxide in its composition, which is called the Red Salt of Kasra, after its port of embarkation, at the juncture of the Upper and Lower Fayeen." (Tribesmen of Gor, page 238)
"Most salt at Klima is white, but certain of the mines deliver red salt, red from ferrous oxide in its composition, which is called the Red Salt of Kasra, after its port of embarkation, at the juncture of the Upper and Lower Fayeen." (Tribesmen of Gor, page 238)
SALT WHITE
White salt - Comes from regular salt mines...
"Most salt at Klima is white, but certain of the mines deliver red salt, red from ferrous oxide in its composition, which is called the Red Salt of Kasra, after its port of embarkation, at the juncture of the Upper and Lower Fayeen." (Tribesmen of Gor, page 238)
"Most salt at Klima is white, but certain of the mines deliver red salt, red from ferrous oxide in its composition, which is called the Red Salt of Kasra, after its port of embarkation, at the juncture of the Upper and Lower Fayeen." (Tribesmen of Gor, page 238)
SALT YELLOW
Comes from the sea, and from Kilma.
"It had been expected, I gathered, that I would sit at one of the two long side tables, and perhaps even below the bowls of red and yellow salt which divided these tables." (Assassin of Gor, pg. 86,
"It had been expected, I gathered, that I would sit at one of the two long side tables, and perhaps even below the bowls of red and yellow salt which divided these tables." (Assassin of Gor, pg. 86,
SUGAR
"With a tiny spoon, its tip no more than a tenth of a hort in diameter, she placed four measures of white sugar, and six of yellow, in the cup; with two stirring spoons, one for the white sugar, another for the yellow, she stirred the beverage after each measure." (Tribesmen of Gor, page 89)
SULLAGE
Soup
"First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, as it is said, whatever else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown, vine-borne fruit of the golden-leaved Sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-pa, a tree parasite, cultivated in host orchids of Tur trees; and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes Shrub, a small, deeply rooted plant which grows best in sandy soil." (Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45)
"First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, as it is said, whatever else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown, vine-borne fruit of the golden-leaved Sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-pa, a tree parasite, cultivated in host orchids of Tur trees; and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes Shrub, a small, deeply rooted plant which grows best in sandy soil." (Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45)
SWEETMEAT
A candy like substance usually made from nuts, sugarwater, and various other ingredients.
Below me I saw a hawker of sweetmeats angrily discarding four silver-glazed, numbered clay tiles.
Assassin of Gor, page 140
Below me I saw a hawker of sweetmeats angrily discarding four silver-glazed, numbered clay tiles.
Assassin of Gor, page 140
TASTA
Small, round, succulent candy coated in syrup or fudge and then mounted upon a stick for easy handling and eating. Literal translation is "stick candy."
He yelled something raucous and ribald. It had to do with "tastas" or "stick candies." These are not candies, incidentally, like sticks, as, for example, licorice or peppermint sticks, but soft, rounded, succulent candies, usually covered in a coating of syrup or fudge, rather in the nature of the caramel apple, but much smaller, and, like the caramel apple, mounted on sticks. The candy is prepared and then the stick, from the bottom, is thrust up, deeply, into it. It is then ready to be eaten.
Dancer of Gor, page 81
He yelled something raucous and ribald. It had to do with "tastas" or "stick candies." These are not candies, incidentally, like sticks, as, for example, licorice or peppermint sticks, but soft, rounded, succulent candies, usually covered in a coating of syrup or fudge, rather in the nature of the caramel apple, but much smaller, and, like the caramel apple, mounted on sticks. The candy is prepared and then the stick, from the bottom, is thrust up, deeply, into it. It is then ready to be eaten.
Dancer of Gor, page 81
VERNINIUM OIL
By-product of Veminium petals being boiled in water; a scented oil used in middle to upper class homes to rinse hands before and after eating. (Tribesmen of Gor, page 50)
BREAD
BISCUITS
Flat pressed biscuits baked from Sa-Tarna flour.
Grunt, from his own stores, brought forth some dried, pressed biscuits, baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour.
Savages of Gor, page 328
Grunt, from his own stores, brought forth some dried, pressed biscuits, baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour.
Savages of Gor, page 328
BLACK BREAD
Baked soft and full flavoured from Gorean grains, heavy and dark, served with clotted Bosk Cream or honey.
The great merchant galleys of Port Kar, and Cos, and Tyros, and other maritime powers, utilized thousands of such miserable wretches, fed on brews of peas and black bread, chained in the rowing holds, under the whips of slave masters, their lives measured by feedings and beatings, and the labor of the oar.
Hunters of Gor, page 13
The great merchant galleys of Port Kar, and Cos, and Tyros, and other maritime powers, utilized thousands of such miserable wretches, fed on brews of peas and black bread, chained in the rowing holds, under the whips of slave masters, their lives measured by feedings and beatings, and the labor of the oar.
Hunters of Gor, page 13
BONDMAID GRUEL
Gruel made of Sa-Tarna meal and water often with dried or raw fish added into it. Eaten by the slaves of the north; usually known as bond-maids
Another of the bond-maids was then freed to mix the bond-maid gruel, mixing fresh water with Sa-Tarna meal, and then stirring in the raw fish. (Marauders of Gor:4:64) The bond-maids did not much care for their gruel, unsweetened, mudlike Sa-Tarna meal, with raw fish. They fed, however. (Marauders of Gor:4:65)
Another of the bond-maids was then freed to mix the bond-maid gruel, mixing fresh water with Sa-Tarna meal, and then stirring in the raw fish. (Marauders of Gor:4:64) The bond-maids did not much care for their gruel, unsweetened, mudlike Sa-Tarna meal, with raw fish. They fed, however. (Marauders of Gor:4:65)
PEMMICAN
A hardened cake of fruit, meat and berries which is a staple item to the red savages.
There are various ways in which pemmican may be prepared, depending primarily on what one adds to the mixture, in the way of herbs, seasonings, and fruit. A common way of preparing it is as follows. Strips of kailiauk meat, thinly sliced and dried on poles in the sun, are pounded fine, almost to a powder. Crushed fruit, usually chokecherries, is then added to the meat. The whole, then, is mixed with, and fixed by, kailiauk fat, subsequently, usually, being divided into small, flattish, rounded cakes. The fruit sugars make this, in its way, a quick energy food, while the meat, of course, supplies valuable, long-lasting stamina protein. This, like the dried meat, or jerky, from which it is made, can be eaten either raw or cooked.
Blood Brothers of Gor, page 46
There are various ways in which pemmican may be prepared, depending primarily on what one adds to the mixture, in the way of herbs, seasonings, and fruit. A common way of preparing it is as follows. Strips of kailiauk meat, thinly sliced and dried on poles in the sun, are pounded fine, almost to a powder. Crushed fruit, usually chokecherries, is then added to the meat. The whole, then, is mixed with, and fixed by, kailiauk fat, subsequently, usually, being divided into small, flattish, rounded cakes. The fruit sugars make this, in its way, a quick energy food, while the meat, of course, supplies valuable, long-lasting stamina protein. This, like the dried meat, or jerky, from which it is made, can be eaten either raw or cooked.
Blood Brothers of Gor, page 46
RENCE CAKES
A type of cake made from fried rence paste, on flat stones, often sprinkled with rence seeds.
In a moment the woman had returned with a double handful of wet rence paste. When fried on flat stones it makes a kind of cake, often sprinkled with rence seeds. Raiders of Gor, page 25
In a moment the woman had returned with a double handful of wet rence paste. When fried on flat stones it makes a kind of cake, often sprinkled with rence seeds. Raiders of Gor, page 25
SA-TARNA BREAD (noun; lit. 'life-daughter')
Bread baked from Sa-Tarna grain The bread is a rounded, flat loaf that is yellow in color and usually split into eight divisions. It is baked as a round flat loaf. Can be butter crusted with bosk butter for a particular sheen and golden richness.
Then, while the other fellow took his place on the wagon box and started the ponderous draft beast into motion, he gave me two generous pieces of bread, two full wedges of Sa-Tarna bread, a fourth of a loaf. Such bread is usually baked in round, flat loaves, with eight divisions in a loaf. Some smaller loaves are divided into four divisions.
Kajira of Gor, page 216
Then, while the other fellow took his place on the wagon box and started the ponderous draft beast into motion, he gave me two generous pieces of bread, two full wedges of Sa-Tarna bread, a fourth of a loaf. Such bread is usually baked in round, flat loaves, with eight divisions in a loaf. Some smaller loaves are divided into four divisions.
Kajira of Gor, page 216
SA-TARNA GRAIN
A yellowish grain that forms a staple of the Gorean diet.
Far to my left, I saw a splendid field of Sa-Tarna, bending beautifully in the wind, that tall yellow grain that forms a staple of the Gorean diet.
Outlaw of Gor, page 19
Far to my left, I saw a splendid field of Sa-Tarna, bending beautifully in the wind, that tall yellow grain that forms a staple of the Gorean diet.
Outlaw of Gor, page 19
SESAME SEEDS
Presumed the same as the earth consumable of the same name.
The only relief in their existence comes once a year, on the birthday of the Tatrix, when they are served a small cake, made with honey and sesame seeds, and a small pot of poor Kal-da. Outlaw of Gor, page 150
The only relief in their existence comes once a year, on the birthday of the Tatrix, when they are served a small cake, made with honey and sesame seeds, and a small pot of poor Kal-da. Outlaw of Gor, page 150
SLAVE BREAD
Is a rough coarse-grain bread
I did not forget the slave, of course. Crusts of bread did I throw to the boards before her. It was slave bread, rough and coarse-grained. (Tribesman of Gor, pg, 48)
I did not forget the slave, of course. Crusts of bread did I throw to the boards before her. It was slave bread, rough and coarse-grained. (Tribesman of Gor, pg, 48)
PORRIDGE
Fungus is ground and mixed with water, forming a porridge of sorts;.
"I, mixing the water with the precooked meal, formed a sort of cold porridge or gruel. I then, with my fingers, and putting the bowl even to my lips, fell eagerly upon that thick, bland, moist substance." (Kajira of Gor, page 257)
"I, mixing the water with the precooked meal, formed a sort of cold porridge or gruel. I then, with my fingers, and putting the bowl even to my lips, fell eagerly upon that thick, bland, moist substance." (Kajira of Gor, page 257)
DAIRY
ARTIC GANT EGGS
Eggs of the Gant bird which are eaten like apples when frozen. Popular with the red hunters.
I stepped aside to let a young girl pass, who carried two baskets of eggs, those of the migratory arctic gant.They nest in the mountains of the Hrimgar and in steep, rocky outcroppings, called bird cliffs,found here and there jutting out of the tundra. The bird cliffs doubtless bear some geological relation to the Hrimgar chains. When such eggs are frozen they are eaten like apples.
Beasts of Gor, page 196
I stepped aside to let a young girl pass, who carried two baskets of eggs, those of the migratory arctic gant.They nest in the mountains of the Hrimgar and in steep, rocky outcroppings, called bird cliffs,found here and there jutting out of the tundra. The bird cliffs doubtless bear some geological relation to the Hrimgar chains. When such eggs are frozen they are eaten like apples.
Beasts of Gor, page 196
BOSK CHEESE
Quite simply, cheese made from the milk of the bosk. Has a lighter taste than verr cheese.
The Tarn Keeper, who was called by those in the tavern Mip, bought the food, bosk steak and yellow bread, peas and Torian olives, and two golden-brown, starchy Suls, broken open and filled with melted bosk cheese.
Assassin of Gor, page 168
The Tarn Keeper, who was called by those in the tavern Mip, bought the food, bosk steak and yellow bread, peas and Torian olives, and two golden-brown, starchy Suls, broken open and filled with melted bosk cheese.
Assassin of Gor, page 168
BUTTER
Churned from the milk of either the Bosk or the Verr.
She offered me a silver tray on which, hot and steaming, were wedges of Gorean bread, made from Sa-Tarna grain. It took one of them and, from the tureen, with the small silver dipper, both on the tray, poured hot butter on the bread.
Rogue of Gor, page 191
She offered me a silver tray on which, hot and steaming, were wedges of Gorean bread, made from Sa-Tarna grain. It took one of them and, from the tureen, with the small silver dipper, both on the tray, poured hot butter on the bread.
Rogue of Gor, page 191
VERR CHEESE
Made from the milk of the Bosk or the Verr. Bosk cheese is firm and can be sliced, while that of the Verr is soft and can be mixed with herbs, chopped vegetables, or sweeteners and adapted to many recipes.
VULO EGGS
See Vulo
WHITE GRUNT EGGS
Perhaps comparable to caviar, as they are served with the first course during the dinner along with fruit and pastries.
Before each guests there were tiny slices of tospit and larma, small pastries, and in a tiny golden cup, with a small golden spoon, the clustered, black, tiny eggs of the white grunt.
Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276
Before each guests there were tiny slices of tospit and larma, small pastries, and in a tiny golden cup, with a small golden spoon, the clustered, black, tiny eggs of the white grunt.
Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276
SOUPS / PORRIDGES
BOND-MAID GRUEL
A cold, unsweetened mixture of water and Sa-Tarna meal, on which slaves are fed; in Torvaldsland, it is often mixed with pieces of chopped parsit fish Eaten by the slaves of the north, usually known as bond-maids.
The men who fished with the net had now cleaned the catch of parsit fish, and chopped the cleaned, boned, silverish bodies into pieces, a quarter inch in width. Another of the bond-maids was then freed to mix the bond-maid gruel, mixing fresh water with Sa-Tarna meal, and then stirring in the raw fish.
Marauders of Gor, page 63
The men who fished with the net had now cleaned the catch of parsit fish, and chopped the cleaned, boned, silverish bodies into pieces, a quarter inch in width. Another of the bond-maids was then freed to mix the bond-maid gruel, mixing fresh water with Sa-Tarna meal, and then stirring in the raw fish.
Marauders of Gor, page 63
SLAVE PORRIDGE
Extremely nourishing though very bland porridge made for consumption by slaves.
I, mixing the water with the precooked meal, formed a sort of cold porridge or gruel. I then, with my fingers, and putting the bowl even to my lips, fell eagerly upon that thick, bland, moist substance.
Kajira of Gor, page 257
I, mixing the water with the precooked meal, formed a sort of cold porridge or gruel. I then, with my fingers, and putting the bowl even to my lips, fell eagerly upon that thick, bland, moist substance.
Kajira of Gor, page 257
SULLAGE
A common soup made of suls, kes, and tur-pah as well as anything else that is handy at the time.
First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, as it is said, whatever else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown, vine-borne fruit of the golden-leaved Sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-pa, a tree parasite, cultivated in host orchids of Tur trees; and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes Shrub, a small, deeply rooted plant which grows best in sandy soil.
Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45
First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, as it is said, whatever else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown, vine-borne fruit of the golden-leaved Sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-pa, a tree parasite, cultivated in host orchids of Tur trees; and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes Shrub, a small, deeply rooted plant which grows best in sandy soil.
Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45
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