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| Drinks and Foods Ale Made from grains and hops that were brought to Gor during the acquisition voyages, Gorean Ale is closer to a honey lager than to an Earth ale or beer. Its color is deep and golden. Traditionally kept in a cask or a keg and served in a tankard. The Forkbeard himself now, from a wooden keg, poured a great tankard of ale, which must have been of the measure of five gallons. Over this he then closed his fist. It was the sign of the hammer, the sign of Thor. The tankard then, with two great bronze handles, was passed from hands to hands among the rowers. The men threw back their heads and, the liquid spilling down their bodies, drank ale. It was the victory ale. Marauders of Gor, p 82 The Forkbeard greets you! shouted Ivar. I blinked. The hall was light. I had not understood it to be so large. At the tables, lifting ale and knives to the Forkbeard were more than a thousand men. Marauders of Gor, p 194 Black wine Made from beans brought back to Gor during the early acquisition voyages and grown in the mountain of Thentis, Blackwine is Gor's equivalent of earth's coffee in its most potent form, perhaps only Espresso comes close to the strong taste described. I had heard of black wine, but had never had any. It is drunk in Thentis, but I had never heard of it being much drunk in other Gorean cities...Then I picked up one of the thick, heavy clay bowls...It was extremely strong, and bitter, but it was hot, and, unmistakably, it was coffee. Assassins of Gor, p 106 Typically, it will be brewed on a tiny brazier, and poured into tiny cup. Sugars, white and yellow, bosk and verr creams are stirred in with a tiny spoon. At times, the milk may be found in powder form. Too, I had brought up a small bowl of powdered bosk milk. We had finished the creams last night and, in any event, it was unlikely they would have lasted the night. If I had wanted creams I would have had to have gone to the market. Guardsman of Gor, p 295 " Second slave,' I told her, which, among the river towns, and in certain cities, particularly in the north, is a way of indicating that I would take the black wine without creams or sugars, and as it came from the pouring vessel, which, of course, in these areas, is handled by the "second slave," the first slave being the girl who puts down the cups, takes the orders and sees that the beverage is prepared according to the preferences of the one who is being served." "The expression "second slave," incidentally, serves to indicate that one does not wish creams or sugars with one's black wine, even if only one girl is serving." Guardsman of Gor, page 244-245 Bosk milk Fresh milk of the bosk, the verr, and sometimes even the kaiila. The milk of the bosk is used for making butter and cheeses. The wagon people do not waste any part of the bosk. When the meat was ready, Kamchak ate his fill, and drank down, too, a flagon of bosk milk Nomads of Gor, p 139 Kalana wine A full bodied wine distilled from the fruit of the ka-la-na tree. It is red in color and can be served cold warm or even hot (as is prefered in Treve). The best and sweetest comes from the Plains of Ka-la-na and the most famous bottlers of this wine are from Glorious Ar. This drink can symbolize romantic love. �I went to his locker near the mat and got out his Ka-la-na flask, taking a long draught myself and then shoving it into his hands. He drained the flask in one drink and wiped his hand across his beard, stained with the red juice of the fermented drink.� Tarnsman of Gor, page 168 Mead A dark amber drink of the Northern parts of Gor, brewed from honey and water. 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, p 16 Paga The words Pagar-Sa-Tarna ( Sa-Paga) mean "pleasure of the life-daughter". Paga, the symbol of physical love, is an undistilled amber colored alcoholic beverage made from the golden sa-tarna grain. Its taste is often described as "hot" and "firey". �A strong, fermented drink brewed from the yellow grains of Gor's staple crop, Sa-Tarna� Outlaw of Gor, p 74 Slave wine is a bitter drink made from sip root, on gor it is a birth control. �On Slave Wine "Need I drink that?" I asked, apprehensively. "Unless you have had slave wine," he said, "I have no intention of taking you through the streets clad as you are. Suppose you are raped." I put the flask, which he had opened, to my lips. "It is bitter!" I said, touching my lips to it. "It is the standard concentration, and dosage," he said, "plus a little more, for assurance. Its effect is indefinite, but is normally renewed annually, primarily for symbolic purposes." Page 130 "Have no fear," said Druscus Rencius. "The abatement of its effects is reliably achieved by the ingestion of a releaser." "Oh," I said. I knew this, of course. Susan had told me. When a female slave is given the releaser she knows that she may soon expect to be hooded, and bred.� Page 131 Kajira of GOR Bosk Nothing of this animal is wasted. For the wagon peoples this is the staple of their diet. It is cooked like you would beef on earth. �The bosk, without which the Wagon Peoples could not live, is an ox like creature. It is a huge, shambling animal, with a thick, humped neck and long, shaggy hair. Not only does the flesh of the bosk and the milk of its cows furnish the Wagon Peoples with food and drink, but its hides cover the domelike wagons in which they dwell; its tanned and sewn skin cover their bodies� Nomads of Gor, page 4-5 �The meat was a steak cut from the loin, a huge 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 flesh hot and fat with juice� Outlaw of Gor, page 35 Dates Thought to be similar to dates on earth. �The principal export of the oases are 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� Tribesmen of Gor, page 37 Kalana fruit This is thought to be a sweet fruit from the kalana tree. It is a red fruit that is used to make kalana wine. "Over there," I said, "are some Ka-la-na trees. Wait here and I'll gather some fruit." Tarnsman of Gor, page 96 �I picked some Ka-la-na fruit and opened one of the packages of rations. Talena returned and sat beside me on the grass. I shared the food with her.� Tarnsman of Gor, page 106 Larma There are two types of larma. One being a brittle shelled with succulent fruit within. The other is a firm single pitted fruit, something like an apple. �The larma is lucious. It has a rather hard shell but the shell is brittle and easily broken. Within, the fleshy endocarp, the fruit, is delicious, and very juicy. Sometimes, when a woman is referred to as a "larma," it is suggested that her hard or frigid exterior conceals a rather different sort of interior, one likely to be quite delicious. Once the shell has been broken through or removed, irrevocably, there is, you see, exposed, soft, vulnerable, juicy and helpless, the interior, in the fruit, the fleshy endocarp, in the woman, the slave.� Renegades of Gor, page 437 "Another bit of larma, Master?" asked the slave, kneeling behind me and to my left. I turned and, from where I sat cross-legged behind the low table, removed a small, crisp disk of fried larma, with a browned-honey sauce, from the silver tray." Guardsman of Gor, page 231 "On Gor, the female slave, desiring her master, yet sometimes fearing to speak to him, frightened that she may be struck, has recourse upon occasion, to certain devices, the meaning of which is generally established and culturally well understood. 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, pages 27-28 �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 Peas Thought to be the same as peas of earth. �The lonely Caste of Woodsmen do not often speak. "I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut," said the man, his bundle like a giant's hump on his back. "The Priest-Kings themselves," I said, "could not ask for more." "Then, Warrior," said the man, issuing Gor's blunt invitation to a low caste dinner, "share my kettle." "I am honored," I said, and I was.� Outlaw of Gor Page 29 Rence This plant is used for food and making paper or cloth. The center of the stem, the pith is edible. Pastes, porridges and beer are made from this plant. The seeds are also used for flavoring. �The plant has many uses besides serving as a raw product in the manufacture of rence paper. The root, which is woody and heavy, is used for certain wooden tools and utensils, which can be carved from it; also, when dried, it makes a good fuel; from the stem the rence growers can make rred boats, sales, mats, cords and the kind of fibrous cloth; further, its pith is edible, and for the rence growers is, with fish, a staple in their diet; the pit is edible both raw and cooked; some men, lost in the Delta, not knowing the pith edible, have died of starvation in the midst of what was, had they known it, an almost endless abundance of food. The pith is also used, upon occasion, as a caulking for boat seams, but tow and pitch, covered with tar or grease, are generally used�. Raiders of Gor, page 7 �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 ~smiles~ For this lesson you need to be able to work with a trainer. you will need to tell her about all the above foods and drinks. After doing that, you are to create a menu and prepare and cook it. you are to do this in room with a trainer. |
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