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| Bazi Tea A popular drink in the Tahari and several other select areas, it is drunk in three tiny cups, heavily sugared. Brewed fresh from bazi tea leaves, we can assume the tea itself to be quite strong. Tea is extremely important to the nomads. It is served hot and heavily sugared. It gives them strength then, in virtue of the sugar, and cools them, by making them sweat as well as stimulating them. It is drunk three small cups at a time, carefully measured. Tribesmen of Gor, page 38 Blackwine Brewed from blackwine beans grows primarily in Thentis, this drink is rather expensive due to limited trading of the product. This drink is served hot and is very similar to Earthen coffee though is much stronger. Normally served with sugars and creams. If served 'second slave' it is served black with no sweeteners. 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. Explorers of Gor, page 10 Chocolate Warmed chocolate, sugared, is popular in some cities. The cocoa beans originally brought over from the Voyages of Acquisition are now grown in the jungles of Gor themselves. Chocolate is the same as hot chocolate, although chocolate milk may also be requested. The cocoa trees, whose beans are used to make the chocolate, are grown in the tropics, but are probably brought from Earth originally. The chocolate is slowly melted in a pan and combined with bosk milk, perhaps even with a touch of cream for added richness. For hot chocolate, the milk would be added to the pan and warmed, then poured into a tankard or mug (if mugs are permitted within the room). For a chilled drink, the chocolate would be poured in a thin stream into a tankard of well-chilled milk, unless a chocolate sauce was available in the chill room. Either might be garnished with whipped bosk cream and perhaps chocolate shavings. If bittersweet chocolate is used, it will be necessary to add white sugar for sweetness. If cocoa powder is used, it should be stirred into the bosk milk along with the sugar. "This is warmed chocolate," I said, pleased. It was very rich and creamy. "yes Mistress," said the girl. "It is very good," I said. "Thank you, Mistress," she said. "is it from Earth?" I asked. "Not directly," she said. "Many things here, of course, ultimately have an Earth origins. It is not improbable that the beans from which the first cacao trees on this world were grown were brought from Earth." "Do the trees grow near here?" I asked. "No, Mistress," she said. "We obtain the beans, from which the chocolate is made, from Cosian merchants, who, in turn obtain them in the tropics." Kajira of Gor; page 61 Ka-la-na 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 preferred 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 Kal-da A hot drink, almost scalding, made from citrus juice, cheap kalana and stinging spices. This is a rather cheap drink through it will get you drunk... sooner or later.. and can be considered quite good at least until you reach the bottom of the pot. Kal-da is a hot drink, almost scalding, made of diluted Ka-la-na wine, mixed with citrus juices and stinging spices. Outlaw of Gor, page 76 Larma Juice This is one of the many types of fruit juices available on Gor. Served cool and at times sold from stands to passing travelers within or around a city. I purchased some larma juice for a tarsk bit. "Is it cool," I asked. "Yes," she said. Mercenaries of Gor, pg 257 Mead Fermented with honey, this sweet drink is popular among those in Torvaldsland and other outlying areas. Traditionally served in a drinking horn. "Here Jarl," said Thyri, again handing me the horn. It was filled with the mead of Torvaldsland, brewed from fermented honey, think and sweet. Marauders of Gor, page 90 Milk Three types of milk are mentioned within the books. Bosk milk which is thick and sweet, verr milk which is much like goat milk and sand kaiila milk which is reddish colored and very salty. "...the suckling of the young in the sand kalila is a valuable trait in the survival of the animal; kaiila milk, which is used , like verr milk, by the peoples of the Tahari, is reddish, and has a strong, salty taste; it contains much ferrous sulphate; a similar difference between the two animals, or two the sorts of kaiila, is that the sand kaiila is omnivorous, whereas the southern kaiila is strictly carnivorous. both have storage tissues; if necessary, both can go several days without water; the southern kaiila also, however, has a storage stomach and can go several days without meat; the sand kaiila,... Tribesman of Gor; page 71 "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." page 28, Nomads of Gor The Wagon Peoples grow no food, nor do they have manufacturing as we know it. They are herders, and it is said, killers. They eat nothing that has touched the dirt. They live on the meat and milk of the bosk. They are among the proudest peoples on Gor, regarding the dwellers of the cities of Gor as vermin in holes, cowards who must fly behind walls, wretches who fear to live beneath the broad sky, who dare not dispute them the open, windswept plains of their world. page 5; Nomads of Gor Paga (lit. Pagar sa Tarna which translates as Pleasure of the Life Daughter) A grain based alcohol, fermented from sa-tarna, it is normally served slightly warm and is a light golden color. Rather similar to sour-mash liquor in the way it is produced, it sometimes symbolizes physical love. I decided, if worse came to worst, that I could always go to a simple Paga Tavern where, if those of Tharna resembled those of Ko-ro-ba and Ar, one might, curled in a rug behind the low tables, unobtrusively spend the night for the price of a pot of Paga, a strong, fermented drink brewed from the yellow grains of Gor's staple crop, sa-Tarna, or Life-Daughter. From Outlaw of Gor, page 74 Rence Beer Normally kept in gourd flagons, it is a drink popular with the rence growers who produce it themselves. Rarely found outside of the rence islands. Sul Paga A clear, almost tasteless alcohol distilled from suls. It is normal found in peasant villages and is said to be so strong that the babies of peasants born nine months later are born drunk. It is similar to everclear and can be served at any temperature preferred though slightly warm is the standard. Kassars do not drink sul paga. Sul paga is a clear, almost tasteless alcohol distilled from the Sul (a vegetable like a potato). It is typically drunk by peasants and seldom available outside their villages. Online, it is often considered similar to vodka, everclear or moonshine and can be served at any temperature, although it tends to be preferred slightly warmed. If ordered chilled, the sul paga should be icy cold, much as straight vodka would be served. This is not a common drink, and is obtained by peasants, so it is not typically ready in the room, but rather stored in botas, small casks or kegs either in the chill room or along the wall of the kitchen. It is served in a goblet or a small glass when chilled, or a paga bowl, tankard or mug (if the room allows) when heated. If heating, empty the bota into a pan or fill the pan from the tap, and stir it gently as it warms over the fire. If chilled, a pitcher of chilled sul paga may be immersed in a bowl of ice chips along with a set of small glasses. The icy drink could be poured into a fresh, chilled glass each time the slave serves, ensuring the sul paga is enjoyed icy cold. If the time is available for a more detailed serve and the room in which you are serving might have such an item available...a tray could be prepared with a mid-sized pitcher into which the Sul paga would be poured. A small tripod, a portable brazier, the type that keeps sauces warm for your dinner at an elegant restaurant, would be arranged, with a bowl about the size of the cup. A set of cups would also be prepared and placed upon the tray. Stop by the fire, and break a glowing piece of wood from one of the logs, placing it in the holder of the brazier. The idea is to warm each small drink of the Sul paga for the Master as He sips the previously warmed batch, pouring it into a fresh cup each time. It allows Him to sip at the drink, keeps the slave in attendance, and does not allow the alcohol to burn off. 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. He could have been commenting only on the potency of the drink, for Sul paga is almost tasteless. One does not guzzle Sul paga. Slave Girl of Gor, page 134 Ta Wine A wine created from the ta grapes in the vineyards of Cos, it is reddish in color (or at least the grapes themselves are) and normally would then be served at room temperature. "It was Ta wine, from the Ta grapes of the terraces of Cos...In the last year heavy import duties had been levied by the high council of Vonda against the wines of certain other cities, in particular against the Ka-la-nas of Ar." Fighting Slave of Gor, page 306 Turian Liquor Thick sweet liquors, served in tiny glasses, rather like the dessert wines of Earth. Turian liquors are said to be some of the best liquors on Gor. She picked up the small tray from the stand near the table. On it was the small vessel containing a thick, sweet liqueur from distant Turia, the Ar of the south, and the two tiny glasses from which we had sipped it. Exlporers of Gor, page 10 Turian Wine Thick syrupy wines, flavored and sugared to the point where one could almost leave their fingerprint upon the surface of the drink. It is a very acquired taste. 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. Nomads of Gor, page 83-84 Wine There are many types of wine available on Gor. Though not all are specifically mentioned there are various passing references to the varieties of wines served at dinners throughout the books. Therefore hearing someone ask for a 'white wine' or a 'dry red wine' should not cause shock. "In a Gorean supper in a house of wealth, in the course of the supper, with varied courses, eight to ten wines might be served, each suitably and congruously matched with respect to texture and bouquet not only to one another but to the accompanying portions of food." Fighting Slave of Gor, page 277 "The first wine, a light white wine, was being deferentially served..." Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276 |
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