Page One
"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
'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
Bazi Tea
"Tea is extremely important to the nomads. It is served hot and highly sugared. It gives
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
'Make me tea,' I said. 'Is it ready?' I asked. I looked at the tiny copper kettle on the small stand. A tiny kaiila-dung fire burned under it. A small, heavy, curved glass was nearby, on a flat box, which would hold some two ounces of the tea. Bazi tea is drunk in tiny glasses, usually three at a time, carefully measured. She did not make herself tea, of course. She lifted the kettle from the fire and, carefully, poured me a tiny glass of tea. I took the glass. "
----Tribesmen of Gor
Black Wine
"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
" 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
Chocolate
"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 origin. 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
Flavoured Ices
"The High Initiate had risen to his feet and accepted a goblet from another Initiate, probably containing minced flavored ices, for the day was warm."
----Assassin of Gor
"Free women, here and there, were delicately putting tidbits beneath their veils. Some even lifted their veils somewhat to drink of the flavored ices. Some low-caste free women drank through their veils, and there were yellow and purple stains on the rep-cloth."
----Assassin of Gor
Juices
"I purchased some larma juice for a tarsk bit. "Is it cool?" I asked. "Yes," she said."
----Mercenaries of Gor
Kal-da
"Kal-da is a hot drink, almost scalding, made of diluted Ka-la-na wine, mixed with
citrus juices and stinging spices. I did not care much for this mouth-burning
concoction, but it was popular with some of the lower castes, particularly those who
performed strenuous manual labor.
I expected its popularity was due more to its capacity to warm a man and stick to his ribs, and to its cheapness (a poor grade of Ka-la-na wine being used in its brewing) than to any gustatory excellence. Moreover, where there was Kal-da there should be bread and meat. I thought of the yellow Gorean bread, baked in the shape of round, flat loaves, fresh and hot; My mouth watered for atabuk 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
Other girls now appeared among the tables, clad only in a camisk and a silver collar, and suddenly, silently, began to serve the Kal-da which Kron had ordered. Each carried a heavy pot of the foul, boiling brew and, cup by cup, replenished the cups of the men.
----Outlaw of Gor
Mead
"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
"Here Jarl, said Thyri, again handing me the horn. It was filled with the mead of
Torvaldsland, brewed from fermented, honey, thick and sweet."
----Marauders of Gor
Milk
"When the meat was ready, Kamchak ate his fill, and drank down, too, a flagon of bosk milk"
----Nomads of Gor
"The Wagon Peoples grow no food, nor do they have manufacturing as we know it. They are herders a, and it is said, killers. They eat nothing that has touched the dirt. They live on the meat and milk of the bosk."
----Nomads of Gor
Milk Curds
"By one fire I could see a squat Tuchuk, hands on his hips, dancing and stamping about
by himself, drunk on fermented milk curds, dancing, according to Kamchak, to please
the sky."
----Nomads of Gor
Rence Beer
"At such times there is drinking of rence beer, steeped, boiled and fermented from the
crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the plant."
----Raiders of Gor
"I had carried about bowls of cut, fried fish, and wooden trays of roated tarsk meat, and roasted gants, threaded on sticks, and rence cakes and porridges, and gourd flagons, many times replenished, of rence beer."
----Raiders of Gor
Sa-Paga
"`Your paga,' said the nude slave girl, who served me, her wrists chained. `It is warmed
as you wished.' I took it from her, not even glancing upon her, and drained the goblet...
I liked paga warm. One felt is so much the sooner that way."
----Raiders of Gor
"The girls filled their vessels, which, like the hydria, or water vessel, are high-handled,
for dipping, in a large kettle hung simmering over a fire near the entrance to the
enclosure. Warm paga makes one drunk quicker, it is thought... Some Cosians tend to
be fond of hot paga."
----Vagabonds of Gor
��Is the paga cut?� I asked.
�One to five�, she said.
This is not that unusual at an inn. The proportions, then, would be one part paga to five parts water. Commonly, at a paga tavern, the paga would be cut less, or not cut at all.
----Renegades of Gor
Sul-Paga
"Sul paga is, when distilled, though the sul itself is yellow, is as clear as water"
----Slave Girl of Gor
"Sul paga, as anyone knew, is seldom available outside of a peasant village, where it is
brewed. Sul paga would slow a thalarion. To stay on your feet after a mouthful of Sul
paga it is said one must be of the peasants, and then for several generations. And even
then, it is said, it is difficult to manage. There is a joke about the baby of a peasant
father being born drunk nine months later."
----Slave Girl of Gor
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