Drinks and Food

Drinks and Food of Gor:

Drinks:

• Bazi tea: an herbal beverage served hot & heavily sugared; traditionally drunk 3 tiny cups at a time, in rapid succession. Tribesmen of Gor pgs 38, 140; Beasts of Gor pg 206
• Blackwine: very strong coffee; traditionally served with colored sugars and powdered bosk milk, and in tiny cups.  Tarnsmen of Gor pg 89, Explorers of Gor pg 10
• Kaiila Milk (Sand): reddish and salty, high in ferrous sulfate.  Tribesmen of Gor pg 72
• Ka-la-na: a very potent dry red wine, made from the fruit of the Ka-la-na tree. Tarnsmen of Gor pgs 79 & 168
• Kal-da: alcoholic beverage made of ka- la-na wine diluted with citrus juices and mixed with strong spices, and served hot. Outlaw of Gor pg 76
• Mead: ale, made with fermented honey, water, spices - favored over hot paga in the north;  Vagabonds of Gor pg 16
• Paga:  a strong, fermented drink brewed from the yellow grains of Gors staple crop, Sa-Tarna, or Life Daughter. The expression is related to Sa-Tassna, the expression for meat, or food in general, which means Life-Mother.  Tarnsman of Gor pg 43-44;  Paga is a corruption of Pagar-Sa-Tarna, which means Pleasure of the Life Daughter. Tarnsman of Gor pg 61; Outlaw of Gor pg 74
• Slave Wine (Sip Root): A bitter root, which can either be made into a liquid contraceptive, or chewed, for the same result. The effect of the sip root, in most women is effective for three or four months. In the concentrated state, as in slave wine, developed by the caste of Physicians, the effect is almost indefinite, usually requiring a releaser for it remission, usually administered, to a slave, in what is called the breeding wine, or the second wine.  Blood Brothers of Gor page 319
• 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. Sul paga is almost tasteless. One does not guzzle Sul paga.  Slave Girl of Gor pg 134

Food:   This section contains food aside from the animals of Gor.

• Apricots: fruit.   Tribesmen of Gor pg 45
• Bond-Maid Gruel: a porridge served in Torvaldsland made of dampened Sa-Tarna and raw fish. Marauders of Gor pg 67
• Chocolate: first cocoa beans probably came from Earth, Cosians obtain them in the tropics, rich and creamy. Kajira of Gor pg 61
• Dates: fruit.  Tribesmen of Gor pg 46
• Eggs, artic gant: when frozen are eaten like apples. Beasts of Gor pg 196
• Katch: foliated leafy vegetable   Tribesmen of Gor pg 37
• Kort: A large, brownish-skinned, thick-rinded, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually 6" in width. The interior is yellowish and fibrous, and heavily seeded; a rinded fruit of the Tahari; served sliced with melted cheese and nutmeg.  Tribesman of Gor pg 37
• Larma: "The larma is luscious. 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." Renegades of Gor pg 437
• firm, single-seeded, apple like 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 pg 267
• Nuts: fruit; ingredient for vulo stew  Tribesmen of Gor pg 47
• Onion: vegetable  Tribesmen of Gor pg 46
• Peppers: vegetable  Tribesmen of Gor pg 47
• Pith: stem of the rence plant; edible; most common staple in rence growers diet; edible both raw and cooked  Raiders of Gor pg 7
• Plum: fruit   Tribesmen of Gor pg 45
• Ram-Berries: small reddish fruit with edible seeds, not unlike tiny plums, save for the many small seeds.  Captive of Gor pg 305
• Rence Paste: wet; when fried on a flat stone it makes a kind of cake, often sprinkled with rence seeds   Raiders of Gor pg 25
• Salt: "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 pg 238
• yellow salt   Nomads of Gor pg 253
• Sa-Tarna Bread: baked in small, round loaves, with eight divisions in a loaf. Some smaller loaves are divided into four divisions. These division are a function, presumably, of their simplicity, the ease with which they may be made, the ease with which, even without explicit measurement, equalities may be produced. Kajira of Gor pg 216; yellow Gorean bread, baked in the shape of round, flat loaves. Outlaw of Gor pg 76
• Slave Gruel: dried, precooked meal, water is then mixed with it, forms a sort of cold porridge or gruel.  Kajira of Gor pg 257
• 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 pg 89
• 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.  Dancer of Gor pg 80
• Sullage: a common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, 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 leafed sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-Pah, a tree parasite, cultivated in host orchards 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 pg 44 - 45
• Ta-grape: 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
• Tasta: Stick candy, 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.  Dancer of Gor pg 81
• Tospit: a small, wrinkled yellowish white peach like fruit, about the size of a plum, which grows on the tospit bush, They are bitter but edible. Nomads of Gor pg. 59; rare, long-stemmed tospit contained an even number of seeds.  Tribesmen of Gor pgs 45 & 46
• Tur-Pah:  a vine-like vegetable   Magicians of Gor pg 244

Gorean Drinks

Gorean Drinks

Ale The Forkbeard himself, now, from a wooden keg, poured a great tankard of ale, which must have been of the measure of five gallons...The tankard then, with two great bronze handles, was passed from hands to hands among the rowers...The men…drank ale… I saw cups of ale on the bank. I finished a horn of mead." Marauders of Gor, pages 82-83, 99 "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..." Marauders of Gor, page 191 "'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, page 194 Bazi Tea "'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, Page 139 "In turn, from the oases the nomads receive, most importantly, Sa-Tarna grain and the Bazi tea." Tribesmen of Gor, page 37 "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, page 37 "From time to time the caravan stopped and, boiling water over tiny fires, we made tea." Tribesmen of Gor, page 37 Black Wine Brewed from the rich dark beans grown on the slopes of the Thentis mountains. Served in a cup or a bowl with yellow and white sugars, and bosk cream to taste. Pots of the brew hang warming above the hearth. "'What is it?' 'Black wine from the mountains of Thentis', she replied. 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… Thentis does not trade the beans for black wine. I have heard of a cup of black wine in Ar, some years ago, selling for a silver eighty piece. Even in Thentis black wine is used commonly only in High Caste homes...Originally, doubtless beans were brought from Earth, much as certain other seeds, and silk worms and such..." Assassin of Gor, pages 106-107 "She returned to her place with the pot of black wine. The next girl carried a tray on which were various spoons and sugars. She knelt, placing her tray on the table. With a tiny spoon, she placed four measures of white sugar and six of yellow in the cup. With two stirring spoons, one for the white and the other for the yellow, she stirred the beverage after each measure. She then held the cup to the side of her cheek, testing its temperature; timidly kissed the side of the cup and placed it before him." Tribesmen of Gor, page 89 "I decided I might care to taste the steaming, black wine. I lifted my finger. The girl in whose charge was the silver vessel, filled with black wine, knelt beside a tiny brazier, on which it sat, retaining it's warmth. She rose swiftly to her feet. She knelt, head down, before me. She poured, carefully, the hot, black beverage into the tiny red cup. I dismissed her. The other girl, the white skinned, red-haired girl, also in vest, chalwar and veil, and bangles and collar, lifted her tray of spoons and sugars. But I turned away. She was not summoned. The girls, white skinned, were a matched set of slaves, one for the black wine, one for it's sugars." Tribesmen of Gor, page 105 "The beans grow largely on the slopes of the Thentis mountains…black wine is a somewhat rare and unusual luxury." Slave Girl of Gor, page 73 "I grinned and washed down the eggs with a swig of hot black wine, prepared from the beans grown upon the slopes of the Thentis mountains. This black wine is quite expensive. Men have been slain on Gor for attempting to smuggle the beans out of the Thentian territories." Beasts of Gor, page 20-21 "'Second slave,' ... is a way of indicating that I would take the black wine without creams or sugars…I lifted the tiny silver cup." Guardsman of Gor, page 244, 247, 295 "From one side a slave girl fled to him, with the tall, graceful, silver pot containing the black wine. She returned to her place with the pot of black wine." Tribesmen of Gor, page 88 Chocolate The beans for making chocolate were originally brought from Earth. The cacao tree now grows in the tropics of Gor. "'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, page 61 Liquers "'It is time for the liqueurs, slave,' I told her. 'Yes, Master, ' she whispered. 'Ah,'said Glyco.'The liqueurs!' First from the kitchen, bearing her tray, came the voluptuous slave of Aemilianuus. Behind her, too with her tray, came the little dark-haired slave. In a moment both were deferentially serving. The collared softness of the dark-haired girl well set off the metal of the tray, and the small multicolored glasses and bottles upon it." Guardsman of Gor, page 254 Mead A sweet, spicy, thick beverage, brew stored in a vat. This heady indulgence is served in hearty tankards. "'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 pages 78 "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 pages 278 "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 "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 Paga Strong, pungent brewed, served hot, warm, or chilled. Hot paga is served in a sturdy clay bowl, and chilled bottles of paga are poured into goblets. Room temperature paga is usually held in botas. "He leaned over and tossed me a skin bag of Paga, from which I took a long swig, then hurled it contemptuously back into his arms. In a moment he had taken flight again, the bag of Paga flying behind him, dangling from its long straps." Tarnsman of Gor, page 78 "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. The expression is related to Sa-Thassna, the expression for meat, or food in general, which means Life-Mother. Paga is a corruption of Pagar-Sa-Tarna, which means Pleasure of the Life-Daughter." Outlaw of Gor, page 74-75 "One of the serving slaves hurried to him and set before him a bowl, which she, trembling, filled from the flask held over her right forearm...He took the paga bowl in both hands..." Assassin of Gor, page 9 "'Your paga' said the nude slave. 'Warmed as you wished'...... I took the goblet." Raiders of Gor, Page 100 "I went to the wagon to fetch a large bota of paga, which had been filled from one of the large jugs." Captive of Gor, page 112 "I threw a silver tarsk to the proprietor of the paga tavern, and took in return one of the huge bottles of paga, of the sort put in the pouring sling, and reeled out of the tavern...served in goblets." Raiders of Gor, Page 111 "I took the goblet, filled with burning paga...I threw from me the goblet of gold." Marauders of Gor, pages 22-23 "The beast returned from the cabinet with two glasses and a bottle. 'Is that not the paga of Ar?' I asked. 'Is it not one of your favorites?' he asked. 'See,' he said, 'It has the seal of the brewer, Temus'... He poured two glasses of paga, and reclosed the bottle." Beasts of Gor, page 371 "'Paga!' called the man. A girl ran to the table and, from the bronze vessel, on its strap, about her shoulder, poured paga into the goblet before the seated man. Rogue of Gor, page 78 ..."lifting and squeezing the bota of paga" Captive of Gor, page 113 "The slave girl stood, holding the two-handled bronze paga vessel." Hunters of Gor, page 13 Rence Beer A pale, tangy beer kept in chilled botas, and served in tankards. "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, page 18 "I had also been used to carry the heavy kettles of rence beer from the various islands to the place of feasting." Raiders of Gor, page 41 "I had carried about bowls of cut, fried fish, and wooden trays of roasted 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, page 44 Sul Paga Potent alcoholic beverage which is distilled and almost tasteless. "My master extended his cup to me, and I, kneeling, filled it with Sul paga. I pressed my lips to the cup, and handed it to him. My eyes smarted. I almost felt drunk from the fumes." Slave Girl of Gor, page 134 "Sul paga is, when distilled, though the sul itself is yellow, is clear as water...the still with its tanks and pipes lay within the village, that of Tabuk's Ford, in which Thurnus, our host, was caste leader. 'Excellent,' said my master, sipping the sul paga. He could have been commenting only on the potency of the drink, for Sul paga is almost tasteless. One does not guzzle Sul paga. Last night one of the men had held my head back and forced me to swallow a mouthful. In moments things had gone black and I had fallen unconscious." Slave Girl of Gor, page 134 "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, page 414 Water "He came to me, bent over, tattered, swarthy, grinning up at me, the verrskin bag over his shoulder, the brass cups, a dozen of them, attached to shoulder straps and his belt, rattling and clinking...Without removing the bag from his shoulder, he filled the cup...the water flowed into the cup between a tiny vent-and-spigot device, which wastes little water, by reducing spillage, which was tied in and waxed into a hole in the front left foreleg of the verrskin. The skins are carefully stripped and any rents are sewed up, the seams coated with wax. When the whole skin is thoroughly cleaned of filth and hair, straps are fastened to it, so that I might be conveniently carried on the shoulders, or over the back..." Tribesmen of Gor, page 36 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- WINES Ka-la-na Bottled ka-la-na, a sweet, strong red wine, made from the fruit of the ka-la-na trees, imported from the vineyards of or the Premium vintage imported from the Slave Gardens of Anesidemus. "Yes! It would be the one that would be red with Ka-la-na." Tarnsman of Gor, page 79 "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 "...fetched a bottle of ka-la-na wine, from the ka-la-na orchards of great Ar itself." Nomads of Gor, page 151 "...a bottle of ka la na, of good vintage, from the vineyards of Ar...I then took the wine, with a small copper bowl, and a black, red-trimmed wine crater, to the side of the fire. I poured some of the wine into the small copper bowl and set it on the tripod over the tiny fire in the fire bowl…I took the copper bowl from the fire and poured it into the wine crater." Captive of Gor, page 331, 332 "A small bottle of Ka-la-na wine, in a wicker basket. I had never tasted so rich and delicate a wine on Earth, and yet here, on this world, it cost only a copper tarn disk and was so cheap, and plentiful, that it might be given even to a female slave. It was the first Gorean fermented beverage which I had tasted. It is said that Ka-la-na has an unusual effect on a female." Captive of Gor, page 114 "The man, one of Arn's, who had seen the Ka-la-na by the wall, crawled over to it. He pulled the bottles into his lap, and began to work at the cork of one of them...With his sleen knife he had pried the cork up a bit from the bottle. He then, slowly, with his fingers and teeth, managed to withdraw the cork." Hunters of Gor, page 123 Kalda A hot drink made of distilled ka la na wine mixed with juices of fruits such as tospit and larma and hot, stinging spices. Heated in a large copper kettle and ladled into cups or bowls. "Kal-da is a hot drink, almost scalding, made of diluted Kalana wine, mixed with citrus juices and stinging spices. I did not care much for the mouth warming concoction, but it was popular with some of the lower castes, particularly those whom 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 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, pages 76 "I had hardly settled myself behind the table when the proprietor had placed a large, fat pot of steaming Kal-da before me. It almost burned my hands to lift the pot. I took a long, burning swig of the brew and though, on another occasion, I might have thought it foul, tonight it sang through my body like the bubbling fire it was, a sizzling, brutal irritant that tasted so bad and yet charmed me so much I had to laugh." Outlaw of Gor, pages 78 "Even the proprietor slept, his head across his folded arms on the counter, behind which stood the great Kal-da brewing pots, at last empty and cold." Outlaw of Gor, pages 80 "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, pages 226 Ta Wine A succulent, smooth, refreshing wine, served in a goblet served either chilled or room temperature. "…wines from the ta grape grown on the terraces of Cos." Tribesmen of Gor, page 213 "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 30 Turian Wine "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 fingerprints on their surface." Nomads of Gor, pages 83-84 "One girl held our head back, 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 drys, from distant Ar." Tribesmen of Gor, page 213 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Milk (Vosk, Verr and Powdered) Smooth, creamy and nourishing. Milk is served chilled in cups. "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, page 295 "…a brass container of verr milk and tiny brass cups..." Savages of Gor, page 61 "The smell of fruit and vegetables, and verr milk was very strong." Savages of Gor, page 60 "I heard the lowing of the milk bosk from among the wagons." Nomads of Gor, page 27 "When the meat was ready, Kamchak ate his fill, and drank down, too, a flagon of bosk milk..." Nomads of Gor, page 139 "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, page 28

Foods / Drinks

Foods/Drinks

Gorean food is quite varied. Slave girls are trained to serve, prepare and cook a wide variety of foods and recipes. Even free women also learn how to prepare many recipes. Paga kajirae must be familiar with many foods and beverages so that they can properly serve the patrons of the tavern. Some foods and beverages are very similar to Earth ones and others are uniquely Gorean. Not all of the foods will be available everywhere on Gor. Some are regional items that would be very rare outside of their place of origin. Some items would be too expensive for a Home Stone to keep in stock, such as Falarian wine or black wine. Other items would be difficult to obtain. For example, Thentis would see little need to stock fermented milk curds, a drink of the Wagon Peoples. There is little cold storage on Gor. Most food is preserved by being dried or salted. Ice is cut from ponds in winter and then stored in icehouses under sawdust. You may go to the icehouse to get it, or have it delivered from ice wagons. Ice is an expensive luxury, especially in the summer. Homes will have cold storage areas. It would be much more common for them to store certain foods and drinks in a basement area to keep it cool, though not really cold. An amphora is a two-handled, narrow-necked vessel with a narrow, usually pointed base. It is a storage container for liquids and is commonly put into a storage hole in the ground at night to keep it cool. The most common utensils used on Gor are knives and spoons. There is an eating prong, similar to a fork, which was invented in Turia. It is not commonly used outside of that city. The wealthy of other cities though may use these prongs. Goreans are very sociable people and enjoy giving dinners and having parties. At such events, it is an honor to be seated above the bowls of red and yellow salts. It denotes your high station and status. The Turian feast is a unique dinner. It consumes the better part of a night and there may be as many as 150 courses. Etiquette requires that you at least taste each course. Guests may use a tufted banquet stick, dipped in scented oils, and a golden bowl to vomit into between courses. Different wines are commonly served with each course, specially chosen to complement the cuisine. There is no precise Gorean expression for a restaurant. There are public kitchens where people can get a meal but they are more functional than social places. You can get food at paga taverns and cafes but those establishments serve many other functions as well. There is no social place where you simply go to eat that would be akin to an Earth restaurant.

Drinks

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. Bazi Tea: An herbal tea that comes in all varieties like tea on Earth. There is no specific reference, but the tea seems to be common, enjoyed by all castes. It is commonly served hot and heavily sugared. Black Wine: Made from beans brought back to Gor during the early acquisition voyages and grown in the mountains of Thentis, black wine is Gor's equivalent of Earth's coffee. It’s described as very strong which would come close to earth espresso. It is served hot in a clay bowl or cup. It may be served with creams or sugars. When served with cream or sugar, it is called first slave and, when served with none, it is second slave. Chocolate: Brought back from one of the early acquisition voyages, this is the same as the chocolate of Earth. It is brewed from cocoa beans grown in the tropics. The powdered beans are warmed along with milk, sugars and cream and served in cups. If wanted cold, serve in goblets. Falarian Wine: A supposedly secret, rare wine that is rumored among collectors to exist. It is so rare and precious that its cots might purchase a city. Fermented Milk Curds: A Tuchuk drink made from bosk milk and very potent. It would be served in a bowl. Flavored Ice: Similar to snow cone ice or Slurpee ice in consistency. Fruit Juice: Prepared from Gorean fruits, such as tospit, larma, including those similar to Earth fruits. Juices are generally served in a goblet freshly prepared, or from a pitcher or bottle that is kept chilled. Ka-la-na: Made from the fruit of the ka-la-na tree, this is a sweet, strong, red wine and symbol of romantic love. It has various levels of quality, the best being said to come from Ar. Ka-la-na is poured from bottles which might bear the wax seal of the city it came from and served hot, cold, or warm in a goblet. Warmed ka-la-na is also seen served in the Gorean enameled trimmed clay bowl called a krater. It is known to have an aphrodisiac effect on females. Although the ka-la-na tree is described as yellow or golden, the wine itself is always red. Ka-la-na, Mulled: Ka-la-na is heated with mulling spices. Usually garnished with a piece of ka-la-na fruit or tospit, it is served in a goblet. Kal-da: It is a cheap ka-la-na wine mixed with citrus juices, such as tospit and larma, and spices (cinnamon and nutmeg). Heated in a brewing pot over a fire, kal-da is served hot, almost scalding, in a heavy mug, such as clay. Liana Vine: A rain forest plant which can be used as a source of drinking water. One makes the first cut high, over one's head, to keep the water from being withdrawn by contraction and surface adhesion up the vine. The second cut, made a foot or so from the ground, gives a vine tube which, drained, yields in the neighborhood of a liter of water. Mead: Made in Torvaldsland from fermented honey and water, often with spices, it is a dark amber drink, thick and sweet. Served traditionally warmed and in a drinking horn. Stored in bottles. Milk: Fresh milk can be of bosk, verr, and occasionally kaiila. Bosk milk is rich and sweet while verr milk has a strong flavor. Kaiila milk is reddish with a strong salty taste, having high iron content. All milk is normally served in a goblet as desired. Paga: Same as Pagar-Sa-Tarna. Pagar-Sa-Tarna: Pagar-Sa-Tarna means "pleasure of the life-daughter". Paga, a corruption of the name, is the symbol of physical love. It is an amber-colored, alcoholic beverage made from the golden sa-tarna grain. Its taste is often described as hot and fiery and similar to whiskey. It’s normally stored in vats, verr skin botas or bottles. It’s often also drunk directly from the bota or poured into goblets, pots, cups, glasses or kantharos (footed bowls), but most often, it is bota, footed bowl or goblet. Paga can be served chilled, warmed or at room temperature. Palm Wine: A major export of Schendi with a delicious flavor. Rence Beer: A drink that is steeped, boiled and fermented from the crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the rence plant. It is the drink of the rence growers. Usually kept in gourd flagons. Sa-Paga: Same as Pagar-Sa-Tarna Sul Paga: Made from the golden vine-borne vegetable called "sul" (similar to a potato), sul-paga is a distilled, clear alcoholic beverage like vodka, though the sul itself is yellow in color. Typically drunk by peasants and seldom available outside their villages, it would be a rarity in a paga tavern to find it available. It is served at room temperature in a footed bowl. Ta Wine: A sweet, dry wine made from the ta-grapes grown primarily on the terraces of the Isle of Cos. The color of this wine is not stated in the books. It’s served chilled or room temperature and in a goblet. Turian Liqueur: The liqueurs of Turia are regarded as the best on Gor. Turian wines are sweet, syrupy, flavored and sugared heavily. Served in small glasses. Turian Wine: A thick syrupy wine so sweet and thick that it is said one can see a thumbprint on its surface. The 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. Served at room temperature or chilled in a goblet, when cut with water, and in tiny liqueur glasses when not cut. Water: Drinking water is obtained in many ways; from a spring, wells, buckets filled at the river shore or river depending on the area. Another useful source of water is the liana vine. White Wine: Light in color and taste. This is not necessarily ka-la-na wine.

Drinks of Gor

KA LA NA

• Made from the grapes of the Ka-la-na plants brought in from the finest suppliers at the City of Ar. It is a strong, dry, sweet, wine that can be served to You in any temperature You prefer.
• Many Gorean Hosts offer both white and red ka-la-na served to You in elegant wooden goblets. (white ka-la-na is an onlineism, it was never mentioned in the books)
• For Your safety, in many channels it is NEVER served in silver, even if You should bring Your own goblet of silver with You.

BLACKWINE

• Similar to Earth's coffee, blackwine is a rich, aromatic, hot drink. As with strong Earth coffee, it is strong, thick, and bitter. Beans harvested from the mountains of Thentis are roasted, then ground and stored for use. Blackwine can be served "first slave" - with white and yellow sugars, and/or bosk milk: or as "second slave" - served plain.

PAGA

• This grain based, distilled hard liquor is served in temperatures from cold to very hot in the finest of footed wooden bowls. It's strong beer-like aroma foretells of its deep brewed flavor and quality. Paga is similar to Earth whiskey. Only the best of the Sa-Tarna grains are used to brew this fine quality drink. comes in a bota

SUL PAGA

• A clear, very strong, lumpy drink brewed from the sul. It is similar to Earth's vodka. Sul Paga is served warm or hot, as is or strained. Like regular paga, it is served in footed wooden bowls - filled at the hearth if hot or at Your feet from a bota if warm. Although almost odorless, it's strength and quality can be tasted and savored by Those who order this drink. (lumps are an onlinism)

KAL-DA

• Hot and spiced, this wine will awaken the taste buds. Made from the best ka la na and tospit fruits along with spices, and served very hot, this drink brings warmth to the Guest on chilly Gorean nights. Many channels keep copper kettles full and hot with this drink. It is usually served to You in a footed bowl.

TEA

• Brewed to Your liking, this tea is similar to the pekoe tea found on Urth. It can be served plain, or with sugars, milk, or cream. Many locations serve this fine quality tea in mugs.

BAZI TEA

• Brewed from fresh Bazi leaves, this aromatic tea is served hot and heavily sugared in three tiny cups. For more information, see the ceremony page for the BaziTea Ceremony

GOREAN ALE

• Brewed from the fruits and grains of Torvaldsland and hops imported from Earth, this beverage is a deep gold in color. It is closer to a honey lager than to an Earth ale or beer. It is served to You in Your choice of vessels - goblet, tankard, horn or bowl.

MEAD

• Mead is a fermented honey, water, and spice drink imported from Torvaldsland. It is served in a large animal horn to You. Stored in a barrel, cask or bota.

CHOCOLATE

• The same as chocolate of Earth, this is served thick, rich, creamy, and hot. It can be topped with fresh clotted cream (like Earth whipped cream). It is served in a mug assuring a good quantity of this delicious treat.

TA-WINE

• A deep bodied, white, dry wine made from the Ta-grapes from the Isle of Cos, it is served in a goblet or tankard at room temperature or warm.

BOSK MILK

• This milk is thick, rich, and sweet. It is gotten from the bosk - a heavy bovine comprable to the Earth yak. It is served icy cold in a tall goblet. It is also served with blackwine and tea.

SPRING WATER

• From high in the mountains, this pure, clear spring water is kept near freezing temperatures to insure its freshness and quality. It can be served alone or with citrus in tall water goblets. Note: in the desert areas, cool water is more the norm than icy cold waters. Cool water is, however, rarely found and served in the desert Camps.

MERLOT WINE

• Made from the merlot grapes, it is the only burgundy wine found on Gor. Served in tall goblets at room temperatures. (never mentioned in the books)

CITRUS JUICE

• Made from the juice of the tospit and other fruits it is a lively nonalcoholic drink. It is served icy cold and in a tall goblet.

MULLED KA LA NA

• Mulling spices are added to the fine ka-la-na at the INN, the wine is then heated and served in a footed bowl garnished with ka-la-na fruit or tospit.

TURIAN WINE

• Deep red, thick, syrupy wine served in small wooden goblets. This wine is so thick You can see a thumbprint on its surface.

TURIAN LIQUEOR

• Considered the best on Gor, this thick, sweet liqueor from Turia is served in five tiny glasses much like a shot glass. An excellent way to finish a meal or to enjoy anytime.

RENCE BEER

• Full and robust this beer is steeped and fermented from the pith and crushed seeds of the rence plant. The finest of rence is used - that produced by the rence growers of the Delta of the Vosk. Served to You in a tankard cold and hearty, You will enjoy this drink.

SAIAHALAYB

• Extremely potent drink, served by the desert peoples. It is made from the fermented milk of the kaiila, and like the the beast itself packs a powerful "bite"! It is served in wooden bowls, but can be offered in a variety of vessels. It can be strained and stored in a wooden cask, or strained as poured/served. If you like your lumps in your saiahalayb, just tell the girl/boy! (not sure if referenced in the books, could be an onlinism)