Foods of Gor
Meats
Sa-Tassna Meat
Food in General
QUOTE: "The expression is related to Sa-Tassna, the expression for meat, or for food in general, which means Life-Mother."
~~Outlaw of Gor, pg. 74-75
Bosk
This animal closely resembles the Yak of earth. Served roasted and sliced or as steaks. The milk is drinkable, used to make cheese and butter.
QUOTE: "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."
~~Tarnsman of Gor, pg. 43
Kailiauk
Four-legged wide-headed, lumbering, stocky ruminants
QUOTE: "Even past me there thundered a lumbering herd of startled, short-bunked kailiauk, a stocky, awkward ruminant of the plains, tawny, wild, heavy, their haunches marked in red and brown bars, their wide heads bristling with a trident of horns."
~~Nomads of Gor, pg. 2
Tabuk
One horned, yellowish antelope, meat is then grilled
QUOTE: "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. I smiled to myself, felt the sack of coins in my tunic, bent down and pushed the door open."
~~Outlaw of Gor, pg. 76
Tarsk
This meat is basically pork and can be served roasted or fried like you would bacon.
QUOTE: "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. I smiled to myself, felt the sack of coins in my tunic, bent down and pushed the door open."
~~Outlaw of Gor, pg. 76
Verr
Made into steaks or haunches, even whole legs, similar to mutton
QUOTE: "The verr was a mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai. It was a wild, agile, ill-tempered beast, long-haired and spiral-horned. Among the Voltai crags it would be worth one's life to come within twenty yards of one."
~~Priest-Kings of Gor, pg. 63
Food in General
QUOTE: "The expression is related to Sa-Tassna, the expression for meat, or for food in general, which means Life-Mother."
~~Outlaw of Gor, pg. 74-75
Bosk
This animal closely resembles the Yak of earth. Served roasted and sliced or as steaks. The milk is drinkable, used to make cheese and butter.
QUOTE: "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."
~~Tarnsman of Gor, pg. 43
Kailiauk
Four-legged wide-headed, lumbering, stocky ruminants
QUOTE: "Even past me there thundered a lumbering herd of startled, short-bunked kailiauk, a stocky, awkward ruminant of the plains, tawny, wild, heavy, their haunches marked in red and brown bars, their wide heads bristling with a trident of horns."
~~Nomads of Gor, pg. 2
Tabuk
One horned, yellowish antelope, meat is then grilled
QUOTE: "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. I smiled to myself, felt the sack of coins in my tunic, bent down and pushed the door open."
~~Outlaw of Gor, pg. 76
Tarsk
This meat is basically pork and can be served roasted or fried like you would bacon.
QUOTE: "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. I smiled to myself, felt the sack of coins in my tunic, bent down and pushed the door open."
~~Outlaw of Gor, pg. 76
Verr
Made into steaks or haunches, even whole legs, similar to mutton
QUOTE: "The verr was a mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai. It was a wild, agile, ill-tempered beast, long-haired and spiral-horned. Among the Voltai crags it would be worth one's life to come within twenty yards of one."
~~Priest-Kings of Gor, pg. 63
Poultrey
Gant
Similar to the earthen duck. It is staple of the rence girls.
QUOTE:"I heard a bird some forth or fifty yards to my right; it sounded like a marsh gant, 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."
~~Raiders of Gor, pg. 4
Tumits
A large carnivorous bird of the plains. Traditionally hunted with bolos and the sport lies in whether you or the bird gets to eat that night, roasted.
QUOTE:"beyond them I saw one of the tumits, a large, flightless bird whose hooked beak, as long as my forearm, attested only too clearly to its gustatory habits; I lifted my shield and grasped the long spear, but it did not turn in my direction; it passed, unaware "
~~Nomads of Gor, pg. 2
Vulo
A small pigeon-like bird. Very small eggs are cooked by frying them in a large, flat pan. Several birds or many eggs make a meal, roasted and spiced.
QUOTE:"She had been carrying a wicker basket containing vulos, a domesticated pigeon raised for eggs and meat."
~~Outlaw of Gor, pg. 45
White Grunt
Clustered, tiny black eggs of the white grunt served in a small golden cup with a small golden Eggs spoon.
QUOTE: "Before each guest there were tiny slices of tospit and larma, tiny pastries, and, in a tiny golden cup, with small golden spoon, the clustered, black tiny eggs of the white grunt."
~~Fighting Slave of Gor, pg. 276
Similar to the earthen duck. It is staple of the rence girls.
QUOTE:"I heard a bird some forth or fifty yards to my right; it sounded like a marsh gant, 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."
~~Raiders of Gor, pg. 4
Tumits
A large carnivorous bird of the plains. Traditionally hunted with bolos and the sport lies in whether you or the bird gets to eat that night, roasted.
QUOTE:"beyond them I saw one of the tumits, a large, flightless bird whose hooked beak, as long as my forearm, attested only too clearly to its gustatory habits; I lifted my shield and grasped the long spear, but it did not turn in my direction; it passed, unaware "
~~Nomads of Gor, pg. 2
Vulo
A small pigeon-like bird. Very small eggs are cooked by frying them in a large, flat pan. Several birds or many eggs make a meal, roasted and spiced.
QUOTE:"She had been carrying a wicker basket containing vulos, a domesticated pigeon raised for eggs and meat."
~~Outlaw of Gor, pg. 45
White Grunt
Clustered, tiny black eggs of the white grunt served in a small golden cup with a small golden Eggs spoon.
QUOTE: "Before each guest there were tiny slices of tospit and larma, tiny pastries, and, in a tiny golden cup, with small golden spoon, the clustered, black tiny eggs of the white grunt."
~~Fighting Slave of Gor, pg. 276
Seafood
Cosian Winfish
Able to fly above the waters of Thassa for short distances. A small blue fish with 4 poisonous spines on dorsal fin, the liver of the cosian wingfish is a delicacy.
QUOTE: "Near her, one night, lying off her shore, silently, I heard the mating whistles of the tiny, lovely Cosian wingfishTheir livers are regarded as a delicacy."
~~Raiders of Gor, pg. 139
Eel
Something like the eel found on earth but here it is considered to be a Gorean sea food delicacy.
QUOTE: "Many estates, particularly country estates, have pools in which fish are kept. 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, pg. 428
Marsh Shark
Transported from the marshes, they can be grilled, or pan seared in filets or shark steaks
QUOTE: "Beyond them would be the almost eel-like, long-bodied, nine-gilled Gorean marsh sharks."
~~ Raiders of Gor, pg. 58
Parsit Fish
Slender striped fish, can be fried, baked or broiled like you would cook a fish on earth.
QUOTE: "It is called the parsit current for it is followed by several varieties of migrating parsit, a small, narrow, usually striped fish. Sleen, interestingly, come northward with the parsit, their own migrations synchronized with those of the parsit, which forms for them their principal prey."
~~Beasts of Gor, pg. 38
Snails
Would apear to be similar to Earth snails although perhaps, as most things Gorean, larger. Size, however, is not clearly mentioned.
QUOTE: Once the Forkbeard went to her and taught her to check the scoop, with her left hand, for snails, that they not be thrown overboard. Returning to me he held one of the snails, whose shell he crushed between his fingers, and sucked out the animal, chewing and swallowing it. He then threw the shell fragments overboard. "They are edible," he said. "And we use them for fish bait."
~~ Marauders of Gor, page unknown
Vosk Carp
Liken to the carp found on earth Vosk Carp can be served, fried, or broiled. They are from the Vosk River.
QUOTE: "To my right, some two or three feet under the water, I saw the sudden, rolling yellowish flash of the slatted belly of a water tharlarion, turning as it made its swift strike, probably a Vosk carp or marsh turtle. "
~~ Raiders of Gor, pg. 1
Vosk Oysters
The Vosk Oyster are from the delta of the Vosk, and can be served raw or baked.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 301
Vosk Sorp
This Gorean shellfish is similar to the earth oyster. It manufactures pearls and is used in soups and stews.
QUOTE: "I looked at him steadily. "They are probably false stones," 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 Belly Grunt
A large game fish which haunts the plankton beds in the Polar North to feed on parsit fish. Their eggs are considered a rare delicacy.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 59
Able to fly above the waters of Thassa for short distances. A small blue fish with 4 poisonous spines on dorsal fin, the liver of the cosian wingfish is a delicacy.
QUOTE: "Near her, one night, lying off her shore, silently, I heard the mating whistles of the tiny, lovely Cosian wingfishTheir livers are regarded as a delicacy."
~~Raiders of Gor, pg. 139
Eel
Something like the eel found on earth but here it is considered to be a Gorean sea food delicacy.
QUOTE: "Many estates, particularly country estates, have pools in which fish are kept. 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, pg. 428
Marsh Shark
Transported from the marshes, they can be grilled, or pan seared in filets or shark steaks
QUOTE: "Beyond them would be the almost eel-like, long-bodied, nine-gilled Gorean marsh sharks."
~~ Raiders of Gor, pg. 58
Parsit Fish
Slender striped fish, can be fried, baked or broiled like you would cook a fish on earth.
QUOTE: "It is called the parsit current for it is followed by several varieties of migrating parsit, a small, narrow, usually striped fish. Sleen, interestingly, come northward with the parsit, their own migrations synchronized with those of the parsit, which forms for them their principal prey."
~~Beasts of Gor, pg. 38
Snails
Would apear to be similar to Earth snails although perhaps, as most things Gorean, larger. Size, however, is not clearly mentioned.
QUOTE: Once the Forkbeard went to her and taught her to check the scoop, with her left hand, for snails, that they not be thrown overboard. Returning to me he held one of the snails, whose shell he crushed between his fingers, and sucked out the animal, chewing and swallowing it. He then threw the shell fragments overboard. "They are edible," he said. "And we use them for fish bait."
~~ Marauders of Gor, page unknown
Vosk Carp
Liken to the carp found on earth Vosk Carp can be served, fried, or broiled. They are from the Vosk River.
QUOTE: "To my right, some two or three feet under the water, I saw the sudden, rolling yellowish flash of the slatted belly of a water tharlarion, turning as it made its swift strike, probably a Vosk carp or marsh turtle. "
~~ Raiders of Gor, pg. 1
Vosk Oysters
The Vosk Oyster are from the delta of the Vosk, and can be served raw or baked.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 301
Vosk Sorp
This Gorean shellfish is similar to the earth oyster. It manufactures pearls and is used in soups and stews.
QUOTE: "I looked at him steadily. "They are probably false stones," 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 Belly Grunt
A large game fish which haunts the plankton beds in the Polar North to feed on parsit fish. Their eggs are considered a rare delicacy.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 59
Breads and Other Grains
Biscuits
Dried pressed biscuits, baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour.
QUOTE: "Grunt, from his own stores, brought forth some dried, pressed biscuits, baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour."
~~Savages of Gor, pg. 328
Black Bread
It is somewhat like pumpernickel or a very dark rye bread of earth. It is baked and is full flavored from the Gorean grains. It is heavy and dark in colour ad can be served with clotted Bosk cream and/or honey; as well as used in any way you would use a earth bread.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 13
Rense Cakes
Handful of wet rence paste, fried on flat stones it makes a kind of cake, often sprinkled with rence seeds.
QUOTE: "I had carried 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, pg. 44
Rice
Not specified as being different from earth rice, there is no mention of which part of Gor this cereal is grown in.
QUOTE: "I went to the side and removed a bowl from its padded, insulating wrap. Its contents were still warm. It was a mash of cooked vulo and rice"
~~Players of Gor, pg 380"
Sa-Tarna
A grain, yellow in color, a staple of Gor. Brewed into paga and also ground and used to bake the Sa-Tarna bread.
QUOTE: "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 in the Gorean diet."
~~ Outlaw of Gor, pg. 19
Sa-Tarna Bread
Made from sa-tarna grain. A rounded, flat loaf that is yellow in color, marked before baking, into six sections. Something like a flat bread or thick flour tortilla of earth.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 76
Sa-Tarna Gruel
A thick paste of boiled sa-tarna, sometimes mixed with minced parsit fish. Also known as bond- maid gruel or slave porridge.
QUOTE: "Eyes wide, she did so. He thrust the contents of the small bowl into her mouth. Choking, the proud Aelgifu swallowed the thick gruel, that of dampened Sa-Tarna meal and raw fish, the gruel of bond-maids."
~~Marauders of Gor, pg. 67
Dried pressed biscuits, baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour.
QUOTE: "Grunt, from his own stores, brought forth some dried, pressed biscuits, baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour."
~~Savages of Gor, pg. 328
Black Bread
It is somewhat like pumpernickel or a very dark rye bread of earth. It is baked and is full flavored from the Gorean grains. It is heavy and dark in colour ad can be served with clotted Bosk cream and/or honey; as well as used in any way you would use a earth bread.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 13
Rense Cakes
Handful of wet rence paste, fried on flat stones it makes a kind of cake, often sprinkled with rence seeds.
QUOTE: "I had carried 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, pg. 44
Rice
Not specified as being different from earth rice, there is no mention of which part of Gor this cereal is grown in.
QUOTE: "I went to the side and removed a bowl from its padded, insulating wrap. Its contents were still warm. It was a mash of cooked vulo and rice"
~~Players of Gor, pg 380"
Sa-Tarna
A grain, yellow in color, a staple of Gor. Brewed into paga and also ground and used to bake the Sa-Tarna bread.
QUOTE: "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 in the Gorean diet."
~~ Outlaw of Gor, pg. 19
Sa-Tarna Bread
Made from sa-tarna grain. A rounded, flat loaf that is yellow in color, marked before baking, into six sections. Something like a flat bread or thick flour tortilla of earth.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 76
Sa-Tarna Gruel
A thick paste of boiled sa-tarna, sometimes mixed with minced parsit fish. Also known as bond- maid gruel or slave porridge.
QUOTE: "Eyes wide, she did so. He thrust the contents of the small bowl into her mouth. Choking, the proud Aelgifu swallowed the thick gruel, that of dampened Sa-Tarna meal and raw fish, the gruel of bond-maids."
~~Marauders of Gor, pg. 67
Dairy
Butter
Churned from milk of the Bosk or the Verr.
QUOTE: "Accordingly there would be little field dunging to be done, there being no fields in the first place and no dung in the second; too, due to the absence of verr or bosk, butter would be in scarce supply."
~~Marauders of Gor, pg. 156
Cheese
Made from milk of the Bosk or Verr.
QUOTE: "The Tarn Keeper, who was called by those in the tavern Mip, bought the food, bask 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, pg. 168, Priest-Kings of Gor, pg. 63
Churned from milk of the Bosk or the Verr.
QUOTE: "Accordingly there would be little field dunging to be done, there being no fields in the first place and no dung in the second; too, due to the absence of verr or bosk, butter would be in scarce supply."
~~Marauders of Gor, pg. 156
Cheese
Made from milk of the Bosk or Verr.
QUOTE: "The Tarn Keeper, who was called by those in the tavern Mip, bought the food, bask 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, pg. 168, Priest-Kings of Gor, pg. 63
Vegetables
Beans
Different beans for cooking, similar to those of earth.
QUOTE: "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,"
~~ Tribesman of Gor, pg 37
Cabbage
Like the cabbage on earth.
QUOTE: "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 81Carrots
Like the carrot of earth, no different Gorean description given
QUOTE: "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,"
~~ Tribesman of Gor, pg 37
Corn
Like the corn of earth, no different Gorean description given
QUOTE: "Many of the tribes permit small agricultural communities to exist within their domains, she said. The individuals in these communities are bound to the soil and owned collectively by the tribes within whose lands they are permitted to live. They grow produce for their masters such as wagmeza and wagmu, maize or corn, and such things as pumpkins and squash."
~~Savages of Gor, pg 233
Garlic
Like the garlic of earth, no different Gorean description given
QUOTE: "I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut."
~~ Outlaw of Gor, pg 29
Katch
Liken to earth lettuce, used in salad.
QUOTE:"a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch"
~~Tribesman of Gor, pg 37
Kes
Shrub whose salty, blue roots are a main ingredient in sullage.
QUOTE: "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 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. 45
Kort
Large, brownish, thick-skinned sphere shaped vegetable and heavily seeded, some six inches in width. Served Sliced with melted cheese/nutmeg.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 37
Mushrooms
No description given, other then that it was prepared stuffed, so it can be assumed it is like the mushrooms of earth.
QUOTE: "Have a stuffed mushroom"
~~Mercenaries of Gor, pg 81
Olives
Is possibly like a black olive of earth, it is mentioned but no other description is given.
QUOTE: "The Tarn Keeper, who was called by those in the tavern Mip, brought the food, bosk steak, and yellow bread, pears and torian olives, and two golden-brown, starchy Suls, broken open and filled with melted bosk cheese."
~~Assassin of Gor, pg 168
Onions
Like an earth Onion, no Gorean description is given, so one an assume thatone would cry when cutting up this onion as well.
QUOTE: "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 yellow, fibrous, and heavily seeded."
~~ Tribesmen of Gor, pg 37
Peas
No real Gorean description is given, Tarl Cabot does refer to them as Gorean Peas, but since nothing else is said about them one can assume they are like the peas found on earth.
QUOTE: "I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut."
~~ Outlaw of Gor, pg 29
QUOTE: "I had tarsk meat and yellow bread with honey, Gorean peas, and a tankard of diluted Ka-la-na, warm water mixed with wine"
~~ Assassin of Gor, pg 87
Peppers
Again no Gorean description is given so one can asssume they would be like a earth pepper in green, red, and yellow.
QUOTE:"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, pg 47
Pumpkin
They are most likely the same as the pumpkins we grown on earth. They are brown by the Sames in the Barrens.
QUOTE: "They grow produce or their Masters, such as wagmeza, and wagnu, maize, or corn and such things as pumpkins and squash.
~~ Savages of Gor, pg 234
Radishes
They are two types of radishes one is a sphere shaped radish and the other a cylinder shaped radish, other then this nothing else is mentioned, thus one can assume that the sphere shaped radish is much like the radish grown on earth.
QUOTE:"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 yellow, fibrous, and heavily seeded."
~~ Tribesmen of Gor, pg 37
Red Olivers
These Gorean grown olives are red in colour and are grown in the Tyros groves.
QUOTE: "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, pg 114
Rence, pith
A water plant. Grain is eaten, boiled or ground into a paste and sweetened. This paste can be fried into a type of pancake.
QUOTE: "...further, its pith is edible, and for the rence growers is, with fish, a staple in their diet; the pith is edible both raw and cooked; some men, lost in the delta, not knowing the pith edible, have died of starvation the the midst of what was, had they known it, an almost endless abundance of food."
~~Raiders of Gor, pg. 7
Squash
They are most likely the same as the squash that is grown on earth. They are brown by the Sames in the Barrens.
QUOTE: "They grow produce or their Masters, such as wagmeza, and wagnu, maize, or corn and such things as pumpkins and squash.
~~ Savages of Gor, pg 234
Sul
The sul is a large, thick skined, starchy, yellow fleshed root vegetable. A Sul is similar to the potato and is often served slied and fried in butter and salted, kind of like a potato chip. Another way to serve it is to break it open and fill it with melted Bosk cheese, kind of like a baked potato. It can be distilled into the the drink called Sul-Paga.
QUOTE: "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, pg 134
Sullage A soup made prinicipally from suls, tur-pah, and kes, etc.
QUOTE: "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 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
Tur-Pah
An edible tree parasite with curly, red, ovate leaves; grows on the tur tree; a main ingredient in sullage.
QUOTE: "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
Turnips
It is likely that the Gorean Turnip is the same as the turnip on earth. The turnip is an import of the tahari region.
QUOTE: "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,"
~~ Tribesman of Gor, pg 37
Different beans for cooking, similar to those of earth.
QUOTE: "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,"
~~ Tribesman of Gor, pg 37
Cabbage
Like the cabbage on earth.
QUOTE: "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 81Carrots
Like the carrot of earth, no different Gorean description given
QUOTE: "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,"
~~ Tribesman of Gor, pg 37
Corn
Like the corn of earth, no different Gorean description given
QUOTE: "Many of the tribes permit small agricultural communities to exist within their domains, she said. The individuals in these communities are bound to the soil and owned collectively by the tribes within whose lands they are permitted to live. They grow produce for their masters such as wagmeza and wagmu, maize or corn, and such things as pumpkins and squash."
~~Savages of Gor, pg 233
Garlic
Like the garlic of earth, no different Gorean description given
QUOTE: "I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut."
~~ Outlaw of Gor, pg 29
Katch
Liken to earth lettuce, used in salad.
QUOTE:"a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch"
~~Tribesman of Gor, pg 37
Kes
Shrub whose salty, blue roots are a main ingredient in sullage.
QUOTE: "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 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. 45
Kort
Large, brownish, thick-skinned sphere shaped vegetable and heavily seeded, some six inches in width. Served Sliced with melted cheese/nutmeg.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 37
Mushrooms
No description given, other then that it was prepared stuffed, so it can be assumed it is like the mushrooms of earth.
QUOTE: "Have a stuffed mushroom"
~~Mercenaries of Gor, pg 81
Olives
Is possibly like a black olive of earth, it is mentioned but no other description is given.
QUOTE: "The Tarn Keeper, who was called by those in the tavern Mip, brought the food, bosk steak, and yellow bread, pears and torian olives, and two golden-brown, starchy Suls, broken open and filled with melted bosk cheese."
~~Assassin of Gor, pg 168
Onions
Like an earth Onion, no Gorean description is given, so one an assume thatone would cry when cutting up this onion as well.
QUOTE: "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 yellow, fibrous, and heavily seeded."
~~ Tribesmen of Gor, pg 37
Peas
No real Gorean description is given, Tarl Cabot does refer to them as Gorean Peas, but since nothing else is said about them one can assume they are like the peas found on earth.
QUOTE: "I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut."
~~ Outlaw of Gor, pg 29
QUOTE: "I had tarsk meat and yellow bread with honey, Gorean peas, and a tankard of diluted Ka-la-na, warm water mixed with wine"
~~ Assassin of Gor, pg 87
Peppers
Again no Gorean description is given so one can asssume they would be like a earth pepper in green, red, and yellow.
QUOTE:"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, pg 47
Pumpkin
They are most likely the same as the pumpkins we grown on earth. They are brown by the Sames in the Barrens.
QUOTE: "They grow produce or their Masters, such as wagmeza, and wagnu, maize, or corn and such things as pumpkins and squash.
~~ Savages of Gor, pg 234
Radishes
They are two types of radishes one is a sphere shaped radish and the other a cylinder shaped radish, other then this nothing else is mentioned, thus one can assume that the sphere shaped radish is much like the radish grown on earth.
QUOTE:"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 yellow, fibrous, and heavily seeded."
~~ Tribesmen of Gor, pg 37
Red Olivers
These Gorean grown olives are red in colour and are grown in the Tyros groves.
QUOTE: "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, pg 114
Rence, pith
A water plant. Grain is eaten, boiled or ground into a paste and sweetened. This paste can be fried into a type of pancake.
QUOTE: "...further, its pith is edible, and for the rence growers is, with fish, a staple in their diet; the pith is edible both raw and cooked; some men, lost in the delta, not knowing the pith edible, have died of starvation the the midst of what was, had they known it, an almost endless abundance of food."
~~Raiders of Gor, pg. 7
Squash
They are most likely the same as the squash that is grown on earth. They are brown by the Sames in the Barrens.
QUOTE: "They grow produce or their Masters, such as wagmeza, and wagnu, maize, or corn and such things as pumpkins and squash.
~~ Savages of Gor, pg 234
Sul
The sul is a large, thick skined, starchy, yellow fleshed root vegetable. A Sul is similar to the potato and is often served slied and fried in butter and salted, kind of like a potato chip. Another way to serve it is to break it open and fill it with melted Bosk cheese, kind of like a baked potato. It can be distilled into the the drink called Sul-Paga.
QUOTE: "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, pg 134
Sullage A soup made prinicipally from suls, tur-pah, and kes, etc.
QUOTE: "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 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
Tur-Pah
An edible tree parasite with curly, red, ovate leaves; grows on the tur tree; a main ingredient in sullage.
QUOTE: "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
Turnips
It is likely that the Gorean Turnip is the same as the turnip on earth. The turnip is an import of the tahari region.
QUOTE: "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,"
~~ Tribesman of Gor, pg 37
Fruit
Apricot
Identical to the apricot of Earth; sold in marketplaces of the Tahari
QUOTE: "I brushed away two sellers of apricots and spices. "Come with me to the cafe of Red Cages," said a boy, pulling at my sleeve."
~~ Tribesman of Gor, pg. 45
Dates
These come from the City of Tor
QUOTE: "About Kutaituchik there were piled various goods, mostly vessels of precious metal and strings and piles of jewels; there was silk there from Tyros; silver frm Thentis and Tharna; tapestries from the mills of Ar; wines from Cos; dates from the city of Tor."
~~Nomads of Gor, pg. 42
Ka-la-na
The red fruit of the Ka-la-na tree, is sweet and used to make Ka-la-na wine, it can also be eaten on its own.
QUOTE: "Over there," I said, are some Ka-la-na trees. Wait here and I'll gather some fruite."
~~Tarnsman of Gor, pg 96
Larma
Fruit with a hard shell, brittle and easily broken, which encloses a fleshy endocarp, juicy and succulent, delicious. Larma or other fruit may be offered by a kneeling slave to her Master in plea for his sexual use of her.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 437
Larma, pit fruit
Single-seeded applelike fruit; a variation of the succulent juicy larma with a single seed; apple-like commonly called pit fruit.
QUOTE: "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 aply, the pit fruit, because of its large single stone."
~~ Players of Gor, pg. 267
Melon
Sold in Tahari market, yellowish red-striped sphere.
QUOTE: "Buy melons!" called a fellow next to her, lifting one of the yellowish, red-striped spheres toward me."
~~Tribesman of Gor, page 45
Peaches
The same as the peaches that are grown and eaten on earth.
QUOTE: "The girl lifted her head then and timidly lifted the ripe, rounded fruit which she held in her hands. Gorean peaches and plums, to me."
~~Rogue of Gor, pg. 194
Plums
Just like the plums eaten and grown on earth.
QUOTE: "The girl lifted her head then and timidly lifted the ripe, rounded fruit which she held in her hands. Gorean peaches and plums, to me."
~~Rogue of Gor, pg. 194
Raisins
Just like the raisins on earth.
QUOTE: "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."
~~Tribesman of Gor, pg. 47
Ram-berries
Small reddish fruit not unlike tiny plums, with many small edible seeds
QUOTE: "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, pg. 207
Ta-Grapes
Edible purple fruit, the size of a small plum, from which Ta-wine is made, usually from Cos.
QUOTE: "The meal was completed by a handful of grapes and a draught of water from the wall tap. 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, pg. 45
Tospits
Yellow in color, small, citrus-like fruit about the size of a plum. They are bitter, but edible. Often, they are dried/candied.
QUOTE: "I do not care too much for tospits, as they are quite bitter. Some men like them. They are commonly used, sliced and sweetened with honey, and in syrups, and to flavor, with their juices, a variety of dishes."
~~Marauders of Gor, pg. 102
Identical to the apricot of Earth; sold in marketplaces of the Tahari
QUOTE: "I brushed away two sellers of apricots and spices. "Come with me to the cafe of Red Cages," said a boy, pulling at my sleeve."
~~ Tribesman of Gor, pg. 45
Dates
These come from the City of Tor
QUOTE: "About Kutaituchik there were piled various goods, mostly vessels of precious metal and strings and piles of jewels; there was silk there from Tyros; silver frm Thentis and Tharna; tapestries from the mills of Ar; wines from Cos; dates from the city of Tor."
~~Nomads of Gor, pg. 42
Ka-la-na
The red fruit of the Ka-la-na tree, is sweet and used to make Ka-la-na wine, it can also be eaten on its own.
QUOTE: "Over there," I said, are some Ka-la-na trees. Wait here and I'll gather some fruite."
~~Tarnsman of Gor, pg 96
Larma
Fruit with a hard shell, brittle and easily broken, which encloses a fleshy endocarp, juicy and succulent, delicious. Larma or other fruit may be offered by a kneeling slave to her Master in plea for his sexual use of her.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 437
Larma, pit fruit
Single-seeded applelike fruit; a variation of the succulent juicy larma with a single seed; apple-like commonly called pit fruit.
QUOTE: "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 aply, the pit fruit, because of its large single stone."
~~ Players of Gor, pg. 267
Melon
Sold in Tahari market, yellowish red-striped sphere.
QUOTE: "Buy melons!" called a fellow next to her, lifting one of the yellowish, red-striped spheres toward me."
~~Tribesman of Gor, page 45
Peaches
The same as the peaches that are grown and eaten on earth.
QUOTE: "The girl lifted her head then and timidly lifted the ripe, rounded fruit which she held in her hands. Gorean peaches and plums, to me."
~~Rogue of Gor, pg. 194
Plums
Just like the plums eaten and grown on earth.
QUOTE: "The girl lifted her head then and timidly lifted the ripe, rounded fruit which she held in her hands. Gorean peaches and plums, to me."
~~Rogue of Gor, pg. 194
Raisins
Just like the raisins on earth.
QUOTE: "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."
~~Tribesman of Gor, pg. 47
Ram-berries
Small reddish fruit not unlike tiny plums, with many small edible seeds
QUOTE: "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, pg. 207
Ta-Grapes
Edible purple fruit, the size of a small plum, from which Ta-wine is made, usually from Cos.
QUOTE: "The meal was completed by a handful of grapes and a draught of water from the wall tap. 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, pg. 45
Tospits
Yellow in color, small, citrus-like fruit about the size of a plum. They are bitter, but edible. Often, they are dried/candied.
QUOTE: "I do not care too much for tospits, as they are quite bitter. Some men like them. They are commonly used, sliced and sweetened with honey, and in syrups, and to flavor, with their juices, a variety of dishes."
~~Marauders of Gor, pg. 102
Spices
Cinnamon
Spices as on earth.
QUOTE: "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." The sun was bright, and there was a good wind astern. The sails were full and the waters of Thassa streamed against the strakes."
~~Explorers of Gor, pg. 98
Cloves
Spices as on earth.
QUOTE: "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." The sun was bright, and there was a good wind astern. The sails were full and the waters of Thassa streamed against the strakes."
~~Explorers of Gor, pg. 98
Nutmeg
As on earth.
QUOTE: "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."
~~Tribesman of Gor, pg. 47
Red Salt
Like the salt on earth but with a slight redish colour. Found in the region of Kasra.
QUOTE: "The red salt of Kasra, so called from its port of embarcation, was famed on Gor. It was brought from secret pits and mines, actually, deep in the interior, bound in heavy cylinders on the backs of pack kaiila."
~~Tribesman of Gor, pg. 20
Yellow Salt
Like the table salt of earth, but with a yellowish colour. Found in the southern regions of Gor.
QUOTE: "The red and yellow salts of the south, some of which I saw on the tables, are not domestic to Torvaldsland."
~~Marauders of Gor, pg. 187
White Salt
Like the salt of earth, matching in colour. Is found in the Tahari region of Gor.
QUOTE: "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."
Spices as on earth.
QUOTE: "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." The sun was bright, and there was a good wind astern. The sails were full and the waters of Thassa streamed against the strakes."
~~Explorers of Gor, pg. 98
Cloves
Spices as on earth.
QUOTE: "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." The sun was bright, and there was a good wind astern. The sails were full and the waters of Thassa streamed against the strakes."
~~Explorers of Gor, pg. 98
Nutmeg
As on earth.
QUOTE: "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."
~~Tribesman of Gor, pg. 47
Red Salt
Like the salt on earth but with a slight redish colour. Found in the region of Kasra.
QUOTE: "The red salt of Kasra, so called from its port of embarcation, was famed on Gor. It was brought from secret pits and mines, actually, deep in the interior, bound in heavy cylinders on the backs of pack kaiila."
~~Tribesman of Gor, pg. 20
Yellow Salt
Like the table salt of earth, but with a yellowish colour. Found in the southern regions of Gor.
QUOTE: "The red and yellow salts of the south, some of which I saw on the tables, are not domestic to Torvaldsland."
~~Marauders of Gor, pg. 187
White Salt
Like the salt of earth, matching in colour. Is found in the Tahari region of Gor.
QUOTE: "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."
Sweets and Sweetners
Chocolate
Chocolate gathered from earth, made from beans, found in higher-class establishments. Served hot in a large cup.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 42
Custard
It is like the custard or pudding found on earth.
QUOTE: "He sat, cross-legged, behind the low table. On It were hot bread, yellow and fresh, hot black wine, steaming, with its sugars, slices of roast bosk, the scrambled eggs of vulos, pastries with creams and custards."
~~ Beasts of Gor, pg. 20
Honey
This is traditional honey from the inland village of Nyuki, it is not mentioned if this honey is made in the same way or tastes the same as Earth honey so one could venture to say that it is.
QUOTE: "His father had, many years ago, fled from an inland village, that of Nyuki, noted for its honey, on the northern shore of lake Ushindi."
~~Explorers of Gor, pg. 219
Mint Stick
A confection served in a bowl on a tray set for blackwine service. Something like a candy stick found on earth.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 10
Pastries
Served with creams or butters, honey.
QUOTE: "He sat, cross-legged, behind the low table. On It were hot bread, yellow and fresh, hot black wine, steaming, with its sugars, slices of roast bosk, the scrambled eggs of vulos, pastries with creams and custards"
~~Beasts of Gor, pg. 20
Red Sugar
This sugar comes from fruits found on Gor. Similar to Earth sugar but with a redish colour
QUOTE: "Lola now returned to the small table and, kneeling, head down, served us our desert, slices of tospit, sprinkled with four Gorean sugars."
~~Rogue of Gor, pg. 132
Yellow Sugar
This sugar which is yellow in colour comes from the juices of crushed cane stalks.
QUOTE: "Lola now returned to the small table and, kneeling, head down, served us our desert, slices of tospit, sprinkled with four Gorean sugars."
~~Rogue of Gor, pg. 132
Chocolate gathered from earth, made from beans, found in higher-class establishments. Served hot in a large cup.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 42
Custard
It is like the custard or pudding found on earth.
QUOTE: "He sat, cross-legged, behind the low table. On It were hot bread, yellow and fresh, hot black wine, steaming, with its sugars, slices of roast bosk, the scrambled eggs of vulos, pastries with creams and custards."
~~ Beasts of Gor, pg. 20
Honey
This is traditional honey from the inland village of Nyuki, it is not mentioned if this honey is made in the same way or tastes the same as Earth honey so one could venture to say that it is.
QUOTE: "His father had, many years ago, fled from an inland village, that of Nyuki, noted for its honey, on the northern shore of lake Ushindi."
~~Explorers of Gor, pg. 219
Mint Stick
A confection served in a bowl on a tray set for blackwine service. Something like a candy stick found on earth.
QUOTE: "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, pg. 10
Pastries
Served with creams or butters, honey.
QUOTE: "He sat, cross-legged, behind the low table. On It were hot bread, yellow and fresh, hot black wine, steaming, with its sugars, slices of roast bosk, the scrambled eggs of vulos, pastries with creams and custards"
~~Beasts of Gor, pg. 20
Red Sugar
This sugar comes from fruits found on Gor. Similar to Earth sugar but with a redish colour
QUOTE: "Lola now returned to the small table and, kneeling, head down, served us our desert, slices of tospit, sprinkled with four Gorean sugars."
~~Rogue of Gor, pg. 132
Yellow Sugar
This sugar which is yellow in colour comes from the juices of crushed cane stalks.
QUOTE: "Lola now returned to the small table and, kneeling, head down, served us our desert, slices of tospit, sprinkled with four Gorean sugars."
~~Rogue of Gor, pg. 132
Candy and Nuts
Candy
Soft, rounded, succulent candies.
QUOTE: "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
Hard candies
As on earth.
QUOTE: "And a stone of hard candies, from the kitchens of Ar," smiled Samos."
~~Hunters of Gor, pg. 13
Nuts
As on earth.
QUOTE: "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."
~~Tribesman of Gor, pg. 47
