Food & Drinks commonly found on Gor

Although many food and drink items may have similarity to earth food and drinks, there are many distinctive items and the common way they are served or eaten can be very different.   Why is it important to know these things?  Simple, if you are role playing a slave, you will need to know what to serve and how to serve them.  If you are a Free, you will need to what it is you will ask to eat or drink...and again, how it is served and/or imbibed.  It's also very helpful for realistic role play of course.  We have compiled a fairly detailed list of both food and drink for you here.

 
           Foods of Gor
 


Apricot

Presumably identical to an Earth apricot

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 page 45

Arctic Gant Eggs
Eggs of the migratory Arctic gant; when frozen, they are eaten like apples.

“I stepped aside to let a young girl pass, who carried two baskets of eggs, those of the migratory arctic gant. They nest in the mountain of the Hrimgar and in steep, rocky outcroppings, called bird cliffs, found here and there jutting out of the tundra. The bird cliffs doubtless bear some geological relation to the Hrimgar chains. When such eggs are frozen they are eaten like apples.”
~ Beasts of Gor page 196

Beans
No description

“Initiates do not eat meat, or beans. They are trained in the mysteries of mathematics. They converse among themselves in archaic Gorean, which is no longer spoken among the people.”
~ Marauders of Gor page 81

Biscuits
A dried pressed biscuit described as baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour.

“...Grunt, from his own stores, brought forth some dried, pressed biscuits, baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour.” 
~ Savages of Gor page 328

Black Bread
Baked soft and full flavored from Gorean grains, heavy and dark, served with clotted Bosk Cream or honey.

“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 page 13


Bond-Maid Gruel
A porridge served to bond-maids in Torvaldsland made of damp Sa-Tarna and raw fish.

“Another of the bond-maids was then freed to mix the bond-maid gruel, mixing fresh water with Sa-Tarna meal, and then stirring in the raw fish.”  ~ Marauders of Gor page 67

Bosk
Large, shaggy, long horned bovine similar to the Earth cow; served as beef is served.

“The meat was a steak, cut from the loin of a bosk, a huge, shaggy, long-horned, ill-tempered bovine which shambles in large, slow-moving herds across the prairies of Gor.”
~ Priest Kings of Gor page 45

Butter
Churned from the milk of the Bosk or the Verr.

“"Olga," he said, "there is butter to be churning in the churning shed.”  ~ Marauders of Gor page 81

Cabbages
No description given

“...too, there would be peas, and beans, cabbages and onions, and patches of the golden sul, capable of sur-viving at this latitude. I saw small fruit trees, and hives, where honey bees were raised; and there were small sheds, here and there, with sloping roofs of boards; in some such sheds might craftsmen work; in others fish might be dried or butter made.”
 ~ Marauders of Gor page 81


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 the stick, from the bottom, is thrust up, deeply, into it.

“These are not candies, incidentally, like sticks, as, for example, licorice or peppermint sticks, but 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. It is then ready to be eaten.” -
Dancer of Gor p 81 ( also see below Mint Sticks)


Cheese
Pressed from the milk of the Bosk they are sharp in taste and travel well resisting molds in their hard rinds.

“The Tarn Keeper, who was called by those in the tavern Mip, bought the food, bosk 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 page 168

Cherries
Grown in Tyros.

"It reminds me of the cherries of Tyros," I said. "I do not know what the flavor is," she said, "but it is lovely, is it not?" "Yes," I said.” ~ Beasts of Gor page 349

Cosian Wingfish
Also known as songfish due to its whistling mating song; a tiny blue salt-water fish with 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; found in the waters off Port Kar; its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia.

“"Now this," Saphrar the merchant was telling me, "is the braised liver of the blue, four-spired Cosian wingfish." This fish is a tiny, delicate fish, blue, about the size of a tarn disk when curled in one's hand; it has three or four slender spines in its dorsal fin, which are poisonous; it is capable of hurling itself from the water and, for brief distances, on its stiff pectoral fins, gliding through the air, usually to evade the smaller sea-tharlarions, which seem to be immune to the poison of the spines. This fish is also sometimes referred to as the songfish because, as a portion of its courtship rituals, the males and females thrust their heads from the water and utter a sort of whistling sound.”
~ Nomads of Gor page 84-85


Dates
These come from the City of Tor; they are sold in a tef (a handful with the 5 fingers closed; a tefa is 6 tefs (a small basket); Five such baskets constitute a huda. In large compressed bricks they are used in trade.

“The principal export of the oases is dates and pressed-date bricks. Some of the date palms grow to more than a hundred feet high. It takes ten years before they begin to bear fruit. They will then yield fruit for more than a century.” ~ Tribesman of Gor page 46


Eel
A voracious animal which can maim or kill a slave in moments. Some varieties are edible and considered a gorean delicacy. Varieties include: river eel, black eel, and spotted eel.

“Many estates, particularly country homes, have pools in which fish are kept. Some of these pools contains voracious eels, of various sorts, river eels, black eels, the spotted eel, and such, which are Gorean delicacies.” ~ Magicians of Gor page 428

Eggs
Usually vulo eggs.. but there are many varieties available depending on the region.

She had been carrying a wicker basket containing vulos, domesticated pigeons raised for eggs and meat.
~ Nomads of Gor page 1

Fish, Parsit
A silvery fish having brown stripes, they follow the 'parsit current' in the polar basin. In Torvaldsland, it is smoked and dried, stored in barrels, and used in trade to the south.

“The slender striped parsit fish has vast plankton banks north of the town, and may there, particularly in the spring and the fall, be taken in great numbers. The smell of the fish-drying sheds of Kassau carries far out to sea.” ~ Marauders of Gor page 27 (references also on pages 56, 63 and 64)


Garlic
Not described in detail

“"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut," said the man, his bundle like a giant's hump on his back.”
~ Outlaw of Gor page 29

Grunts
Great Speckled - a fish inhabiting the Thassa and caught as food for sailors.

“Half out of the water, then returning to it, I saw a great speckled grunt, four-gilled. It dove, and swirled away.” ~ Slave Girl of Gor page 360

White-bellied
a large game fish which haunts the plankton beds in the Polar North to feed on parsit fish. It's eggs are considered a rare delicacy.. like caviar.

“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 page 59

Honey
No description given.. just that honey bees are raised.

“I saw small fruit trees, and hives, where honey bees were raised; and there were small sheds, here and there, with sloping roofs of boards; in some such sheds might craftsmen work; in others fish might be dried or butter made.” ~ Marauders of Gor page 81

Katch
Foliated leaf vegetable similar to lettuce.

“...a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch,..” ~ Tribesmen of Gor page 37


Kes Shrub
A shrub whose salty, blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in sullage.

“...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.


Kort
Often served sliced with melted cheese and nutmeg, a large, brownish-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable of the Tahari usually some 6 inches in width. The interior is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded.

“and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded.” ~ Tribesmen of Gor page 37


Larma
They come in two types: juicy - a segmented, succulent fruit, and hard, rather like an apple, having one pit, commonly called the pit fruit, it is sometimes sliced and fried, and served with browned honey sauce; offering a larma, real or imagined, by a slave girl to her master is a silent plea for the girl to be raped.

“I took a slice of hard larma from the tray. This is a firm, single-seeded, applelike fruit. It is quite unlike the segmented, juicy larma. It is sometimes called, and perhaps more aptly, the pit fruit, because of its large single stone.” ~ Players of Gor page 267

Melons
Yellowish, red-striped spheres.

“"Buy melons!" called a fellow next to her, lifting one of the yellowish, red-striped spheres toward me.” ~ Tribesmen of Gor page 45


Mint Sticks
Just mentioned as tiny mint sticks in a bowl

“On the tray, too, was the metal vessel which had contained the black wine, steaming and bitter, from far Thentis, famed for its tarn flocks, the small yellow-enameled cups from which we had drunk the black wine, its spoons and sugars, a tiny bowl of mint sticks, and the softened, dampened cloths on which we had wiped our fingers.” ~ Explorers of Gor page 10

Mushrooms
No description given

“I am an Alar,” Hurtha explained. “Have a stuffed mushroom.” I pondered the likely prices of a stuffed mushroom in a black-market transaction in a war-torn district,..” ~ Mercenaries of Gor page 82

Olives
Are commonly from the City of Tor. (referred to as Torian Olives); also Red Olives which come from the groves of Tyros.

“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 page 114

Onions
No description given

“...cabbages and onions, and patches of the golden sul...”
~ Marauders of Gor page 81

Oysters
From the Vosk Delta

“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 page 301

Pastries
No specific mention

“Before each guests there were tiny slices of tospit and larma, small pastries ...” ~ Fighting Slave of Gor page 276

Peas
These are mentioned as a menu item, though not described

“In them were growing, small at this season, shafts ol Sa-Tarna; too, there would be peas, and beans, cabbages and onions ...”
Marauders of Gor page 81

Peppers
Not described

“Telima had prepared a roast tarsk, stuffed with suls and peppers from Tor.” ~ Raiders of Gor page 113


Radishes
Not described in detail

“Ottar dug for the Forkbeard and my-self two radishes and we, wiping the dirt from them, ate them.” ~ Marauders of Gor page 102

Ramberry
Small, succulent berries.

"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 plums save for the many small seeds." 
~ Captive of Gor, page 305

Rence
A water plant, the grain is eaten and the stems harvested and pressed into paper or woven into cloth. The pith may be boiled or ground into a paste and sweetened; this paste can also be fried into a type of pancake.

The plant has many uses besides serving as a raw product in the manufacture of rence paper. The root, which is woody and heavy, is used for certain wooden tools and utensils, which can be carved from it; also, when dried, it makes a good fuel; from the stem the rence growers can make reed boats, sails, mats, cords and the kind of fibrous cloth; further, its pith is edible, and for the rence growers is, with fish, a staple in their diet; the 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 page 7

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.” ~ Tribesman of Gor page 238

Also there are references to yellow salt as 'of the south' and on a table exist, but no other description has been found.

“I gathered, that I would sit at one of the two long side tables, and perhaps even below the bowls of red and yellow salt which divided these tables.” ~ Assassin of Gor page 86

Sa-Tarna
Grain, specifically wheat, yellow, usually described as being cut in wedges

“There were great quantities of the yellow Sa-Tarna bread, in its rounded, six-part loaves.” ~ Raiders of Gor page 114

Sa-Tassna
Meat; food in general.

“Interestingly enough, the word for meat is Sa-Tassna, which means Life-Mother. Incidentally, when one speaks of food in general, one always speaks of Sa-Tassna.” ~ Tarnsman of Gor page 43

Slave Porridge
A cold, unsweetened mixture of water and Sa-Tarna meal, on which slaves are fed; in Torvaldsland, it is called 'bond-maid gruel', and often mixed with pieces of chopped parsit fish.

“One of the smiths from below was summoned with a bowl of slave porridge, which he mixed half with water, and stirred well, so that it could be drunk. There are various porridges given to slaves and they differ. The porridges in the iron pens, however, are as ugly and tasteless a gruel, and deliberately so, as might be imagined.” ~ Assassin of Gor page 126

Snail
Much like the snails on Earth these are small slug-like creatures living inside of thin shells in the waters. often they are trapped with water inside the bilge of a ship.

“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 62

Sorp
A shellfish, common esp. in the Vosk river, similar to an oyster

“"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. "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 page 20

Sugar
White and yellow are commonly used

“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.” ~ Tribesmen of Gor page 89

Sul
Starchy, golden brown, vine borne fruit; principal ingredient in sullage, a tuberous vegetable similar to the potato; often served sliced and fried.

“The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown vine-borne fruit of the golden-leaved Sul plant.” ~ Priest Kings of Gor ch 6

Sullage
A soup made principally from suls, tur-pah, and kes, along with whatever else may be handy.

“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.” ~ Priest Kings of Gor page 44

Tabuk
Swift gazelle like animals known for their sweet meat and speed, the Tabuk is generally served roasted.

“Once I brought the carcass of a tabuk, one of Gor's single-horned, yellow antelopes, which I had felled in a Ka-la-na thicket, to the hut of a peasant and his wife.” ~ Outlaw of Gor page 76

“The tabuk is the most common Gorean antelope, a small graceful animal, one-horned and yellow, that haunts the Ka- la-na thickets of the planet and occasionally ventures daintily into its meadows in search of berries and salt.” ~ Outlaw of Gor page 126

Ta Grapes
Purple fruit similar to earth grapes comes from the Isle of Cos.

“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. I had tasted some only once before, having been introduced to them in a feast given in my honor by Lara, who was Tatrix of the city of Tharna.” ~ Priest-Kings of Gor page 45

Tarsk
Porcine animal akin to the Earth pig, having a bristly mane which runs down its spine to the base of the tail, often roasted whole.

“Still later that afternoon some groups of small, fat, grunting, bristly, brindled, shaggy-maned, hoofed, flat-snouted, rooting animals had been herded in, also with pointed sticks, and they, too, had been guided into identical cages. We had looked out of our cage, our fingers hooked in the mesh, to other cages, some of them with girls in them, some with the fat, flat-snouted, grunting, short-legged, brindled quadrupeds. "Those are tarsks," said one of the Gorean girls.” ~ Dancer of Gor page 108

Tumits
A large carnivorous bird of the plains, is hunted and eaten by the Nomadic people of Gor. Traditionally hunted with bolos the sport lies in whether you or the bird gets to eat that night.

“...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;” ~ Nomads of Gor page 2

Tospit
Yellowish-white fruit: like an Earth peach. They are bitter but edible, and are sometimes served sliced and sweetened with honey, and in syrups, and to flavor, with their juices, a variety of dishes. They are also carried on sea voyages to prevent nutritional deficiencies. They almost always have an odd number of seeds, except for the rare, long-stemmed ones. The Wagon People often bet on the number of seeds.

“...on the top of which was placed a dried tospit, a small, wrinkled, yellowish-white peachlike fruit, about the size of a plum, which grows on the tospit bush, patches of which are indigenous to the drier valleys of the western Cartius. They are bitter but edible.” ~ Nomads of Gor page 59

Turnip
Grown on the oasis of the Tahari

“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..” ~ Tribesmen of Gor p 37

Tur-pah
An edible tree parasite with curly, red, ovate leaves; grows on the tur tree; a main ingredient in sullage.

“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,...”
~ Priest Kings of Gor page 45.

Vulo
A tawny-colored bird, similar to a pigeon, exists in the wild; used for meat and eggs.

“She had been carrying a wicker basket containing vulos, domesticated pigeons raised for eggs and meat.” ~ Nomads of Gor page 1

“Behind them another four haruspexes, one from each People, carried a large wooden cage, made of sticks lashed together, which contained perhaps a dozen white vulos, domesticated pigeons.” ~ Nomads of Gor page 84
 

 
           Gorean Drinks
 
 

Ale
More like an Earthen lager than ale, it is brewed from grains and hops imported from Earth. It is a deep gold in color.

“The Forkbeard himself now, from a wooden keg, poured a great tankard of ale, which must have been of the measure of five gallons. Over this he then closed his fist. It was the sign of the hammer, the sign of Thor. The tankard then, with two great bronze handles, was passed from hands to hands among the rowers. The men threw back their heads and, the liquid spilling down their bodies, drank ale. It was the victory ale.”
~ Marauders of Gor page 99

Bazi Tea
Bazi Tea is popular in the Tahari. The tea is drank in three tiny cups, heavily sugared. It is brewed from bazi tea leaves.

“Bazi tea is drunk in tiny glasses, usually three at a time, carefully measured. She did not make herself tea, of course.”
~ Tribesmen of Gor page 140

“Tea is extremely important to the nomads. It is served hot and heavily sugared. It gives them strength then, in virtue of the sugar, and cools them, by making them sweat as well as stimulating them. It is drunk three small cups at a time, carefully measured.” ~ Tribesmen of Gor page 38

Black Wine
Once found primarily in Thentis, in later books it was readily available though still expensive. Brewed from black wine beans the drink is very similar to Earthen coffee though much stronger. It is normally served hot with sugars and cream.

“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.” ~ Assassin of Gor page 106

“Black wine, except in the vicinity of Thentis, where most of it is grown on the slopes of the Thentis range, is quite expensive.”
~ Guardsman of Gor page 245

Chocolate
Apparently similar to hot chocolate of Earth. It is warmed and sugared. The trees, which grow from cocoa beans originally brought from Earth, now grow on Gor itself.

“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

 
Falarian Wine
A very rare, extremely expensive wine the cost of which could purchase a City. It's existence is only rumored.

“Among these petitioners came one fellow bringing with him the promise of a gift of wine, a wine supposedly secret, the rare Falarian, a wine only rumored among collectors to exist, a wine supposedly so rare and precious that its cost might purchase a city.” ~ Mercenaries of Gor page 158

Fermented Milk Curds
This is an alcoholic drink among Wagon Peoples. One would most likely not find this drink outside of the Wagons.

“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 pg 28

Juices
As there are a wide variety of fruits on Gor there are also many types of juice.

“Drink, cool drinks!” called a woman, selling juices by the side of the road, coming up to the cart. There was a mall crowd at the crest of the hill. It was a place where carts, and wagons, and travelers often stopped. In such a place there were coins to be made. She paid no attention to the sight below. Doubtless she had seen it a thousand times. Her eyes were on possible customers. “Would you like a drink?” I asked Boabissia.
“Yes,” she said. I purchased her some larma juice for a tarsk bit.”
~ Mercenaries of Gor page 257

Ka-la-na
A full bodied wine distilled from the fruit of the ka-la-na tree. Ka~la~na can be served chilled, warm, or as it is preferred in Treve, hot. Ka~la~na may symbolize love.

“After the meal I tasted the drink which might not be inappropriately be described as incandescent wine, bright, dry and powerful. I later learned it was called Ka-la-na.”
~ Tarnsman of Gor page 26

“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 pg 168

Kal-da
This is an alcoholic drink that is served almost scalding hot. It is made of low-grade Ka-la-na, citrus juices and strong spices. It is popular mostly with the lower castes.

“Kalda 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 pg 76

Mead
Mead is made with fermented honey, water and spices. Mead is much favored over Paga in the North. One would rarely find Mead in a Tavern.

“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

“'Here Jarl,' said Thyri, again handing me the horn. It was filled with the mead of Torvaldsland, brewed from fermented, honey, thick and sweet.” ~ Marauders of Gor page 90

Milk
Milk from the bosk, verr (Goat like animal) and Kaiila are commonly found. Bosk milk can also be powdered. Kaiila milk is reddish and has a strong, salty taste.

“….kaiila milk, which is used, like verr milk, by the peoples of the Tahari, is reddish, and has a strong, salty taste….”
~ Tribesmen of Gor page 71

“Too I had brought up a small bowl of powdered bosk milk. We had finished the creams last night.”
~ Guardsman of Gor page 295

“The smell of fruit and vegetables, and verr milk was very strong.”
~ Savages of Gor page 60

Pagar-Sa-Tarna (Paga)
Paga is a fermented brew made from Sa-Tarna grain. While paga is normally served at room temperature it may also be served warm or hot. It is said you feel the effects of paga sooner if it is heated.

“The Older Tarl and I may have drunk too much of that fermented brew concocted with fiendish skill from the yellow grain, Sa-Tarna and called Pagar-Sa-Tarna, pleasure of the life Daughter, but almost always Paga for short: I doubted that I would ever touch the stuff again.” ~ Tarnsmen of Gor page 61

“Your paga,” said the nude slave girl, who served me, her wrists chained. “It is warmed as you wished.” I took it from her, not even glancing upon her, and drained the goblet. She knelt beside the low table, at which I sat cross-legged. “More,” I said, handing her back the goblet, again not deigning to even glance upon her.
“Yes, Master,” she said, rising, taking the goblet. “I liked paga warm. One felt it so much the sooner.”
~ Raiders of Gor page 100

Palm Wine
A main export from Schendi. No description of this wine was ever given.

“Schendi’s most significant exports are doubtless spice and hides, with kailiauk horn and horn products also being of great importance. One of her most delicious exports is palm wine.”
~ Explorers of Gor page 115

Rence Beer
Rence beer would commonly be found only in the Marshes. It is steeped, boiled and fermented from crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the rence plant.

“I had also been used to carry heavy kettles of rence beer from the various islands to the place of feasting, as well as strings of water gourds, poles of fish, plucked gants, slaughtered tarks, and baskets of the pith of rence.” ~ Raiders of Gor page 40

“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

Sul Paga
Sul paga is brewed from suls, a vegetable much like am Earthen potato. It is most like moonshine, being clear, without taste, and extremely strong. Sul paga would most likely not be available outside of the Peasant Villages it is brewed in.

“Sul paga is, when distilled, though the sul itself is yellow, is as 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 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 tharlarion. 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

Ta Wine
This wine is made from ta grapes. The color of Ta Wine was never mentioned.

“It was Ta wine, from the Ta grapes of the terraces of Cos. In the last year heavy import duties had been levied by the high council of Vonda against the wines of certain other cities, in particular against the Ka-la-nas of Ar.”
~ Fighting Slave of Gor page 306

Turian Liquors
Turian wines are sweet, syrupy wines, heavily sugared. The liquors of Turia are considered the best on Gor.

“She picked up the small tray from the stand near the table. On it was the small vessel containing a thick, sweet liqueur from distant Turia, the Ar of the south, and the two tiny glasses from which we had sipped it.” ~ Explorers of Gor page 10

“I did not much care for the sweet, syrupy wines of Turia, flavored and sugared to the point where one could almost leave one's fingerprint on their surface.” ~ Nomads of Gor pages 83-84

Water
There are about as many means of getting water on Gor as there are on Earth. Wells can be found in the Tahari, aqueducts can be found in Cities, spring water in the mountains and water can even be obtained from the Liana Vine.

“Another useful source of water is the liana vine. 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.”
~ Explorers of Gor page 311


White Wine
No description of this wine was given, it was simply stated as being a * light white wine*.

“The first wine, a light white wine, was being deferentially served by Pamela and Bonnie.” ~ Fighting Slave of Gor page 276