"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 your taste. Pots of the brew hang warming above the hearth, for girls to fetch and quickly refill the cups of the Free.

"'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, brewed and stored in a vat in the kitchen. 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 paga, hot, warm, or chilled to the Master's taste. Hot paga served in a sturdy clay bowl, and chilled bottles of paga are poured into goblets.

"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 are 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

KAL-DA

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 chilled or room temperature, to your preference.

"…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

"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

DAIRY

BUTTER

Made from the milk of the verr or bosk...

"'Olga,' he said, 'there is butter to be churning in the churning shed.' 'Yes, my Jarl,' said she, holding her skirt up, running from the place of our exercises."
Marauders of Gor, page 101
"We stopped by the churning shed, where Olga, sweating, had finished making a keg of butter."
Marauders of Gor, page 101
"'These females,' she said, indicating the Forkbeard's girls, who knelt at her feet, their heads to the turf, 'could be better employed on your farm, dunging fields and making butter.'"
Marauders of Gor, page 156
"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

CHEESE

Made from the milk of the bosk or verr.

"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, page 48
"The Tarn Keeper...brought 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
"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

EGGS

Used like chicken eggs on Earth although smaller, gathered from the vulo. Also at times eaten raw.

"Soon, I smelled the frying of vulo eggs in a large, flat pan…"
Slave Girl of Gor, page 73
"Eta piled several of the hot, tiny eggs, earlier kept fresh in cool sand within the cave, on a plate, with heated yellow bread, for him."
Slave Girl of Gor, page 73

EGGS OF THE WHITE GRUNT

"In the hall was a open circle of small tables, at which a handful of guests, on cushions and mats, reclined. There were four men and two women at these tables, other than the Lady Florence, the hostess, and her guest of the past several days, the Lady Metpomene. The tables were covered with cloths of glistening white and a service of gold. Before each guest there were tiny slices of tospit and larma, small pastries, and in a tiny golden cup, with a small golden spoon, the clustered, black, tiny eggs of the white grunt. The first wine, a light white wine, was being deferentially served by Pamela and Bonnie."
Fighting Slave of Gor, pages 275-276

MILK (bosk, verr and powdered)

Smooth, creamy and nourishing. Milk is served chilled in cups.

"...a staple of life for the Tribes of the Wagon people."
Nomads of Gor, page 5
"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

MEAT

BOSK

Large cow like animal that provides meat and milk. The bosk also provides hides and fur for clothing, wagon covers, and tents.

"The bosk, without which the Wagon Peoples could not live, is an ox like creature. It is a huge, shambling animal, with a thick, humped neck and long, shaggy hair. Not only does the flesh of the bosk and the milk of its cows furnish the Wagon Peoples with food and drink, but its hides cover the domelike wagons in which they dwell; its tanned and sewn skin cover their bodies…"
Nomads of Gor, pages 4-5
"With a serving prong, she placed narrow strips of roast bosk and fried sul on my plate."
Guardsman of Gor, page 234
"I smelled roast bosk cooking, and fried vulo..."
Hunters of Gor, page 34
"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, Page 20

TABUK

In the south, the tabuk is a yellow, one-horned antelope-like animal, used for meat, hides, and the like. The northern tabuk is much larger, tawny colored, also used for meat and hides.

"They were northern tabuk, massive, tawny and swift; many of them ten hands at the shoulder, a quite different animal from the small, yellow-pelted antelope-like quadruped of the south. On the other hand, they too were distinguished by the single horn of the tabuk. On these animals, however, that object, in swirling ivory, was often, at its base, some two and one half inches in diameter, and better than a yard in length. A charging tabuk, because of the swiftness of its reflexes, is quite a dangerous animal."
Beasts of Gor, page 152
"…my mouth watered for a tabuk steak…"
Outlaw of Gor, page 76
"Gripped in the talons of the tarn was the dead body of an antelope, one of the one-horned, yellow antelopes called tabuks that frequent the bright Ka-la-na thickets of Gor."
Tarnsman of Gor, page 145

TARSK

Six-tusked wild boar, pork like meat.

"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, page 76
"Before the feast I had helped the women, cleaning fish and dressing marsh gants, and then, later, turning spits for the roasted tarsks, roasted over rence-root fires, kept on metal pans, elevated above the rence of the islands by metal racks, themselves resting on larger pans."
Raiders of Gor, page 44
"I had carried about bowls of cut, fried fish, and wooden trays of roated tarsk meat, and roasted gants, threaded on sticks, and rence cakes and porridges, and gourd flagons, many times replenished, of rence beer."
Raiders of Gor, page 44
"The slave boy, Fish, had emerged from the kitchen, holding over his head on a large silver platter a whole roasted tarsk, steaming and crisped, basted, shining under the torch light, a larma in its mouth, garnished with suls and Tur-Pah."
Raiders of Gor, page 219

VERR

Goat-like animal which provides meat and milk.

"The smell of fruit and vegetables, and verr milk, was strong."
Savages of Gor, page 60
"In the cafes, I had feasted well. I had had verr meat, cut in chunks and threaded on a metal rod…"
Tribesmen of Gor, page 48

POULTRY

MARSH GANT

"I heard a bird some forty or fifty yards to my right; it sounded like a marsh gant, a small, horned, web-footed aquatic fowl, broad-billed and broad-winged. Marsh girls, the daughters of Rence growers, sometimes hunt them with throwing sticks."
Raiders of Gor, page 4
"The cries of the marsh gants were about us now. I saw that her hunting had been successful. There were four of the birds tied in the stern of the craft."
Raiders of Gor, page 10
"...poles of fish, plucked gants, slaughtered tarsks..."
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

TUMITS

"I gathered that the best time to hunt tumits, the large flightless, carnivorous birds of the southern plains, was at hand..."
Nomads of Gor, page 331

VULO

Poultry like meat, and eggs (and brain)

"I shot the spiced vulo brain into my mouth…"
Nomads of Gor, page 84
"Soon, I smelled the frying of vulo eggs in a large, flat pan…"
Slave Girl of Gor, page 73
"I smelled roast bosk cooking, and fried vulo...I held the leg of the fried vulo toward one of the girls..."
Hunters of Gor, page 34

FISH

COSIAN WINGFISH

Called due to its ability to fly above the waters of Cos for short distances. Its livers are considered a delicacy.

"'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. The blue, four-spired wingfish is found only in the waters of Cos. Larger varieties are found farther out to sea. The small blue fish is regarded as a great delicacy, and its liver as the delicacy of delicacies.'"
Nomads of Gor, pages 84-85

EELS

"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

OYSTERS

"Other girls had prepared the repast, which, for the war camp, was sumptuous indeed, containing even oysters from the delta of the Vosk"
Captive of Gor, page 301

PARSIT FISH

"The main business of Kassau is trade, lumber and fishing. 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."
Marauders of Gor, page 27
"The men of Torvaldsland are skilled with their hands. Trade to the south, of course is largely in furs acquired from Torvaldsland, and in barrels of smoked, dried parsit fish."
Marauders of Gor, Page 28
"The men who had fished with the net had now cleaned the catch of parsit fish, and chopped the cleaned, boned, silverfish bodies into pieces, a quarter inch in width. 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 63-64

WHITE GRUNT

"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

BREADS

BISCUITS

"…brought forth some dried, pressed biscuits, baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour."
Savages of Gor, page 328

SA-TARNA BREAD

Yellow Gorean bread made from Sa-Tarna grain. It is baked in round loaves and is a staple served with most Gorean meals. Also used to brew paga.

"There were great quantites of the yellow Sa-Tarna bread, in its rounded, six-part loaves."
Raiders of Gor, page 114
"...the yellow bread, warm and fresh..."
Beasts of Gor, page 349
"'Bread, Master?' she asked. She offered me a silver tray on which, hot and steaming, were wedges of Gorean bread, made from Sa-Tarna grain. I took one of them and, from the tureen, with the small silver dipper, both on the tray, poured hot butter on the bread."
Rogue of Gor, page 191

VEGETABLES

KATCH

"…a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch…"
Tribesmen of Gor, page 37

KES

"The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, …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, page 45

KORT

"…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, page 37

ONIONS

"…vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions, and honey."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut."
Outlaw of Gor, page 29

PEAS

"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, page 87

RED OLIVES

"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

SUL

A root vegetable, similar to the potato and used as such; though also distilled to make sul-paga, a vodka-like liquor.

"The sul is a large, thick-skinned, yellow-fleshed, root vegetable. It is very common on this world. There are a thousand ways in which it is prepared. It is fed even to slaves. I had had some at the house; narrow, cooked slices, smeared with butter, sprinkled with salt, fed to me by hand."
Dancer of Gor, page 80
"With a serving prong she placed narrow strips of roast bosk and fried sul on my plate."
Guardsman of Gor, page 234
"The slave boy, Fish, had emerged from the kitchen, holding over his head on a large silver platter a whole roasted tarsk, steaming and crisped, basted, shining under the torch light, a larma in its mouth, garnished with suls and Tur-Pah."
Raiders of Gor, page 219

TURNIPS, CARROTS, RADISHES

"…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, page 37

FRUIT

APRICOTS

"I brushed away two sellers of apricots and spices."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45

BERRIES

"I felt the pull of a strap on my throat, and opened my eyes. By a long leather strap, some ten feet in length, I was fastened by the neck to Ute. We were picking berries."
Captive of Gor, page 208

DATES

"The principal export of the oases are dates, or pressed-date bricks."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 37

LARMA

"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
"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. 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."
Renegades Of Gor, page 437

MELONS

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

PEACHES

"On Gor, the female slave, desiring her master, yet sometimes fearing to speak to him, frightened that she may be struck, has recourse upon occasion, to certain devices, the meaning of which is generally established and culturally well understood….Another device, common in Port Kar, is for the girl to kneel before the master and put her head down and lift her arms, offering him fruit, usually a larma or a yellow Gorean peach, ripe and fresh."
Tribesmen of Gor, pages 27-28

PLUMS

"I had nearly stepped into a basket of plums."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45

RAISINS

"…vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions, and honey."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45

RAM-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

TA-GRAPES

"The grapes were purple and, I suppose, Ta-grapes from the lower vine-yards of the terraced island of Cos..."
Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45

TOSPIT

"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, page 132

SPICES

HONEY

"In the cafes I had feasted well. I 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, page 48
"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

NUTMEG, PEPPERS, GARLIC

"..a kort with melted cheese and nutmeg."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 48
"Some of the peppers and spices, relished even by the children of the Tahari districts, were sufficient to convince an average good fellow of Thentis or Ar that the roof of the mouth and his tongue were being torn out of his head."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 46
"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut."
Outlaw of Gor, page 29

SALT

Comes in two varieties, red or white. Most salt is mined in Klima, though the Torvaldlanders get their salt from sea water or seaweed.

"Most salt at Klima is white, but certain of the mines deliver red salt, red from the 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, page 238
"…salt, incidentally, is obtained by the men of Torvaldsland, most commonly, from sea water or the burning of seaweed. It is also, however, a trade commodity, and is sometimes taken in raids. The red and yellow salts of the south, some of which I saw on the tables, are not domestic to Torvaldsland."
Marauders of Gor, pages 186-187
"...Near him in places of honor, at a long, low table, above the bowls of yellow and red salt...."
Nomads of Gor, page 253

SUGAR

Two varieties of sugar: white and yellow.

"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…"
Tribesmen of Gor, page 89

MISCELLANEOUS

CANDY

"He yelled something raucous and ribald. It had to do with "tastas" or "stick candies." 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 the stick, from the bottom, is thrust up, deeply, into it. It is then ready to be eaten." ... "These candies are usually sold at such places as parks, beaches, and promenades, at carnivals, expositions and fairs, and at various types of popular events, such as plays, song dramas, races, games, and kaissa matches. They are popular even with children." ... "The expression was sometimes used by men for women such as we."
Dancer of Gor, page 81

NUTS

"…vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions, and honey."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 47

PASTRIES

"On the tray were assorted pastries, on the other was a variety of small, spiced custards."
Nomads of Gor, page 238
"I shop for wealthy women," said she, "for pastries and tarts and cakes-things they will not trust their female slaves to buy."
Guardsman of Gor, Page 239

RENCE

Water plant used for food, paper or cloth. The pith (or center of the stem) is edible. Can be made into pastes or porridges. Also used to make into rence beer.

"The plant has many uses besides serving as a raw product in the manufacture of rence paper…from the stem the rence growers can make reed boats, sails, mats, cords and a kind of fibrous cloth; further it's pith is edible…"
Raiders of Gor, page 7
"In the morning, before dawn, she had placed in my mouth a handful of rence paste."
Raiders of Gor, page 28
"In a moment the woman had returned with a double handful of wet rence paste. When fried on flat stones it makes a kind of cake, often sprinkled with rence seeds."
Raiders of Gor, page 25
"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

SULLAGE

Common Gorean soup made with sul, tur-pah and kes.

"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 curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-Pah, a tree parasite,… and the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes shrub…"
Priest Kings of Gor, page 45

TUR-PAH

"One of the principal ingredients of Sullage, a common Gorean soup. "The principal ingredients of Sullage are the golden Sul, …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, page 45
"The slave boy, Fish, had emerged from the kitchen, holding over his head on a large silver platter a whole roasted tarsk, steaming and crisped, basted, shining under the torch light, a larma in its mouth, garnished with suls and Tur-Pah."
Raiders of Gor, page 219

The information on this page was researched by maralyn_SoL and natasha_CB, and compiled by Zoe_Ryn.