Food

 

This page describes some of the foods of Gor, these would be the most common I would imagine that you would be serving in Paga Den....



Sa-Tassna....
"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, p. 43

DAIRY....
butter
Churned from bosk or verr milk.

cheese
Made from bosk or verr milk.

milk and cream
comes from bosk, verr and also kialla



VULO EGGS....
The tiny eggs of the vulo, small pigeon-like birds.

GRAINS AND BREADS....
blackbread
corn, maize
rice

Sa-Tarna
  Staple Gorean grain. Most sa-tarna is yellow, but a brownish variety grows in the  desert. Sa-tarna is also used to make "paga" (short for Pagar Sa-tarna), a strong drink very common on Gor.
Sa-Tarna bread (yellow bread)
  Baked in flat, round loaves; usually with eight divisions per loaf, sometimes with four divisions.

MEATS....
bosk
  Comparable to the cow or ox from Earth; it is called the Mother of the Wagon Peoples. There exist fifteen varieties of bosk.

tarsk
  Described as a wild boar. Its meat has a salty taste. There are several varieties of this animal; the giant tarsk among them, which stands ten hands at the shoulder.

verr
  Similar to a sheep or goat.

vulo
  A small poultry bird similar to a pigeon, raised for meat and eggs.

FRUIT....
apricots
dates

ka-la-na fruit
  The fruit of the ka-la-na tree, also used to make a dry red wine.

larma, hard
  Similar to an apple. Also called 'pit fruit'.

larma, juicy
  A red, segmented fruit with a hard shell. Some people have compared it to a tangerine. Warning: many on irc consider offering of larma to show a desire for sexual conduct
nuts

ramberries
  A small reddish fruit, similar to a plum, but with many seeds.

tospit
  A yellowish citrus fruit, about the size of a plum, very rich in vitamin C. It's very bitter. There are two varieties.

VEGETABLES....
beans
cabbages
carrots
garlic

katch
  Some people say it can be compared perhaps to spinach; others have compared it to

kes
  A small plant whose secondary roots are one of the main ingredients of sullage.

mushrooms
onions

peas
  Peas and 'Gorean peas' are mentioned, but not described.

peppers

suls
  Supposedly similar to the potatoes of Earth; described in the books as a starchy tuber plant. They are also used to make 'sul paga', a very strong peasant drink.
 

HERBS, SPICES AND SWEETENERS....
honey
sesame seeds

salt
  Red, yellow and white salt are mentioned in the books. The red and yellow salts are found in the south.

sugar
  There seem to be at least four different types of sugar on Gor. The only colours mentioned, though, are white and yellow.

spices mentioned in the books:  cinnamon; clove; nutmeg: garlic



SOUPS,STEWS....
slave porridge
  Sa-tarna meal mixed with water, also called 'slave gruel'. The Torvaldslanders call it bond-maid gruel and add raw parsit fish to it.

soup
  Soup, thick with shreds of hot bosk and porous chunks of boiled sul."
sullage
  A soup common on Gor, made mainly of suls, tur-pah and kes, and 'whatever else may be found'.

DESSERTS....
cakes, pastires, tarts
  various types
custards
  "The girls, carrying their trays, knelt before the table. (…) On one tray were assorted pastries; on the other was a variety of small, spiced custards." Guardsman of Gor, p. 239