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1.
Kalana (white and red)
*Ka-la-na:
A sweet wine made from the ka-la-na fruit. a strong drink. It can be served
warm or cool. In Treve some prefer it heated to different degrees. It is
made from the grapes of the Ka-la-na plants and some of the best come from
the City of Ar. The drink is often a symbolizes romantic love.
In serving,
often the goblet is iced and then ice chips put in the bottom of the goblet
and then filled with the sweet wine. A bota of the wine can slung over
the shoulder and brought to the Master for refills during the serve. If
the Mistress wishes warm kalana, warm the wine by the fire-pit and
then fill the goblet. The kalan is served in single servings like this.
2.
Paga
*Paga:
Some is brewed from the Sa-Tarna grain. Some is brewed from the Sul. Sul
paga is a strong, clear, lumpy drink. A grain liquor made from Sa-tarna,
it is similar to whiskey and is symbolic of physical love. Paga has strong
beer-like scent while Sul
aga
is near odorless.
In serving,
paga is served in a bowl from either a barrel or a warm bota. Some Masters
do not like lumps in the paga, some demand it. You need to tailor the serve
to the tastes of the Mistress. A bota of the paga can slung over the shoulder
and brought to the Mistress for refills during the serve.
3.
Blackwine
*Black
Wine: made from coffee beans brought back on one of the early Voyages of
Acquisition, this is the same as the coffee of Earth. It is best served
in the style of the desert; small cups, very hot, thick and sweet. Black
Wine is always delivered with a small bowl of cream and 2 small bowls of
sugar, one of Red sugar and one of Yellow sugar.
In serving,
many times the Mistress will tell you how to fix the black wine, so there
is no need for the bosk cream or sweet rocks to be brought back to the
Mistress. Black wine is one of the few drinks that is served in single
servings - either in a bowl or a mug.
4.
Kal-da
Kal-da:
A beverage, served hot from copper kettles, of cheap ka-la-na wine and
the juices of the tospit fruits, such as tospit and larma, and spices.
Served like beer, it is cheap and will get you drunk eventually, and is
actually pretty good, until you get to the bottom of the kettle. Ugh!!
In serving,
think hot spiced wine... it is served very hot and in single servings,
in either a bowl or a mug.
The most commonly asked for foods and particulars of each:
2.
Meat
Grilled
Tabuk: The tabuk is described as a one horned, yellowish Antelope. The
meat is then grilled.
Bosk:
This animal closely resembles a Yak of Urth, used for many things on Gor.
Can be served roasted and sliced, or as steaks. The milk of the bosk is
very drinkable and can be used to make cheese and churned for butter.
Tarsk:
This meat is roasted. On way to prepare it is stuffed with Suls and Peppers
from the City of Tor.
Verr:
A goat-like animal. The meat can be eaten. It's milk can be used for drinking
or the making of cheese and butter.
Vulo:
A small pidgeon-like bird. Can be cooked and eaten. The very small eggs
are cooked for the breakfast meal by frying them in a large, flat pan.
Takes several birds or many eggs to make a meal.
3.
Breads
Sa-Tarna:
A grain, yellow in color. It is a staple of Gor. It is brewed into Paga.
It is also ground and used to bake the Sa-Tarna Bread that is a staple
food at every Gorean meal. The bread is a rounded, flat loaf that is yellow
in color. It is marked,
efore
baking, into six sections.
4.
Cheeses
Cheese:
Can be made from the milk of the Bosk or the Verr.
5.
Sweets
Pastries:
baked fresh and sweeten.
Chocolate:
made from beans brought back on one of the early Voyages of Acquisition,
this is the same as the chocolate of Earth
Very
rare and valuable here in the camp--not always available.
