grapes BASIC FOOD AND DRINK

There are some foods that are native to Gor, but the basic fare of the Gorean diet tends to be simple. Goreans are meat and potato people. Since so much of your time in the Taverns is spent serving, it would seem logical that you should become familiar with the food of Gor. Most of the patrons are interested in the drinks provided so we will look at them first.

GOREAN FOOD AND DRINK

DRINK
- Ka-la-na: A sweet wine made from the ka-la-na fruit. a strong drink. 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
- 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
- Kal-da: A beverage, served hot from copper kettles, of cheap ka-la-na wine and the juices of fresh 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!!
- Tea: A beverage of leaves steeped in hot water. The tea from Bazi is very much like the orange pekoe of Earth. It is served in higher class establishments.
- Chocolate: made from beans brought back on one of the early Voyages of Acquisition, this is the same as the chocolate of Earth. It is served in higher class establishments .
- Black Wine: made from coffee beans brogught 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 Plain blackwine can be had even in lower class establishments .

FOOD
- Sul: golden brown. Starchy. Tuberous root of the Sul Plant (not unlike the potato on Urth). One way of serving is to break it open and fill it with melted Bosk cheese. Can be distilled into the drink called paga.
- 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.
- 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.
- Blackwine: A drink brewed from the bean that grows on the slopes of the Thentis Mountains. It is said that these beans were brought to Gor from an acquisition raid to Urth. They are very similar to the coffee bean of Urth. Served steaming hot.
- Yellow Bread: See Sa-Tarna Bread.
- Larma Fruit: A sweet fruit. It is served sliced.
- Tospits: The tospit is yellow in color. Small, peach-like fruit that is about the size of a plum. They are bitter, but edible. Often they are dried and candied.
- 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, before baking, into six sections.
- Tarsk: This meat is roasted. On way to prepare it is stuffed with Suls and Peppers from the City of Tor.
- Peas: These are mentioned as a menu item, but not described.
- Olives: These are commonly from the City of Tor. (referred to as Torian Olives.
- Cheese: Can be made from the milk of the Bosk or the Verr.
- 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.
- Butter: Churned from the milk of the Bosk or the Verr.
- Red Olives: These come from the groves of Tyros.
- Cosian Wingfish: Called so for it's ability to "fly" above the waters of Thassa for short distances. It's livers are considered a delicacy.
- Tur-Pah. It is an unknown type vegetable.
- Parsit Fish: Slender, striped.
- Dates: These come from the City of Tor.