Bosk
Though similar in build to the Yak of earth the Bosk bears
the heavier form of the buffalo of earth and provides food, leather and many of the needs of the people
of Gor. The meat may be roasted or broiled, dried, stewed or served in a variety of ways.
Vulo
a small bird similar to the chicken..served roasted and spiced
or baked in spice leaves.
Tarsk
similar to the earth pig in form and ecological niche, they
are not a favored food, being carrion eaters, but, are a
staple amoung the rence growers.
Tumits
a large carniverous bird of the plains, is hunted and eaten
by the Nomadic people of Gor. Traditionally hunted with bolos
the sport lies in wether you or the bird gets to eat that night.
Tabuk
Swift gazelle like animals known for their sweet meat and speed... the Tabuk is generally served roasted
tospit
a small tart fruit...that is used in both throwing games of skill with the knife and as a food.
redfruit- similar in flesh and taste to apples of earth origins
cheese
Pressed from the milk of the Bosk..they are sharp in taste and travel well...resisting molds in thier hard rinds.
Black Bread
baked soft and full flavored from Gorean grains, heavy and dark, served with clotted Bosk Cream or honey.
Rence
a water plant..the grain is eaten..the stems harvested and pressed
into paper or woven into cloth. The grain may be boiled...or ground into a paste
and sweetened.
this paste can also be fried into a type of pancake.
Bread (Sa-Tarna Bread)
This is the yellow Gorean bread made from Sa-Tarna grain. It is baked in round
loaves and is a staple of most Gorean meals.
Butter
Made from the milk of the verr or bosk
Cosian Wingfish
Called due to its ability to fly above the waters of Cos for short distances.
It's livers are considered a delicacy.
Dates
Grown in the oasis of the Tahari
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
Eggs
Cooked and used like chicken eggs on Earth, these are from the vulo, and smaller than chicken eggs.
Fish (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
Honey
"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
Kes
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
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.
Larma
There are two types of larma fruit. One is a single-seeded, apple-like fruit.
The other is segmented and juicy with a hard, brittle shell on the outside. A
slave girl who desires the touch of a Master may kneel before him, offering a larma as her unspoken message of need. Used to display desires of slave rape.
Melons
"Buy melons!" called a fellow next to her, lifting one of the yellowish,
red-striped spheres toward me."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45
Nuts
vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions, and honey.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
Olives
From the city of Tor
"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
Oysters
"Other girls had prepared the repast, which for a the war camp, was sumptuous
indeed, containing even oysters from the delta of the Vosk
Captive of Gor, page 301
Parsit Fish
Slender silver fish with brown stripes put into the slave gruel (bond-maid) gruel in Torvoldsland. Also salted and exported to the south.
Pastries
"On the tray were assorted pastries, on the other was a variety of small,
spiced custards."
Guardsman of Gor, page 239
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
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
Ram-berries
Small reddish fruit, plumlike, but with edible seeds.
"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
Salt
Salt comes in two varieties, red or white. Most salt is mined in Klima, though
the Torvoldlanders get their salt from sea water or seaweed.
"...Near him in places of honor, at a long, low table, above the bowls of
yellow and red salt...."
Nomads of Gor, page 253
Sa-Tarna
A yellow grain, a staple of Gor; used in making bread and is sometimes used to
brew paga.
"Economically, the base of the Gorean life was the free peasant, which was
perhaps the lowest but undoubtedly the most fundamental caste, and the staple
crop was a yellow grain called Sa-Tarna, or Life-Daughter."
Tarnsman of Gor, page 43
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, pages 43-44
Slave Porridge (or Slave Gruel)
Made of Sa-Tarna grain and water , it is usually unsweetened. In Torvoldsland, raw
pieces of parsit fish are added to the gruel.
Spices
Garlic, nutmeg, salt and other spices and flavorings are mentioned
"..a kort with melted cheese and nutmeg."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 48
"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in my hut."
Outlaw of Gor, page 29
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
Sullage
A common Gorean soup consisting of 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
Sugar
Two varieties of sugar are mentioned: 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
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
Ta-Grapes
Grown in Cos, used to make Ta wine.
Tarsk
The 6 tusked wild boar; meat is pork-like
Tospit
A bitter, juicy citrus fruit. Used to make wagers on the number of seeds (odd or
even, or the number of odd seeds, since most tospits have and odd number of seeds)
Tumits
"I gathered that the best time to hunt tumits, the large flightless,
carnivourous birds of the southern plains, was at hand..."
Nomads of Gor, page 331
Vegetables
All kinds of vegetables are mentioned in Tribesmen of Gor
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
Verr
A goat-like animal raised for meat and milk.
"The smell of fruit and vegetables, and verr milk, was strong."
Savages of Gor, page 60
Vulo
Provides Goreans with a poultry like meat, and eggs.
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