Serving

A serve is one of the most common activities of a slave in a public room. It is the time for them to shine, show off one's skill, set him/her apart from the others, and catch a Freeperson's eye. It is also a time for a slave to bring pride and honor to her Owner and his/her Owners collar.

Going to the servery/serving area

This were you rise from where ever you are and walk to serving area. Are you outside, inside, do you need to step out in the back to gather flowers,vegitables, etc..use description to express what it looks like, how you move, how you feel..is it warm, cold, just a soft breeze or does it chill you?
Weaving your way through the furs and patrons gracefully to the servery...
Padding quietlyacross the cool tiles...
Walking through the sands to the serving tent...
This first post will set the tone of the serve as it will get the attention of those in the room and especially the One you are serving. Be as expressive as possible as in this venue all we have is expression and you want to be found pleasing, as you are a kajira, your very life depends on it!

Choosing a drinking vessel

Once you decide on the drinking vessel (goblet, bowl, mug, cups or horn), you need to get it from the shelves. This is a good time to show off ,you can be openly sensual and hypnotic beckoning a Masters attention or you can use your graceful, subtle wiles to charm One.

Cleaning the vessel

Cleaning the vessel shows that you take care and time in choosing the perfect vessel to grace One's lips. You can clean the vessel with the clean repcloth,hem of your silks or your hair, examining it for flaws and chips.

Getting/Preparing the drink

This is one of the more intricate steps to a serve. Many of the drinks have their particular way of being prepared : iced goblet for kalana, warmed paga from a bota or a barrel, milk and sweet rocks or honey for blackwine,etc.

Returning to the One you serve

Returning to Them also allows you toshow off and to focus the attention on you and the One you are serving. Show off girl, this is your time to shine, Make Him/Her desire you! Express what He would see if you were tright in front of Him, be creative!

Kneeling position/posture

A pleasure slave kneels in nadu before the Master, displaying herself. She is openly seductive , sensual and submissive to the Master she is serving.

Actual serve

There are two parts to the actual serve,the Physical motion and a spoken blessing. In the physical motion, the vessel must be brought to the slave's heart (to show devotion) and then to the lips for a kiss (and a sip, in some cases) to show that the drink is not poisoned, but never openly express you are tasting it for poison! bow her head, raise your arms cradling the vessel and offer it.
If a girl is redsilk, often she brings the vessel to her heat first and then to the heart, however, if you mention your heat in a serve ,BE Prepared to use it! It is a clear sign to all that you are a slave available for the Master's use. When offering the blessing, keep your offer extended up, head down and remain still and silent until it has been taken. Once taken, you may lower your arms and face them palms up once more, awaiting further command. Return in otherwords to nadu and wait without fidgeting.

A servery according to the books
"There were several yards of sausages hung on hooks, numerous cannisters of flour, sugars, and salts; many smaller containers of spices and condiments. Two large wine jugs stood in one corner of the room. There were many closed pantries lining the walls, and a number of pumps and tubs on one side. Some boxes and baskets of hard fruit were stored there. I could see the bread ovens in one wall, theh long fire pit over which could be put cooking racks, the mountings for spits and kettle hooks; the fire pit was mostly black now, but here and there I could see a few broken sticks of glowing charcoal, aside from this, the light in the room came from one small thalarion oil lamp hanging from the ceiling..." Assassin of Gor, pages 271-272

A cooking rack
"She built up the fire. I watched her. She unfolded and adjusted a single-bar cooking rack, placing it over the fire. From this she suspended a kettle of water. The single bar, which may be loosened in its rings, and has a handle, may also function as a spit." Renegades of Gor, page 150

No refrigeration
"My house, incidentally, like most Gorean houses, had no ice chest. There is little cold storage on Gor. Generally food is preserved by being dried or salted. Some cold storage, of course, does exist. Ice is cut from ponds in the winter, and then stored in ice houses, under sawdust. One may go to the ice houses for it, or have it delivered in ice wagons. Most Goreans, of course, cannot afford the luxury of ice in the summer." Guardsman of Gor, page 295

One way to cook meat
"The suspension of the meat reminded me of the way peasant women sometimes cook roasts, tying them on a cord and dangling them, before a fire, then spinning the meat from time to time. In this way, given the twisting and untwisting of the cord, the meat will cook rather evenly, for the most part untended, and without spit turning." Renegades of Gor, page 120

Using knives in the servery
"The ulo, or woman's knife, with its semicircular blade, customarily fixed to a wooden handle, is not well suited to carving. It is better at cutting meat and slicing sinew." Beasts of Gor, page 262

Serving utensils
"She carried a tray, on which were various spoons and sugars. She knelt, placing her tray upon the table. With a tiny spoon, it's tip no more than a tenth of a hort in diameter, she placed four measures of white sugar, and six of yellow; with two stirring spoons, one for the white sugar, another for the yellow, she stirred the beverage after each measure." Tribesmen of Gor, page 89

Eating utensils
"I shot the spiced vulo brain into my mouth on the end of a golden eating prong, a utensil, as far as I knew, unique to Turia." Nomads of Gor, page 84

"The horn spoon snapped in his hands, and he angrily threw the pieces into his bowl." Assassin of Gor, page 120

"The slender blond girl, who had been giving men water from the skin bag, was now given the work of filling small bowls from the large wooden bowl, for the bond-maids. She used a bronze ladle...The girls, including the slender blondish girl, emptied their bowls, even to licking them, that no grain be left..." Marauders of Gor, pages 64-65