"Some of the peppers and spices, relished even by the children of the Tahari districts, were sufficient to convince an average good fellow of Thentis or Ar that the roof of the mouth and his tongue were being torn out of his head." Tribesmen of Gor, page 46 In the north generally, mead, a drink made with fermented honey and water, and often spices and such, tends to be favored over paga."

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