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| Julalina | Oct 30 2010, 05:45 PM Post #1 |
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Gorean Drinks There are a number of Gorean drinks that are common, and some that are not so common. Most if not all have Earth counterparts, so we can make them a tad easier to understand by explaining them. The Books say on Wines - Many Gorean wines, it might be mentioned, if only by way of explanation, are very strong, often having an alcoholic content by volume of forty to fifty percent. - Renegades of Gor p 70 "In a Gorean supper in a house of wealth, in the course of the supper, with varied courses, eight to ten wines might be served, each suitably and congruously matched with respect to texture and bouquet not only to one another but to the accompanying portions of food." - Fighting Slave of Gor p 277 - A - Ale - Gorean Ale is closer to a Honey Lager than to an ale or beer. - Ale is found in kegs in the cold room or next to the hearth, if it is wished hot you will have to heat it at the time of service. The Forkbeard himself now, from a wooden keg, poured a great tankard of ale, which must have been of the measure of five gallons. Over this he then closed his fist. It was the sign of the hammer, the sign of Thor. The tankard then, with two great bronze handles, was passed from hands to hands among the rowers. The men threw back their heads and, the liquid spilling down their bodies, drank ale. It was the victory ale. - Marauders of Gor p 82 - B - Bazi Tea - Very aromatic tea brewed fresh from Bazi leaves. Served hot and heavily sugared in three tiny cups (similar to Earth's espresso cups) Served and drunk in rapid succession. -Bazi Tea must be made at the time of service. The leaves are found in a jar in the shelves over the counter, hot water in the huge kettle, sugars on the counters. "Tea is extremely important to the nomads. It is served hot and heavily sugared. It gives them strength, then, in virtue of the sugar, and cools them, by making them sweat, as well as stimulating them. It is drunk three small cups at a time, carefully measured." - Tribesmen of Gor p 38 There was a cup and a pitcher of Bazi tea on the counter. Bazi tea is a common beverage on Gor. Many Goreans are fond of it. - Kajira of Gor p 332 Black Wine (Earth Coffee) - Rich, aromatic, hot drink (very similar to Earth's coffee) brewed from the fresh, dark beans grown in the mountains of Thentis. Traditionally served with white and yellow sugars and bosk milk. - Black wine is kept fresh made in a huge kettle in the hearth. The Two Styles of Black wine Serve - Turian and Tahari Turian 1st slave - sugar and bosk ( Gorean cow ) cream Susan then approached the diners. "Black wine, Masters?" she asked. "Yes," said Drusus Rencius. "Yes," said Publius. Susan then turned to me and snapped her fingers. "Sheila," she called. "Yes, Mistress," I said. I took the vessel of black wine, removing it from its warmer, and put it on its tray, that already bearing the tiny cups, the cream and sugars, the spices, the napkins and spoons. I then carried the tray, with the black wine, hot and steaming, to the table and pit it down there. Susan then, as "first slave," took the orders and did the measuring and mixing; I, as "second slave," did the pouring. Afterwards I returned the tray to the serving table, and the vessel of black wine to its warmer. - Kajira of Gor p 405-406 2nd - black "Second slave," I told her, which, among the river towns, and in certain cities, particularly in the north, is a way of indicating that I would take the black wine without creams or sugars, and as it came from the pouring vessel, which, of course, in these areas, is handled by the "second slave" the first slave being the girl who puts down the cups, takes the orders, and sees that the beverage is prepared according to the preferences of the one who is being served. The expression 'second slave,' incidentally, serves to indicate that one does not wish creams or sugars with one's black wine, even if only one girl is serving. - Guardsman of Gor p 244-245. "Second slave," said the slave of Aemilianus. "Yes, Mistress," said the girl in the bluish gauze. She was extremely careful not to spill a drop. Black wine, except in the vicinity of Thentis, where most of it is grown on the slopes of the Thentis Range, is quite expensive. Also, of course, clumsy slave girls are often whipped. The expression "second slave" incidentally, serves to indicate that one does not wish creams or sugars with one black wine, even if only one girl is serving. - Guardsman of Gor p 245. Tahari 1st slave - with sugars Ibn Saran, not taking his eyes from Alyena, lifted his finger. From one side a slave girl, barefoot and bangled, in sashed diaphanous chalwar, gathered at the ankles in a tight red silk vest with bare midriff, fled to him, with the tall, graceful silvered pot containing the black wine. She was veiled. She knelt, replenishing the drink. Beneath her veil, I saw the metal of her collar. I had not thought to have such fortune. She did not look at me. She returned to her place with the pot of black wine. Ibn Saran lifted another finger. From the side there hastened another girl, a fair skinned, red haired girl. She too wore veil, vest, chalwar, bangles and collar. She carried a tray on which were various spoons and sugars. She knelt placing her tray on the table. with at tiny spoon, it's tip no more than a tenth of a hort in diameter, she place four measures of white sugar, six of yellow, in the cup. with two stirring spoons, one for the white and another for the yellow, she stirred after each measure. she then held the cup to the side of her cheek, testing it's temperature; Ibn Saran glanced at her; she, looking at him, timidly kissed the side of the cup and placed it before him. Then her head down, she withdrew. I did not turn to look back at the first girl, who held the silvered pot. - Tribesman of Gor p 88 - 89 2nd slave - black Second slave, the phrase originated from the ancient tradition of having the sugar and milk placed in the cup by one slave, after which the beverage was poured into the cup by a second slave I decided I might care to taste the steaming, black wine. I lifted my finger. The girl in whose charge was the silver vessel, filed with black wine, knelt beside a tiny brazier, on which it sat, retaining it's warmth. Seeing my signal, she stiffened; she hesitated. She was white, dark-haired. She wore a high tight vest of red silk, with four hooks; her midriff was bare; she wore the sashed chalwar, a sashed diaphanous garment, full but gathered in closely at the ankles; she was barefoot; her wrists and ankles were bangled; she was veiled, she was collared. She rose swiftly to her feet. She knelt, head down before me. She poured, carefully, the hot black beverage into the tiny red cup. I dismissed her. Beneath her veil I had not been able to read the lettering on her collar, which would tell who owned her. I supposed it was Sulieman, since she was serving in his palace. The other girl, the white skinned, red haired girl, also in vest, chalwar and veil and bangles and collar, lifted her tray of spoons and sugars. But I turned away. She was not summoned. The girls, white skinned, were a matched set of slaves, one for the black wine and one for it's sugars. - Tribesman of Gor page 105 Other black wine quotes: "Actually," I said to Elizabeth, "this is very rare. Thentis does not trade the beans for black wine. I have heard of a cup of black wine in Ar, some years ago, selling for a silver eighty-piece. Even in Thentis black wine is commonly only in High Caste homes." "Perhaps it is from Earth?" she asked. "Originally, doubtless beans were brought from Earth," I said, "much as certain other seeds, and silk worms and such, but I doubt very much that the ship I saw last night had in its cargo anything as trivial as the beans for black wine." - Assassin of Gor p 107 Breeding Wine - A sweet beverage which counteracts the effects of slave wine, making a slave girl fertile; also called second wine. In the concentrated state, as in slave wine, developed by the caste of physicians, the effect is almost indefinite, usually requiring a releaser for its remission, usually administered, to a slave, in which is called the breeding wine, or the "second wine." When this is administered she usually knows that she has been selected for crossing with a handsome male slave. - Blood Brothers of Gor p 319 - C - Cosian Wine - Mentioned but no description given - This wine can be found in bottles on the racks either in the cold room or next to the hearth, if it is wished hot you must heat it at the time of service. She had brought, too, paga, Cosian wine and water. - Rogue of Gor p 257 - F - Falarian - an exquisite, rare, fabulously expensive wine, it's cost would purchase a city. It's existence is only rumored among collectors. - This wine is found in the cold room or next to the hearth, in bottles on the rack. If it is wanted hot you must heat it at the time of service. "Among these petitioners came one fellow bring with him the promise of a gift of wine, a wine supposedly secret, the rare Falarian, a wine only rumored among collectors to exist, a wine supposedly so rare and precious that its cost might purchase a city. - Mercenaries of Gor p 158 Fermented Milk Curds -One of the most unusual beverages consumed upon Gor is one made from fermented curds of bosk milk. - This drink is found in large pitchers close lid pitchers next to the hearth or on the shelves in the cold room, if it is wanted hot you must heat it at the time of service. "By one fire I could see a squat Tuchuk, hands on his hips, dancing and stamping about by himself, drunk on fermented milk curds, dancing, according to Kamchak, to please the sky." - Nomads of Gor p 28 Flavored Ices - Mentioned but not described except for color - This is found in the cold room, in cartons. As there is almost no detail, it is assumed these are much like Italian ice, a fruit flavored ice desert/drink. The High Initiate had risen to his feet and accepted a goblet from another Initiate, probably containing minced flavored ices, for the day was warm. Free women, here and there, were delicately putting tidbits beneath their veils. Some even lifted their veils somewhat to drink of the flavored ices. Some low-caste free women drank through their veils, and there were yellow and purple stains on the rep-cloth. - Assassins of Gor p 141 Fruit Juices - Larma juice is mentioned but would think there were other types as well. - Juices are fresh made daily, and can be found in large pitchers in the cold room. "Drink, cool drinks!" called a woman, selling juices by the side of the road, coming up to the cart. - Mercenaries of Gor p 257 - K - Ka-La-Na - A sweet, rich, fully bodied, deliciously fragrant wine. It is distilled from the fruit of the Ka-la-na tree. - This drink is found in bottles in both the cold room and at the hearth, if it is wanted hot you must heat it at the time of service. The guards had liked us, muchly, and had apparently expected that they would for, to our delight, they had purchased a small bottle of Ka-la-na wine, in a wicker basket, which they had permitted us, swallow by swallow, to share. I had never tasted so rich and delicate a wine on Earth, and yet here, on this world, it cost only a copper tarn disk and was so cheap, and plentiful, that it might be given even to a female slave. I remembered each of the four swallows which I had had. I tasted them even still, with the meat and bread which I had eaten. It was the first Gorean fermented beverage which I had tasted. It is said that Ka-la-na has an unusual effect on a female. - Captive of Gor p 114 I turned and, among the furnishings of the tent, found a bottle of Ka-la-na, of good vintage, from the vineyards of Ar, the loot of a caravan raid. I then took the wine, with a small copper bowl, and a black, red-trimmed wine crater, to the side of the fire. I poured some of the wine into the small copper bowl, and set it on the tripod over the tiny fire in the fire bowl. He sat cross-legged, facing me, and I knelt by the fire, facing him. After a time I took the copper bowl from the fire and held it against my cheek. I returned it again to the tripod, and again we waited. I began to tremble. "Do not be afraid, Slave," he said to me. "Master!" I pleaded. "I did not give you permission to speak," he said. I was silent. Again I took the bowl from the fire. It was now not comfortable to hold the bowl, but it was not painful to do so. I poured the wine from the small copper bowl into the black, red-trimmed wine crater, placing the small bowl in a rack to one side of the fire. I swirled, slowly, the wine in the wine crater. I saw my reflection in the redness, the blondness of my hair, dark in the wine, and the collar, with its bells, about my throat. I now, in the fashion of the slave girl of Treve, held the wine crater against my right cheek. I could feel the warmth of the wine through the side of the crater. - Captive of Gor p 331-332 Kal-da - A hot almost scalding drink made of distilled Ka-la-na wine mixed with juices of fruits such as tospit and larma and hot spices. It is considered a peasant drink. - This drink is kept in a huge kettle over the hearth, you just use a brazier and urn when serving this drink. if it is wanted any other temperature then scalding you will have to first cool it down before serving it. Kal-da is a hot drink, almost scalding, made of diluted ka-la-na wine, mixed with citrus juices and stinging spices. I did not care much for the mouth warming concoction, but it was popular with some of the lower castes, particularly those who performed strenuous manual labor. I expected its popularity was due more to its capacity to warm a man and stick to his ribs, and to its cheapness (a poor grade of Ka-la-na was used in its brewing) then to any gustatory excellence. - Outlaw of Gor p 76 - M - Mead -Common in the northernmost climes of Gor, ale and mead are brewed much the same way paga is, except for a difference in ingredients. Most ales tend to be grain or fruit based, whereas Mead is almost universally brewed by fermenting honey with water. - This drink is kept in kegs in the cold room and at the hearth. If it is wanted hot you must heat it at the time of service. I held the large drinking horn of the north. "There is no way for this to stand upright," I said to him, puzzled. He threw back his head again, and roared once more with laughter. "If you cannot drain it," he said, "give it to another!" I threw back my head and drained the horn. - Marauders of Gor p 89 In the north generally, mead, a drink made with fermented honey and water, and often spices and such, tends to be favored over paga. - Vagabonds of Gor p 16 Milk, Bosk - Milk from the Bosk - Rich, thick and sweet. - This drink is found in a large pitcher in the cold room, if it is wanted any other temperature you must warm or heat it at the time of service. When the meat was ready, Kamchak ate his fill, and drank down, too, a flagon of bosk milk; I did the same, though the milk, at least for me, did not sit too well with the Paga of the afternoon. - Nomads of Gor p 139 Milk, Kaiila Sand - a red, salty milk due to its ferrous sulphate content. - This drink is found in the cold room in a large pitcher, if it is wanted any other temperature you must heat it at the time of service. ..kaiila milk, which is used, like verr milk, by the peoples of the Tahari, is reddish, and has a strong, salty taste; it contains much ferrous sulphate - Tribesmen of Gor p 71 Milk, Verr - Milk from the Verr - This drink is found in a large pitcher in the cold room, if it is wanted any other temperature you must heat it at the time of service.. She had been carrying a large bag of churned verr milk on her head. - Tribesmen of Gor p 89 Behind him was a herd of eleven verr, browsing on brownish snatches of verr grass. He would have defended the small animals with his life. Their milk and wool was his livelihood, and that of his family. - Tribesmen of Gor p 167 - P - Paga Paga-Sa-Tarna - "paga" is short for "pagar-sa-tarna", meaning "pleasure of the life daughter". A grain-based, fermented drink made from Sa-tarna, it is similar to ale and is symbolic of physical love. Smooth and clear, it is usually served warm. - This drink is found in bottles in the cold room and next to the hearth, or in a huge kettle over the fire in the hearth. Hot it is served from an urn and brazier. The Older Tarl and I may have drunk too much of that fermented brew concocted with fiendish skill from the yellow grain, Sa-Tarna, and called Pagar Sa-Tarna, Pleasure of the Life-Daughter, but almost always "Paga" for short. I doubted that I would ever touch the stuff again. - Tarnsmen of Gor p 60-61 Paga-Sul - Very strong, alcoholic beverage made primarily from suls (tubers) Sul paga is almost tasteless. - This drink is found in bottles in the cold room and next to the hearth, if it is wanted hot you must heat it at the time of service. Sul paga is, when distilled, though the sul itself is yellow, is as clear as water... the still, with its tanks and pipes, lay within the village, that of Tabuk's Ford, in which Thurnus, our host, was caste leader. "Excellent," said my master, sipping the Sul paga. He could have been commenting only on the potency of drink, for Sul paga is almost tasteless. One does not guzzle Sul paga. Last night one of the men had held my head back and forced me to swallow a mouthful. In moments things had gone black, and I had fallen unconscious. - Slave Girl of Gor p 134 Palm Wine - Mentioned but no description given - This drink is found in bottles in the cold room or next to the hearth, if it is wanted hot you must heat it at the time of service. Schendi's most significant exports are doubtless spice and hides, with kailiauk horn and horn products also being of great importance. One of her most delicious exports is palm wine. - Explorers of Gor p 115 - R - Rence beer - made from rence. - This drink is found in kegs either in the cold room or next to the hearth, if it is wanted hot you must heat it at the time of service. At such times there is drinking of rence beer, steeped, boiled and fermented from the crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the plant. - Raiders of Gor p 18 - S - Slave Wine - A black, bitter beverage, the main ingredient being sip root, that is given to the slave once a month and acts as a contraceptive. Its effect is instantaneous and lasts for well over a month. (see also: breeding wine) From a spout on the vessel, grinning, Gorm filled the golden cup. The liquid swirling in the cup was black. "Drink," said Ivar Forkbeard, thrusting the cup into the hands of the slender, blond girl, she who had, so long ago, in the temple of Kassau, worn the snood of scarlet yarn, with twisted golden wire, the red vest and skirt, the white blouse. She held the cup. It was decorated; about its sides, cunningly wrought, was a design, bond-maids, chained. A chain design also decorated the rim, and, at five places on the cup, was the image of a slave whip, five-strapped. She looked at the black liquid. "Drink," said the Forkbeard. She lifted it to her lips, and tasted it. She closed her eyes, and twisted her face. It is too bitter, she wept. She felt the knife of the Forkbeard at her belly. "Drink," said he. She threw back her head and drank down the foul brew. She began to cough and weep. The coffle rope was untied from her throat. "Send her to the branding log," said the Forkbeard. He thrust the girl down the gangplank, into the arms of the waiting men, who hurried her from the dock. One by one, the prizes of Ivar Forkbeard, even the rich, proud Aelgifu, were forced to down the slave wine. - Marauders of Gor p 83-84 - T - Ta-wine - A clear red wine usually served at room temperature in higher class establishments. - This wine is found in bottles either in the cold room or next to the hearth, if it is wanted hot you must heat it at the time of service. One girl held back our head, and others, from goblets, gave us of wines, Turian wine, sweet and thick, Ta wine, from the famed Ta grapes, from the terraces of Cos, wines even, Ka-la-nas, sweets and dry, from distant Ar. - Tribesmen of Gor p 213 Turian Liqueur - A thick, sweet liqueur from Turia, served in tiny glasses - This drink is found in bottles on the rack next to the hearth. If it is wanted cold you must chill it. If it is wanted hot you must heat it at the time of service. She picked up the small tray from the stand near the table. On it was the small vessel containing a thick, sweet liqueur from distant Turia, the Ar of the south, and the two tiny glasses from which we had sipped it. - Explorers of Gor p 10 Turian wine -Sweet, syrupy wines of Turia, flavored and sugared to the point where one could almost leave one's fingerprint on their surface. - This drink is found in bottles on the rack next to the hearth. If it is wanted cold you must chill it. If it is wanted hot you must heat it at the time of service. I did not much care for the sweet, syrupy wines of Turia, flavored and sugared to the point where one could almost leave one's fingerprint on their surface. - Nomads of Gor p 83-84 - W - Warmed Chocolate -Chocolate exists upon Gor, and is often mixed with sugar and creams to produce a hot, thick, sweet beverage no different from the hot cocoa of Earth. - This drink is made at the time of service. Milk and cream are in the cold room, chocolate chunks are in the cold room, sugars are on the counter. "This is warmed chocolate," I said, pleased. It was very rich and creamy. "Yes, Mistress," said the girl. "It is very good," I said. "Thank you, Mistress," she said. "Is it from Earth?" I asked. "Not directly," she said. "Many things here, of course, ultimately have an Earth origin. It is not improbable that the beans from which the first cacao trees on this world were grown were brought from Earth." "Do the trees grow near here?" I asked. "No, Mistress," she said, "we obtain the beans from which the chocolate is made, from Cosian merchants, who in turn, obtain them in the tropics." - Kajira of Gor p 61 Did you actually know this?? Drinking from the cup of a Master: When I had served him wine he gave me, too, to drink of the cup. This was, in its way, a great honor, and a token of his recognition as to how I stood to him. I still, of course, did not dare to drink from the same edge of the cup as he, the Master. - Slave Girl of Gor p 442 "Why do you not drink? I asked her. "A girl does not drink before her master," she said. "I see that you are not totally stupid," I said. "Thank you, Master," she said. - Guardsman of Gor p 296 Kissing the vessel: They called for more wine and paga and Eta, and I, too, hastened to serve them. We, two, moved among them. I, too, now served then in the firelight. I would pour paga, which I carried, into a goblet, kiss it, as was expected, and give it to the man. "Paga!" called my captor. I almost fainted. I went to him and, shaking, poured paga into his goblet; I was terrified that I might spill it; it was not only that I feared, should I spill the beverage, that I might be beaten for my clumsiness; it was even more than I wished to appear graceful and beautiful before him; but I shook, and was awkward; the paga sloshed in the goblet but, as my heart almost stood still, it did not spill; he looked at me; I was a clumsy girl, and a poor slave; I felt so small and unworthy before him; I was not only a girl, small and weak before these mighty men; I was not even a good slave. Trembling, I extended the goblet to him. He did not take it. I shrank back, confused. I did not know what to do. I realizes then that I had, in my confusion and distress, forgotten to place my lips upon the goblet in subservience. I quickly pressed my lips to the goblet, kissing it. Then, suddenly, as I was to hand it to him, I boldly, again, lifted the goblet's side to my lips. Holding it in both hands, I kissed it again, lovingly, delicately, fully, lingering, my eyes closed. I had never kissed a boy on Earth with the helplessness and passion that I bestowed upon the mere goblet of my Gorean captor. I belonged to him. I was his. I loved him! I felt the metal of the cup beneath my full, pressing lips. I opened my eyes. I proffered, tears in my eyes, the cup of paga to my captor. It was though, with the cup, I was giving myself to him. Yet I knew I needed not give myself to him, for I was his, and a slave girl; he could take me whenever he wished me. He took the cup from my hands, and dismissed me. - Slave Girl of Gor p 68-69 "Now take the goblet," he said, "and hold the metal against your body pushing inward," I took the goblet and held it, tightly, to my body. I held the round, heavy metal against me, below my brassiere. "Lower," he said, "against your belly." I then held the goblet lower. "Press it more inward," he said. I did so. "Now," said he, "lift the goblet to your lips and kiss it lingeringly, then proffer it to me, arms extended, head down." - Fighting Slave of Gor p 18-19 |
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