Foods and Drinks


In the books of John Norman, slaves did not taste food or drink before offering it. In fact, to drink before a Master had drunk was to sign the slave's death warrant. There were exceptions, but the slave was specifically COMMANDED to taste the drink to ensure there were no poisons. (In fact, the drink was poisoned; the slave sent by the Kurii to kill Tarl Cabot aka Bosk of Port Kar, who was, at that time, an agent of the Priest Kings.) Also, a slave's lips were never to touch where that of a free person drank. In order to stay as true to the books as online allows, slaves in MTC will not taste food or drink before serving UNLESS specifically COMMANDED to do so by the free they serve. Because we have guests from many homes, should a free ask for a drink or food not listed, please discreetly inform them in PM that the item is not available and offer a replacement.

This resource is a work in progress. Quotes from the books of John Norman will be added beneath each food and drink as they can be found.

Drinks of Gor

Below you will find the listings of all the drinks available here in Maze Tuchuk Camp. Although per Nomads of Gor, most of these drinks would not be found among the Tuchuks, this is a camp with members of many different backgrounds and ethnicities. We will assume that some of our beverages were procured through trading, bartering, and raiding for the benefit of those who might wish for a taste of home. Besides, even Kamchak and Harold were known to eat strange delicacies when visiting Turia!

Please note: a bota is verr-skin pouch which is well insulated with animal fat to ensure it holds liquid; a kantharos is a wide-rimmed, footed, two-handled vessel; a flagon is simply a pitcher; and a crater is a wide-rimmed bowl. Cups may have two small handles or none at all. Mugs, while often considered an onlinism since they are not specifically mentioned in the works of John Norman, are still used in this camp. After all, how hard can it be to fashion a deep clay cup with only one handle?

•Ale: True Gorean ale is closer to a honey lager than to the ale or beer of Earth. A deep gold in color, it is brewed from the grains and hops grown on Gor and served in a chilled tankard. Tankards are stored on shelves inside the cold storage wagons, and the ale is kept in wooden barrels in those same wagons.

"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, 82


•Bazi tea: An herbal beverage served hot and heavily sweetened with carefully measured white and yellow sugars, this tea is traditionally drunk three tiny cups at a time, in rapid succession. Things you need: a tray, three small tea cups, the tin box where the tea leaves are kept, a small saucer each of white and yellow sugars, a spoon for each of the sugars, and a teapot. These items are all kept stored in the main part of the commissary wagons. Please note that the elaborate bazi tea ritual sometimes seen in online Gor is not a common practice in Tuchuk but it may be done IF requested.  While beautiful, it does not appear in the books of John Norman. Further, its symbolism of the cycle of life and death is somewhat a moot point on a planet where people remain youthful and attractive for hundreds of years.

"Tea is extremely important to the nomads. It is served hot and highly sugared. It gives 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, 38


•Black wine: This is simply a stronger, more bitter version of the coffee of Earth. The beans were long ago introduced on Gor and are grown on the slopes of Thentis. This drink is traditionally served with sugar and bosk milk, and in small cups. Here in Maze Tuchuk Camp, serve it in a heavy mug. If asked to serve it "second slave," the slave serves it black, while "first slave" refers to the drink being served with bosk milk and sugar. The drink will be found brewing in small heavy kettles at the cooking fires.

"I had heard of black wine, but had never had any. It is drunk in Thentis, but I had never heard of it being much drunk in other Gorean cities... Then I picked up one of the thick, heavy clay bowls... It was extremely strong, and bitter, but it was hot, and, unmistakably, it was coffee."--Assassin, 106


"'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, 244-245


"She carried a tray, on which were various spoons and sugars. She knelt, placing her tray upon the table. 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; with two stirring spoons, one for the white sugar, another for the yellow, she stirred the beverage after each measure."--Tribesmen,89


•Breeding wine: A sweet beverage which counteracts the effects of slave wine, thus making a slave girl fertile, it is also called second wine. It is made from the extract of the teslik plant. A Master would give this to a girl.
•Chocolate: This drink, made from beans brought back on one of the early Voyages of Acquisition, is the same as the hot chocolate of Earth. Generally, it is served in higher-class establishments as the cost of chocolate is great. Serve it hot in a heavy mug or bowl. The chocolate powder is stored in the commissary wagons in a tin box. Bosk milk is stored in pitchers in the cold wagons or found powdered in tins kept in the commissaries.

"'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, 61


•Cosian Wines:These are a variety of wines from Cos. Wines are served chilled or room temp and served in goblets. The bottles may be found in wine racks in the main area of the commissary wagons as well as in the cold wagons.
•Juice: Made fresh daily from any number of Gorean fruits; stored in pitchers in the cold wagons and served in goblets.

"I purchased some larma juice for a tarsk bit. 'Is it cool?' I asked. 'Yes,' she said."--Mercenaries, 257


•Ka-la-na: A very potent dry incandescent wine, made from the fruit of the Ka-la-na tree. A red wine, it is sometimes known as the drink of romance. This drink is served warm or chilled in a goblet or a crater. Chilled Ka-la-na is stored in bottles or flasks; warm Ka-la-na is stored in bottles at room temperature and then heated in a small copper pot over the fire.

"...a small bottle of Ka-la-na wine, in a wicker basket... 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... 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, 114


•Kal-da: An alcoholic beverage made of watered-down Ka-la-na wine further diluted with citrus juice (likely tospit) and mixed with strong spices, it is served boiling hot. If slices of fresh tospit are desired, the fruit is placed in the bottom of the drinking vessel and the Ka-la-na and juice mixture is poured over it. Serve this drink in a heavy mug or bowl. Tospit juice is kept in small pitchers in the cold wagons, and tospits are found in the main area of the commissary room in baskets, along with other fruits. This drink takes several ahn of boiling and stirring to be of the correct taste and potency and is generally served from those pots, as we see from the quotes below:

"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 this mouth-burning 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 wine being used in its brewing) than to any gustatory excellence. But I reasoned on this night of all nights, this cold, depressing wet night, a cup of Kal-da might go well indeed."- Outlaw, 76.


"Behind the counter the thin, bald-headed proprietor, his forehead glistening, his slick black apron stained with spices, juices and wine, busily worked his long mixing paddle in a vast pot of bubbling Kal-da. My nose wrinkled. There was no mistaking the smell of brewing Kal-da."- Outlaw, 223.


"Other girls now appeared among the tables, clad only in a camisk and a silver collar, and sullenly, silently, began to serve the Kal-da which Kron had ordered. Each carried a heavy pot of the foul, boiling brew and, cup by cup, replenished the cups of the men."- Outlaw, 226.


•Mead: A beverage of fermented honey, mead is thick, sweet and very potent. It is traditionally made in Torvaldsland and served in a drinking horn. You will find these vessels stored in the commissaries on shelves. The mead is stored in large wooden casks in the cold wagons.

"I handed the horn to Thyri, who... knelt at my feet. 'Yes, Jarl,' said she, and ran to fill it, from the great vat. How marvelously beautiful is a naked, collared woman... 'Here, Jarl,' said Thyri, again handing me the horn. It was filled with the mead of Torvaldsland, brewed from fermented honey, thick and sweet."--Marauders, 89-90


•Milk: Usually this is bosk milk, but it can also be verr milk. Traditionally, Tuchuks ferment the bosk milk. Served in goblets or mugs; milk is stored in flagons (pitchers) in the cold wagons.

“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, 139


•Milk Curds, Fermented: This is the traditional alcoholic beverage of Tuchuks and is made from bosk milk. Serve it from mugs or goblets, or even flagons and bosk horns. It is stored in the cold wagons.

“By one fire I could see a squat Tuchuk, hands on hips, dancing and stamping about by himself, drunk on fermented milk curds, dancing, according to Kamchak, to please the sky.”—Nomads, 28


•Mulled Ka-la-na: There is no such drink in all 26 of the books of Gor. From all indications, this means Kal-da.
•Paga (shortened from Pagar-Sa-Tarna, meaning "Pleasure of the Life-Daughter"): A grain-based, lumpy, distilled hard liquor (most probably like Earth whiskey), it is sometimes served warm. This is the drink most often served in taverns. Offer it in a footed bowl (kantharos), cup, or goblet, from the bottle, or from a bota if requested by a free person. Paga is stored in bottles in the cold wagons or at room temperature in the commissaries.

"`Your paga,' said the nude slave girl, who served me, her wrists chained. `It is warmed as you wished.' I took it from her, not even glancing upon her, and drained the goblet... I liked paga warm. One felt it so much the sooner that way."--Raiders, 100


•Palm wine: A popular export of Schendi, this is a wine made of the palm of the inland rainforests. Served in a goblet; stored in the cold wagons in bottles.

"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, 115-116


•Rence Beer: Rence beer is commonly available only in the marsh communities, where it is drunk from gourd flagons. It is steeped, boiled and fermented from the crushed seeds and whitish pith of the rence plant. It would be very rare to find this drink or its traditional vessel elsewhere on Gor; however, due to its high demand, Maze Tuchuk obtains the drink in barter or trade. Stored in casks in the cold wagons, it is served in tankards, bowls, cups, or whatever vessel the free person desires.
•Sul-Paga: An alcoholic beverage made from the sul (an Earth equivalent may be vodka), it is the drink of peasants. Serve in a footed bowl or crater. The drink is stored in bottles in the cold wagons.

"Sul paga is, when distilled, though the sul itself is yellow, 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, 134


•Slave Wine: Brewed from bitter herbs (sip root), this acts as a contraceptive drunk once yearly. A girl does not serve this “wine” but rather would be given it by her Master.
•Ta-wine: Wine made from the Ta-grapes of Cos and served in a goblet if chilled and a bowl if warm. The bottles are kept in wine racks, both at room temperature in the commissaries and chilled in the cold wagons.

"One girl held our heads back, 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..."--Tribesmen, 213


•Turian wine: Thick and syrupy, this sweet wine could be obtained in barter and trade with Turia or raided from caravans departing its walls. Served in a goblet if chilled and a bowl if warm, as with any other wine. The bottles are kept in wine racks, both at room temperature in the commissaries and chilled in the cold wagons.

"One girl held our heads back, 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..."--Tribesmen, 213


•Water: This comes in the form of spring water from the mountains as well as water fresh from the river and is served in a goblet. Water from the river is stored in wooden casks and barrels; spring water is stored in the cold wagons in bottles.

”...together we had eaten some dried bosk meat and drank water, from one of the commissary wagons attached to one of Hundreds in the city. As commanders we could eat where we chose.”—Nomads, 307


Foods of Gor

This selection is in addition to vegetables and fruits that are also grown on Earth, such as peas, corn, cherries, pomegranates, peaches, raisins, chokecherries, carrots, turnips, onions, radishes, nuts, melons, mushrooms, berries, olives and dates. Gor and Earth also share common herbs and spices such as salt, garlic, cinnamon, mint, parsley and cloves. Below you will find other foods of the Gorean world.

Vegetables, fruits, nuts, spices, sugars and herbs are stored in the main part of the commissary wagons, where it is cool and dry, in the following manner: fruits and vegetables in large baskets; herbs and nuts in small baskets; and spices and sugars in tin boxes. The key is to be creative with these foods. Prepare stews and salads. Use garnishes. Make preserves.

•Bosk: A large, shaggy, long horned bovine similar to the Earth cow, it is cooked and served as Earth beef is cooked and served. Fresh cuts of bosk are stored in the cold wagons in small quantities, wrapped in rep cloth. Sides of meat is kept in meat wagons with all the other hanging meats, where it is smoked or dried into jerky. Be creative in what you can prepare with bosk. (For an extensive collection of quotes regarding the cooking or drying of bosk meat, please see Tuchuk Eating Habits)
•Butter: Churned from the milk of the bosk or the verr, it is stored in the cold wagons. Slaves will be expected to churn butter.
•Cheese: Pressed from the milk of the bosk or the verr, these cheeses are sharp in taste and travel well, resisting mold in their hard rinds. Cheeses are stored in the cold wagons.

"...and two golden-brown, starchy Suls, broken open and filled with melted bosk cheese."--Assassin, 168


•Eggs, Vulo: Slaves will collect eggs from the vulo pens, store them in baskets in the cold wagons, and prepare them the same way as those of Earth. The birds do not always keep their nests tidy, so the eggs should be washed before their use! To prevent cracking open a fertilized egg, one should hold a lit candle to the side to see if there is a chick within.
•Fish: There are many different varieties of fish.
    1. Parsit - a silvery fish having brown stripes;
    2. Cosian wingfish - a tiny blue saltwater fish with 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin, the liver of which is considered a delicacy in the city of Turia;
    3. Marsh Shark - large and carnivorous, it is sliced thick into steaks;
    4. Salt Thassa fish - a small fish from the gleaming Thassa, served baked, steamed or broiled; and
    5. Vosk Carp - a large carp from the river Vosk.
For the purposes of this camp, the only fish served here will be small fish from the rivers. Slaves will be expected to fish if required, catching small carps and trout. Should a Master/Mistress present a slave with a fish to clean and scale, she will do so, as well as prepare the fish per the free person's directive. Fish is not kept stored at all in this camp unless in limited quantities in salted form or if procured through raids or barter.
•Ka-la-na fruit: The edible fruit of the Ka-la-na tree, it is also used in brewing Ka-la-na wine. Its shape and color is not described. As with all vegetables and fruits, it is kept in baskets in a cool place in the commissary wagons.

"'Over there,' I said, 'are some Ka-la-na trees. Wait here and I'll gather some fruit.'"--Tarnsman, 96


•Katch: A foliated leaf vegetable (possibly cabbage-like), mentioned in passing. As with all vegetables and fruits, it is kept in baskets in a cool place in the commissary wagons.

"...a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch.."--Tribesmen, 37


•Kes: A shrub whose salty blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in sullage. As with all vegetables and fruits, it is kept in baskets in a cool place in the commissary wagons.

"...the salty, blue secondary roots of the Kes shrub, a small, deeply rooted plant which grows best in sandy soil."--Priest Kings, 35


•Kort: A large, brown, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable about 6 inches wide, it is heavily seeded, yellow, and fibrous on the inside (most probably like a yellow squash of America). As with all vegetables and fruits, it is kept in baskets in a cool place in the commissary wagons.

"...a kort with melted cheese and nutmeg..."--Tribesman, 37


•Larma, hard and soft: A succulent fruit, its rather hard shell is brittle and easily broken. Within the fleshy endocarp, the fruit is delicious and very juicy. The hard larma, unlike the segmented larma, has a "stone" in its center which has earned it the nickname "pit fruit." A slave girl offering a larma, real or imagined, to her Master is a silent plea for rape. As with all vegetables and fruits, it is kept in baskets in a cool place in the commissary wagons.

“Harold… then picked up a juicy, red larma fruit, biting into it with a sound that seemed partly crunching as he went through the shell, partly squishing as he bit into the fleshly, segmented endocarp… taking a bite out of the fruit, spitting some seeds onto the rug.” –Nomads, 220


"I took a slice of hard larma from my tray. This is a firm, single-seeded, applelike fruit. It is quite unlike the segmented, juicy larma. It is sometimes called, and perhaps more aptly, the pit fruit, because of its large single stone."--Players of Gor, page 267


"The larma is lucious. It has a rather hard shell but the shell is brittle and easily broken. Within, the fleshy endocarp, the fruit, is delicious, and very juicy. Sometimes, when a woman is referred to as a 'larma,' it is suggested that her hard or frigid exterior conceals a rather different sort of interior, one likely to be quite delicious. Once the shell has been broken through or removed, irrevocably, there is, you see, exposed, soft, vulnerable, juicy and helpless, the interior, in the fruit, the fleshy endocarp, in the woman, the slave."--Renegades, 437


"Another bit of larma, Master?" asked the slave, kneeling behind me and to my left. I turned and, from where I sat cross-legged behind the low table, removed a small, crisp disk of fried larma, with a browned-honey sauce, from the silver tray."--Guardsman, 231


"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, 27-28


•Ram-berries: These are small, succulent berries. As with all vegetables and fruits, they are kept in baskets in a cool place in the commissary wagons.

“…We were charged with filling our leather buckets with ram-berries, a small, reddish fruit with edible seeds, not unlike tiny plums, save for the many small seeds.”—Captive of Gor, 305


•Sa-Tarna: Though most usually a yellow grain, in the Tahari the grain is a golden-brown color, the shell hardened to survive the desert winds.

"Far to my left, I saw a splendid field of Sa-Tarna, bending beautifully in the wind, that tall yellow grain that forms a staple of the Gorean diet."--Outlaw of Gor, 19-20


•Sa-Tarna Bread: Flat, round, four-, six-, or eight-sectioned yellow bread made from Sa-Tarna grains. Slaves will be required to bake this bread using Sa-Tarna grain flour which is stored in the commissaries in large tin boxes. The bread is baked in the mud brick ovens outside the commissaries, close to the cooking fires.

"...he gave me two generous pieces of bread, two full wedges of Sa-Tarna bread, a fourth of a loaf. Such bread is usually baked in round, flat loaves, with eight divisions in a loaf. Some smaller loaves are divided into four divisions."-- Kajira, 216


•Sa-Tassna: This term refers to all meat and can also refer to food in general.

"The expression [Sa-Tarna] is related to Sa-Tassna, the expression for meat, or food in general, which means Life-Mother. Paga is a corruption of Pagar-Sa-Tarna, which means Pleasure of the Life-Daughter."--Outlaw, 74 - 75


•Slave porridge or gruel: A cold, unsweetened mixture of water and Sa-Tarna meal on which slaves are fed. The Torvaldslanders call it "bond-maid gruel." Often, bits of fish or berries are added to this. Slaves are responsible for cooking batches of the gruel in large kettles. Sa-Tarna grain is stored in the commissary in a large tin box.

"Another of the bond-maids was then freed to mix the bond-maid gruel, mixing fresh water with Sa-Tarna meal, and then stirring in the raw [parsit] fish."--Marauders, 63-64


•Sorp: A shellfish, common especially in the Vosk River. In this camp, Sorp is not a common food.
•Sugar: There are two varieties that are commonly used: white sugar and yellow sugar, although two other forms are mentioned but not named. Sugars are stored in the commissaries in tin boxes.

"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,89


•Sul: A starchy, golden-brown, vine-borne vegetable; one of the principal ingredients in sullage; a tuberous vegetable similar to the potato. Stored in large baskets in the commissary rooms, this vegetable is often served sliced and fried or baked, broken open, and slathered with butter and melted cheeses.

"With a serving prong, she placed narrow strips of roast bosk and fried suls on my plate."--Guardsman, 234


•Sullage: A soup made principally from suls, tur-pah, and kes, along with whatever else may be handy. Be creative with this soup. Add peas, carrots, and whatever else is found in the commissaries.

"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, 35


•Tabuk: The one-horned yellow antelope of Gor, its meat is stored in small quantities in the cold wagons, wrapped in rep cloth. Sliced into steaks or roasted is the preferable way to serve this animal.

"... my mouth watered for a tabuk steak..."--Outlaw, 76


•Ta-grapes: Fruit from the Isle of Cos, they are similar to grapes of Earth and stored in baskets in the commissaries.

"The grapes were purple and, I suppose, Ta grapes from the lower vineyards of the terraced island of Cos some four hundred pasangs from Port Kar."--Priest Kings, 45


•Tarsk: A tusked, porcine animal having a bristly mane which runs down its spine to the base of its tail, its meat is stored in small quantities the cold wagons, wrapped in rep cloth. As with all meats, larger portions are smoked and hung in the meat wagons. This meat is generally roasted and commonly stuffed with suls and peppers. Thin strips of this meat may also be fried like bacon and served as a garnish or a breakfast food. Tark sausage, too, is found on Gor, sometimes stuffed in mushrooms.

"The slave boy, Fish, had emerged from the kitchen, holding over his head on a large silver platter a whole roasted tarsk, steaming and crisped, basted, shining under the torch light, a larma in its mouth, garnished with suls and Tur-Pah."--Raiders, 219


"...and not have had a mushroom, at all. 'What are they stuffed with?' I asked Hurtha.
"'Sausage,' he said.
"'Tarsk?' I asked.
"'Of course,' he said.
"'My favorite,' I said. 'I shall have one.'
"'Alas,' said Hurtha. 'They are all gone.'
"'Oh,' I said."--Mercenaries, 83


•Tumit: A large carnivorous bird of the plains which is hunted and eaten by the Nomadic people of Gor. Traditionally hunted with bolas, the sport lies in whether you or the bird gets to eat that night. Stored in the cold wagons, wrapped in rep cloth, these birds are served roasted or in a stew. (For the very few quotes available regarding the tumit, please see Tuchuk Eating Habits)
•Tospit: A bitter, juicy citrus fruit, it is small and peach-like, yellow in color, and often dried and candied. They are stored in baskets in the commissary rooms.(For an extensive collection of quotes regarding the topsit, please see Tuchuk Eating Habits)
•Tur-pah: An edible tree parasite with curly, red, ovate leaves; cultivated in host orchards upon the Tur tree; a main ingredient in sullage. Stored in the commissaries in large baskets.

"…the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-Pah, a tree parasite, cultivated in host orchards of Tur trees..."--Priest Kings, 35


•Verr: The mountain goat of Thentis and domesticated in its smaller variety on the Southern Plains. The meat can be eaten, and its milk can be used for drinking or the making of cheese and butter. Meat is kept stored in cold rooms, wrapped in rep cloth, or hung in the meat wagons where it is smoked. Verr meat can be sliced into chops and candied in a sweet sauce; steamed in the ground for the entire day while wrapped in leaves; or eaten on a skewer with chunks of fruits and vegetables, like a ka-bob.

“...reaching over the shoulder of one of the high council of Turia and taking a candied verr chop..."--Nomads, 253.


"I had had verr meat, cut in chunks and threaded on a metal rod, with slices of peppers and larma, and roasted..."--Tribesman


•Vulo: A tawny-colored domesticated pigeon which also exists in the wild, this poultry bird is used for meat and eggs. Vulo is caught fresh and slaughtered the same day it is prepared, usually roasted on a spit or served in stews.

"...vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions and honey..."--Tribesman , 37


***IMPORTANT NOTE*** Black bread is mentioned in "Hunters of Gor" as a the food of galley slaves. As such, black bread will not be served in this camp.

 

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