| DRINKS Level 1 Module 4 |
| Learn about the drinks available on Gor. In particular research the drinks most often requested in Camp When you feel you know about the drinks and the correct vessels to use please approach your trainer to be tested |
| Ale: Gorean ale is closer to a honey lager than to an ale or beer...a deep gold in color, and brewed from the grains of Gor and hops imported from urth in the early years. *serve in a chilled tankard* Bazi tea: an herbal beverage served hot and heavily sugared; traditionally drunk three tiny cups at a time, in rapid succession. Blackwyne: coffee; traditionally served with white and yellow sugars and powdered bosk milk, and in tiny cups, although in most taverns it is served in mugs. It is grown on the slopes of Thentis and is believed to have been acquired on an urthen Voyage of Acquisition. If asked to serve it "second slave", the kajira serves it black. *serve in a heavy mug* 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. Assassins of Gor, p 106 Typically, it will be brewed on a tiny brazier, and poured into tiny cup. Sugars, white and yellow, bosk and verr creams are stirred in with a tiny spoon. At times, the milk may be found in powder form. Too, I had brought up a small bowl of powdered bosk milk. We had finished the creams last night and, in any event, it was unlikely they would have lasted the night. If I had wanted creams I would have had to have gone to the market.Guardsman of Gor, p 295 " 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, page 244-245 Breeding wine: a sweet beverage which counteracts the effects of slave wine, making a slave girl fertile; also called second wine, it is made from the extract of the teslik plant. Bosk milk::Fresh milk of the bosk, the verr, and sometimes even the kaiila. The milk of the bosk is used for making butter and cheeses. The wagon people do not waste any part of the bosk. When the meat was ready, Kamchak ate his fill, and drank down, too, a flagon of bosk milk Nomads of Gor, p 139 Chocolate: made from beans brought back on one of the early Voyages of Acquisition, this is the same as the chocolate of urth.It is served in higher class establishments. *serve hot in a heavy mug or cold in a goblet* Cho: hot paga, chocolate and whipped cream. *serve in a heavy mug or bowl* Fermented Milk Curd: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 Research this traditional Drink of the Tuchuk Ka-la-na: a very potent red wine, made from the fruit of the Ka-la-na tree. *do not serve in a silver vessel: do serve in a goblet* It is red in color and can be served cold warm or even hot (as is prefered in Treve). This drink can symbolize romantic love. “I went to his locker near the mat and got out his Ka-la-na flask, taking a long draught myself and then shoving it into his hands. He drained the flask in one drink and wiped his hand across his beard, stained with the red juice of the fermented drink.” Tarnsman of Gor, page 168 Kal-da: alcoholic beverage made of ka-la-na wine diluted with citrus juices and mixed with strong spices and sliced fruits, served hot. *serve in a heavy mug* Kal-da is a hot drink, almost scalding, made of diluted Ka-la-na wine, mixed with citrus juices and stinging spices. Outlaw of Gor, page 76 Larma juice – one would take the juice from the larma and save it in a pitcher,……. 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 of Gor, page 437 I purchased some larma juice for a tarsk bit. "Is it cool," I asked. "Yes," she said. Mercenaries of Gor, pg 257 Mead::A dark amber drink of the Northern parts of Gor, brewed from honey and water. 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: can be bosk milk, verr or kaiila. Mulled Ka-la-na: heated ka-la-na, with mulling spices. Usually garnished with a piece of ka-la-na fruit or tospit. *serve in a goblet* Paga: (abbr. of Paga-Sa-Tarna, lit. 'pleasure of the life-daughter'): a grain-based, lumpy, distilled hard liquor akin to whiskey; sometimes served warm, this is the drink most often served in taverns. *serve in a footed bowl* Paga, the symbol of physical love, is an undistilled amber colored alcoholic beverage made from the golden sa-tarna grain. Its taste is often described as "hot" and "firey". Botas of Paga made of Verr skin hang in the Servery over the hearth to warm or outside near the main cook fire.There are also skins (Botas) or bottles in the chill pit. It is served in a footed bowl. He leaned over and tossed me a skin bag of Paga. Tarnsman of Gor, p 78 Warm paga makes one drunk quicker, it is thought... Some Cosians tend to be fond of hot paga. Vagabonds of Gor, p 16 “A strong, fermented drink brewed from the yellow grains of Gor's staple crop, Sa-Tarna” Outlaw of Gor, p 74 Rence beer - Normally kept in gourd flagons, it is a drink popular with the rence growers who produce it themselves. Rarely found outside of the rence islands. Raiders of Gor, pages 18 and 44 Sul Paga: alcoholic beverage made from suls; akin to vodka.*serve in a footed bowl*Not generally available in Tuchuk unless brought in by a Member of the Peasant Caste. Sul paga is, when distilled, though the sul itself is yellow, is as clear as water Slave of Gor, p 134 Sul paga, as anyone knew, is seldom available outside of a peasant village, where it is brewed. Sul paga would slow a thalarion. To stay on your feet after a mouthful of Sul paga it is said one must be of the peasants, and then for several generations. And even then, it is said, it is difficult to manage. There is a joke about the baby of a peasant father being born drunk nine months later. Slave of Gor, p 414 Slave Wine: brewed from bitter herbs, acts as a contraceptive drunk once per month, although a girl does not serve this wine; rather, a slave would be given this by her Master Ta wine - a dry wine made from Ta grapes from the Isle of Cos. *serve at room temperature, or warm, in a tankard or goblet* "It was Ta wine, from the Ta grapes of the terraces of Cos...In the last year heavy import duties had been levied by the high council of Vonda against the wines of certain other cities, in particular against the Ka-la-nas of Ar." Fighting Slave of Gor, page 306 Turian Wine - 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, page 83-84 Water: spring water from the mountains or from the liana vine or carpet plants from the rain forest area inland of Schendi. |
| Testing Guidelines:: Descriptions required of at least three drinks served in camp and the correct vessels to be used. |