Foods of Gor

There are some foods that are native to Gor, but the basic fare of the Gorean diet tends to be simple. Goreans are meat and potato people. Since so much of your time in the Taverns is spent serving, it would seem logical that you should become familiar with the food and drinks of Gor.

Apricot Tribesman of GOR p.45	Apparently identical to the apricot of Earth; references exist of the fruit being sold in marketplaces of the Tahari.
Arctic Giant Eggs Beasts of GOR p. 196	Eggs of the migratory Arctic gant; when frozen, they are eaten like apples.
Beans Marauders of Gor p. 81	No description
Biscuits Savages of Gor p. 328	A dried pressed biscuits described as baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour.
Black Bread Hunters of Gor p. 13	Baked soft and full flavored from Gorean grains, heavy and dark, served with clotted Bosk Cream or honey.
Bond-Maid Gruel Marauders of Gor p. 67	A porridge served to bond-maids in Torvaldsland made of dampened Sa-Tarna and raw fish.
Bosk Priest-Kings of Gor p. 45	Large, shaggy, long horned bovine similar to the Earth cow; cattle; served as beef is served.
Butter Marauders of Gor p. 81	Churned from the milk of the Bosk or the Verr.
Cabbages Marauders of Gor p. 81	No description given
Candy Dancer of Gor" p 81 ( also see below Mint Sticks)	Soft, rounded, succulent candies, usually covered with a coating of syrup or fudge, rather in the nature of the caramel apple, but much smaller, and, like a caramel apple, mounted on sticks. the candy is prepared and the stick, from the bottom, is thrust up, deeply, into it.
Celane Melon	Similar to honeydew melon, it is served chilled and sliced.
Cheese Assassin of GOR p. 168	Pressed from the milk of the Bosk they are sharp in taste and travel well resisting molds in their hard rinds.
Cherries Beasts of GOR p. 349	Grown in Tyros.
Cosian Wingfish Nomads of GOR p. 84-85	Also known as songfish due to its whistling mating song; a tiny blue salt-water fish with 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; found in the waters off Port Kar; its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia.
Dates Tribesman of GOR p. 46	These come from the City of Tor. staple of the diet of the Tahari Tribesmen; they are sold in a tef (a handful with the 5 fingers closed; a tefa is 6 tefs (a small basket); Five such baskets constitute a huda. In large compressed bricks they are used in trade.
Eel Magicians of GOR p. 428	A voracious animal which can maim or kill a slave in moments. Some varieties are edible and considered a gorean delicacy. Varieties include: river eel, black eel, and spotted eel.
Eggs Nomads of GOR p. 1	Usually vulo eggs.. but there are many varieties available depending on the region.
Fish, Parsit Marauders of GOR p. 28, 56, and 63-64	A silvery fish having brown stripes, the follow the 'parsit current' in the polar basin. In Torvaldsland, it is smoked and dried, stored in barrels, and used in trade to the south.
Garlic Outlaw of GOR p. 29	Not described in detail
Grunts Slave Girl of GOR" p. 360 Marauders of GOR p. 59	Great Specled - a fish inhabiting the Thassa and caught as food for sailors. White-bellied ... A large game fish which haunts the plankton beds in the Polar North to feed on parsit fish. It's eggs are considered a rare delicacy.. like caviar.
Honey Marauders of GOR p. 81	No description given.. just that honey bees are raised.
Katch Tribesmen of GOR p.37	Foliated leaf vegetable similar to lettuce.
Kes Shrub Priest-Kings of GOR p. 45	A shrub whose salty, blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in sullage.
Kort Tribesmen of GOR p. 37	Often served sliced with melted cheese and nutmeg, a large, brownish-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable of the Tahari usually some 6 inches in width. The interior is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded.
Larma Players of GOR p. 267	They come in two types: 1)juicy = a segmented, succulent fruit, 2) hard = rather like an apple, having one pit, commonly called the pit fruit, it is sometimes sliced and fried, and served with browned honey sauce; offering a larma, real or imagined, by a slave girl to her master is a silent plea for the girl to be raped.
Melons Tribesmen of GOR p. 45	Yellowish, red-striped spheres.
Mint Sticks Explorers of GOR p 10	Just mentioned as tiny mint sticks in a bowl
Mushrooms Mercenaries of GOR p. 82	No description given
Olives Raiders of GOR p. 114	Are commonly from the City of Tor. (referred to as Torian Olives); also Red Olives which come from the groves of Tyros.
Onions Marauders of GOR p. 81	No description given
Pastries Fighting Slave of GOR p. 275-276	Nothing specific mentioned.
Peas Marauders of GOR p. 81	These are mentioned as a menu item, but not described but peas are peas.
Peppers Tribesmen of GOR p. 47	Not described
Pit Fruit Players of GOR p. 267	Hard larma, firm, singl-seeded, apple-like fruit unlike the segmented, juicy larma fruit. it is some times call the pit fruit, because of its large single stone.
Radishes Marauders of GOR p. 102	Not described in detail
Raisins Tribesmen of GOR p. 37	Not described.. but since there are grapes.. there are raisins.
Ram-berry Captive of GOR p. 207 and 305	Small, succulent purple berries.
Redfruit	Similar in flesh and taste to apples of earth origins
Rence Raiders of GOR p. 7	A water plant, the grain is eaten and the stems harvested and pressed into paper or woven into cloth. The pith may be boiled or ground into a paste and sweetened; this paste can also be fried into a type of pancake.
Salt Tribesman of GOR p. 238 Assassin of GOR p. 86	"Most salt at Klima is white, but certain of the mines deliver red salt, red from ferrous oxide in its composition, which is called the Red Salt of Kasra, after its port of embarkation, at the juncture of the Upper and Lower Fayeen." Also there are references to yellow salt as 'of the south' and on a table exist, but no other description has been found.
Sa-Tarna Raiders of GOR p. 114	Grain, specifically wheat, yellow, and since it is usually described as being cut in wedges, probably baked in a round flat pan.
Sa-Tarna bread	The bread is a rounded, flat loaf that is yellow in color. It is marked, before back, into six sections.
Sa-Tassna Tarnsman of GOR p. 43	Meat; food in general.
Slave porridge Assassin of GOR p. 126	A cold, unsweetened mixture of water and Sa-Tarna meal, on which slaves are fed; in Torvaldsland, it is called 'bond-maid gruel', and often mixed with pieces of chopped parsit fish.
Sorp Nomads of GOR p. 20	A shellfish, common esp. in the Vosk river, similar to an oyster; like an oyster.
Sugar Tribesmen of GOR p. 89	2 varieties are commonly used, the White Sugar and the Yellow sugar. (Many have said there was a red sugar made from fruit, but a girl has never seen it in the books if you should come across it please let a girl know) "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."
Sul Raiders of GOR p. 219	Starchy, golden brown, vine borne fruit; principal ingredient in sullage, a tuberous vegetable similar to the potato; often served sliced and fried.
Sullage Priest Kings of GOR p. 44	A soup made principally from suls, tur-pah, and kes, along with whatever else may be handy.
Tabuk Outlaw of GOR p. 76 and 126	Swift gazelle like animals known for their sweet meat and speed, the Tabuk is generally served roasted.
Ta grapes Priest-Kings of GOR p. 45	Purple fruit similar to earth grapes comes from the Isle of Cos.
Tambur Gulf Oysters Captive of Gor p. 301	From the Tamber Gulf, these oysters are served raw or baked.
Tarsk Dancer of Gor p. 106, 108 and 281	Porcine animal akin to the Earth pig, having a bristly mane which runs down its spine to the base of the tail, often roasted whole. ...one way to prepare is stuffed with suls and peppers for the City of Tor.
Tasta Dancer of Gor p. 81	Sweet succulent candy on a stick; normally found in parks, promenades and popular events.
Tumits Nomads of Gor p. 2	A large carnivorous bird of the plains, is hunted and eaten by the Nomadic people of Gor. Traditionally hunted with bolos the sport lies in wether you or the bird gets to eat that night.
Tospit Nomads of Gor p.59	Small, wrinkled, yellowish-white peachlike fruit, about the size of a plum, which grows on the tospit bush, patches of which are indigenous to the drier valleys of the eastern Cartius. They are bitter but edible, and are sometimes served sliced and sweetened with honey, and in syrups, and to flavor, with their juices, a variety of dishes. They are also carried on sea voyages to prevent nutritional deficiencies. They almost always have an odd number of seeds, except for the rare, long-stemmed ones. The Wagon People often bet on the number of seeds.
Turnip Tribesmen of Gor p 37	Grown on the oasis of the Tahari
Tur-pah Priest Kings of Gor p. 45	An edible tree parasite with curly, red, ovate leaves; grows on the tur tree; a main ingredient in sullage.
Vangis Kajira of Gor p. 314	Type of produce sold at market; detailed description unavailable.
Verr Priest-Kings of Gor p. 63	A goat-like animal, indigenous to the Voltai Mountains; wild, agile, ill-tempered, with long hair and spiraling horns; source for a form of wool. The meat can be eaten. it's milk can be used for drinking or the making of cheese and butter. Verr must be steamed in the ground wrapped in leaves for the whole day...then it is not bitter or stringy
Vulo Nomads of Gor p. 1 and 84	A tawny colored poultry bird, similar to a pigeon, which also exists in the wild; used for meat and eggs.