The descriptions on this page are focused more upon what something is and not how it might be prepared for a meal. It is more important, at first, to understand the variety of foods and have an idea what they are than to be taught by rote memorization different meals. The preferences for foods vary from region to region as well as person to person though, it seems, most areas use sa-tarna bread as a staple within their diet. There will soon be a link added to the bottom of this page that will contain quotes only of meals and meal preparation, as well as local preferences. Please watch for it and once again, if you discover an error or something missing within this page, please let us know.
A common meat on Gor, being cooked in various ways. The Wagon Peoples exist almost solely upon it.
The Wagon Peoples grow no food, nor do they have
manufacturing as we know it. They are herders and it is said, killers. They eat nothing
that has touched dirt. They live on the meat and milk of the bosk.
Nomads of Gor, page 4
Golden Gorean one-horned antelope.
and in the same case but in a different corner was a
small herd, no more than five adult animals, a proud male and four does, of tabuk, the
single-horned, golden Gorean antelope.
Priest Kings of Gor, page 191
Similar to the boar, of earth, its meat is eaten in various ways, normally roasted or baked, sometimes whole.
I thought of the yellow Gorean bread, baked in the
shape of round, flat loaves, fresh and hot; my mouth watered for a tabuk steak or,
perhaps, if I were lucky, a slice of roast tarsk, the formidable six-tusked wild boar of
Gor's temperate forests.
Outlaw of Gor, page 76
A large, flightless, carnivorous bird hunted with bolas by the Wagon Peoples. The sport lies in who gets to eat that night, the hunter or the bird.
I gathered that the best season for hunting tumits,
the large, flightless carnivorous birds of the southern plains, was at hand, for Kamchak,
Harold, and others seemed to be looking forward to it with great eagerness.
Nomads of Gor, page 2
A mountain goat raised for wool, meat and milk.
The verr was a mountain goat indigenous to the
Voltai. It was a wild, agile, ill-tempered beast, long-haired and spiral-horn.
Priest-Kings of Gor, page 63
A domesticated pigeon, raised both for its meat and for the eggs it lays.
She had been carrying a wicker basket containing
vulos, domesticated pigeons raised for eggs and meat.
Nomads of Gor, page 1
Various types of eel are raised on Gor to be consumed. Many types are considered to be a delicacy.
Some of these pools contain voracious eels, of
various sorts, river eels, black eels, the spotted eel, and such, which are Gorean
delicacies.
Magicians of Gor, page 428
Presumably much the same as oysters from earth, a delicacy. Found in the delta of the Vosk.
Other girls had prepared the repast, which, for the
war camp, was sumptuous indeed, containing even oysters from the delta of the Vosk, a
portion of the plunder of a tarn caravan of Ar, such delicacies having been intended for
the very table of Marlenus, the Ubar of that great city itself.
Captive of Gor, page 301
A light, flaky, delicate fish that is sometimes mixed, raw, into bondmaid gruel.
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Beasts of Gor, page 38
A type of shellfish
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A small blue four-spined fish, about the size of a tarn disk when curled in one's hand, it has three or four poisonous spines on its dorsal fin. It is regarded as a delicacy, its liver the delicacy of delicacies.
The blue, four-spined wingfish is found only in the
waters of Cos. Larger varieties are found farther out to sea. The small blue fish is
regarded as a great delicacy, and its liver as the delicacy of delicacies.
Nomads of Gor, page 85
Not described but presumably similar if not identical to the same fruit found on Earth. It can be found sold in the markets of the Tahari.
I brushed away two sellers of apricots and spices.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45
The principal export of the Tahari. sold either by the basket or in pressed-date bricks.
A veiled woman was hawking dates by the tefa.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 46
The red fruit of the Ka-la-na tree. Presumably sweet, it is used to make a type of wine as well as being edible on its own.
"Over there," I said, "are some Ka-la-na trees. Wait here
and I'll gather some fruit."
Tarnsman of Gor, page 96
A brittle, hard-shelled fruit, the fleshy endocarp being very sweet and juicy. Women are sometimes referred to as larma as under their frigid exteriors, it is said, they are sweet and juicy.
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.
Renigades of Gor, page 437
A yellowish red-striped fruit
"Buy melons!" called a fellow next to her, lifting one of the
yellowish, red-striped spheres towards me
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45
Undescribed but presumably similar to an earth nut of some kind, possibly peanuts or cashews. It is an import of the Tahari.
To the oases caravans bring various goods, for
example, rep-cloth, embroidered cloths, silks, rugs, silver, gold, jewelries, mirrors,
kailiauk tusk, perfumes, hides, skins, feathers, precious woods, tools, needles, worked
leather goods, salt, nuts and spices, jungle birds, prized as pets, weapons, rough woods,
sheets of tin and copper, the tea of Bazi, wool from the bounding Hurt, decorated, beaded
whips, female slaves, and may other forms of merchandise.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
Also known as the hard larma, this is a firm, single-seeded, applelike fruit.
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
No description given, presumed similar to earth plums.
I had nearly stepped into a basket of plums.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 45
Small reddish berries with edible seeds, much like tiny plums excepting the many seeds within.
A guard was with us, and 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, page 305
Grown in Tyros, presumably the same as earth olives.
Clitus, too, had brought two bottles of Ka-la-na
wine, a string of eels, cheese of the Verr, and a sack of red olives from the groves of
Tyros.
Raiders of Gor, page 114
Purple grapes grown on the terraces of Cos.
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 of Gor, page 45
Bitter but edible peachlike fruit about the size of a plum. It is yellowish-white in color.
On the back of the kaiila, the black lance in hand,
bending down in the saddle, I raced past a wooden wand fixed in the earth, on the top of
which was placed a dried tospit, a 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 western Cartius. They are bitter but edible.
Nomads of Gor, page 59
No description given, assuming is the same as the earth vegetable.
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish
Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries,
onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and
various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder
varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable,
usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily
seeded.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
Presumably the same as garlic on earth.
"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in
my hut," said the man, his bundle like a giant's hump on his back.
Outlaw of Gor, page 29
A foliated leaf vegetable
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish
Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries,
onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and
various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder
varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable,
usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily
seeded.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
the salty blue secondary root of the kes shrub can be eaten and is a primary ingredient in sullage, a form of Gorean soup.
First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a
common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, as it is said, whatever
else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of
Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown, vine-borne fruit of the
golden-leaved Sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-pa, a tree parasite,
cultivated in host orchids 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 of Gor, page 45
A large brownish-skinned, sphere shaped vegetable with a thick skin, usually six inches in width. It has a yellowish interior that is fibrous and heavily seeded.
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish
Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries,
onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and
various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder
varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable,
usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily
seeded.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
No description given other than it was prepared as a stuffed mushroom.
"Have a stuffed mushroom."
Mercenaries of Gor, page 81
No description given, assuming it is similar to the earth onion.
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish
Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries,
onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and
various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder
varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable,
usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily
seeded.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
Presumably the same as the earth vegetable.
"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in
my hut," said the man, his bundle like a giant's hump on his back.
Outlaw of Gor, page 29
Hot peppers found in the Tahari, used in cooking.
Some of the peppers and spices, relished even by
children in the Tahari districts, were sufficient to convince an average good fellow of
Thentis or Ar that the roof of his mouth and his tongue were being torn out of his head
Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
There are two types of radish, a sphere shaped version and a cylinder shaped variety.
At the oasis will be grown a hybrid; brownish
Sa-Tarna, adapted to the heat of the desert; most Sa-Tarna is yellow; and beans, berries,
onions, tuber suls, various sorts of melons, a foliated leaf vegetable, called Katch, and
various root vegetables, such as turnips, carrots, radishes, of the sphere and cylinder
varieties, and korts, a large, brownish-skinned, thick-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable,
usually some six inches in width, the interior of which is yellowish, fibrous and heavily
seeded.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
A type of cake made from fried rence paste, on flat stones, often sprinkled with rence seeds.
In a moment the woman had returned with a double handful of wet rence paste. Wen fried on flat stones it makes a kind of cake, often sprinkled with rence seeds.
Raiders of Gor, page 25
A tuberous root of the sul plant, it is a Gorean staple.
Sul paga is, when distilled, though the Sul itself is
yellow, as clear as water. The Sul is a tuberous root of the Sul plant; it is a Gorean
staple.
Slave girl of Gor, page 134
Presumably the same as on earth. Turnips are also an import to the Tahari region.
"I have peas and turnips, garlic and onions in
my hut," said the man, his bundle like a giant's hump on his back.
Outlaw of Gor, page 29
A tree parasite whose red, ovate, leaves are edible.
First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a
common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, as it is said, whatever
else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of
Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown, vine-borne fruit of the
golden-leaved Sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-pah, a tree parasite,
cultivated in host orchids 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 of Gor, page 45
Flat pressed biscuits baked from Sa-Tarna flour
Grunt, from his own stores, brought forth some dried,
pressed biscuits, baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour.
Savages of Gor, page 328
A type of bread, not other otherwise described.
The great merchant galleys of Port Kar, and Cos, and
Tyros, and other maritime powers, utilized thousands of such miserable wretches, fed on
brews of peas and black bread, chained in the rowing holds, under the whips of slave
masters, their lives measured by feedings and beatings, and the labor of the oar.
Hunters of Gor, page 13
The beans originally taken from Earth, chocolate is now grown and used on Gor as well.
"This is warmed chocolate," I said,
pleased. It was very rich and creamy.
Kajira of Gor, page 61
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Blood Brothers of Gor, page 46
Known as the "Red Salt of Kasra" it contains ferrous oxide which gives it its color.
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.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 238
Untainted Sea Salt. The main type of salt found at the salt mine of Klima.
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.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 238
A table salt mentioned and spoken of as "of the south" but not otherwise described.
It had been expected, I gathered, that I would sit at
one of the two long side tables, and perhaps even below the bowls of red and yellow salt
which divided these tables.
Assassin of Gor, page 86
Bread baked from Sa-Tarna grain. It is yellowish in color and usually split into eight divisions. It is baked as a round flat loaf.
Then, while the other fellow took his place on the
wagon box and started the ponderous draft beast into motion, 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 of Gor, page 216
A yellowish grain that forms a staple of the Gorean diet.
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, page 19
There are various colors of sugars, though their flavors are never spoken of. There is specifically mentioned four Gorean sugars though only two, white and yellow, are ever mentioned by color.
Lola now returned to the small table and, kneeling,
head down, served us our dessert, slices of tospit, sprinkled with four Gorean sugars.
Rogue of Gor, page 132
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 of Gor, page 89
Small, round, succulent candy coated in syrup or fudge and then mounted upon a stick for easy handling and eating. Literal translation is "stick candy."
He yelled something raucous and ribald. It had to do
with "tastas" or "stick candies." These are not candies, incidentally,
like sticks, as, for example, licorice or peppermint sticks, but soft, rounded, succulent
candies, usually covered in a coating of syrup or fudge, rather in the nature of the
caramel apple, but much smaller, and, like the caramel apple, mounted on sticks. The candy
is prepared and then the stick, from the bottom, is thrust up, deeply, into it. It is then
ready to be eaten.
Dancer of Gor, page 81
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Beasts of Gor, page 196
Quite simply, cheese made from the milk of the bosk. Has a lighter taste than verr cheese.
The Tarn Keeper, who was called by those in the
tavern Mip, bought the food, bosk steak and yellow bread, peas and Torian olives, and two
golden-brown, starchy Suls, broken open and filled with melted bosk cheese.
Assassin of Gor, page 168
See verr
See Vulo
Perhaps comparable to caviar, as they are served with the first course during the dinner along with fruit and pastries.
Before each guests there were tiny slices of tospit
and larma, small pastries, and in a tiny golden cup, with a small golden spoon, the
clustered, black, tiny eggs of the white grunt.
Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276
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Marauders of Gor, page 67
Extremely nourishing though very bland porridge made for consumption by slaves.
I, mixing the water with the precooked meal, formed a sort of cold
porridge or gruel. I then, with my fingers, and putting the bowl even to my lips, fell
eagerly upon that thick, bland, moist substance.
Kajira of Gor, page 257
First she boiled and simmered a kettle of Sullage, a
common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients and, as it is said, whatever
else may be found, saving only the rocks of the field. The principal ingredients of
Sullage are the golden Sul, the starchy, golden-brown, vine-borne fruit of the
golden-leaved Sul plant; the curled, red, ovate leaves of the Tur-pa, a tree parasite,
cultivated in host orchids 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 of Gor, page 45
