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Items that could be found in a servery wagon
DIR By: Jinxed
Date: June 25, 2024, 7:29 pm
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The use of the word "Servery" is not found anywhere in the books
"There were several yards of sausages hung on hooks, numerous
canisters of flour, sugars, and salts; many smaller containers
of spices and condiments. Two large wine jugs stood in one
corner of the room. There were many closed pantries lining the
walls, and a number of pumps and tubs on one side. Some boxes
and baskets of hard fruit were stored there. I could see the
bread ovens in one wall, the long fire pit over which could be
put cooking racks, the mountings for spits and kettle hooks; the
fire pit was mostly black now, but here and there I could see a
few broken sticks of glowing charcoal, aside from this, the
light in the room came from one small thalarion oil lamp hanging
from the ceiling..."
Assassin of Gor, pages 271-272
In the hall was a open circle of small tables, at which a
handful of guests, on cushions and mats, reclined. There were
four men and two women at these tables, other than the Lady
Florence, the hostess, and her guest of the past several days,
the Lady Metpomene. The tables were covered with cloths of
glistening white and a service of gold. Before each guest 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. The first wine, a light
white wine, was being deferentially served by Pamela and Bonnie.
Fighting Slave of Gor, pages 275-276
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amphora
two handled narrow necked vessel with a pointed base. commonly
buried overnight in the earth with only the neck left above the
surface. it is used to cool certain beverages.
Mercenaries of Gor, page 257
animal horn
mead, the preferred beverage of the northland, made with
fermented honey, water and spice, traditionally served in a
large animal horn.
Marauders of Gor, pages 78,89 and 90
baskets
they are made of various materials, including reed and grasses.
they may be covered with a lid and are used to store anything
from fruits and vegetables, to sealed containers of fine spices
and condiments rarely used and prized.
"I stepped aside to let a young girl pass, who carried two
baskets of eggs, those of the migratory arctic gant. They nest
in the mountaim of the Hrimgar and in steep, rocky outcroppings,
called bird cliffs, found here and there jutting out of the
tundra. The bird cliffs doubtless bear some geological relation
to the Hrimgar chains. When such eggs are frozen they are eaten
like apples."
Beasts of Gor, page 196
I had also been used to carry heavy kettles of rence beer from
the various islands to the place of feasting, as well as strings
of water gourds, poles of fish, plucked gants, slaughtered
tarsks, and baskets of the pith of rence.
Raiders of Gor, page 41
She had been carrying a wicker basket containing vulos, a
domesticated pigeon raised for eggs and meat
Nomads of Gor, page 1
bottles
... to the proprietor of the paga tavern, and took in return one
of the huge bottles of paga, of the sort you put in a pouring
sling...
Raiders of Gor, page 111
The beast returned from the cabinet with two glasses and a
bottle.
Beasts of Gor, page 371
'A small bottle,' I said, 'of the Slave Gardens of Anesidemus.'
'I have heard that it is a marvellous ka-la-na.' said the free
woman, her eyes alight.
'So too, have I,' I said.
'It is very expensive,' said the woman.
'Are you familiar with it?' I asked.
'Oh,' she said lightly, 'I have had it a few times.'
'Oh, it is marvellous ka-la-na,' she purred. I gathered that she
had never before had such ka-la-na. True, it might run the buyer
as much as three copper tarsks, a price for which some women can
be purchased.
Mercenaries of Gor, Page 345
First from the kitchen, bearing her tray, came the voluptuous
slave of Aemilianuus. Behind her, too with her tray, came the
little dark-haired slave. In a moment both were deferentially
serving. The collared softness of the dark-haired girl well set
off the the metal of the tray, and the small multicolored
glasses and bottles upon it.
Guardsman of Gor, page 254
blackwine vessels
The two slaves, their chains removed, now returned, and began to
serve the black wine. The voluptuous slave of Aemilianus, whom
he had not yet named, placed the tiny silver cups, on small
stands, before us. The lovely little slave in bluish gauze, whom
he had not yet named, holding the narrow spouted, silver pouring
vessel in a heavy cloth, to retain its heat and protect her
hands, poured the scalding, steaming black fluid, in narrow,
tiny streams, into the small cups. She poured into the cups only
the amount that would be compatible with the assorted sugars and
creams which the guest might desire, if any, these being added
in, and stirred, if, and as, pertinent, by Aemilianus` slave,
who directed the serving.
Guardsman of Gor page 244
bowls -- small wooden, large clay and copper
"The slender blond girl, who had been giving men water from the
skin bag, was now given the work of filling small bowls from the
large wooden bowl, for the bond-maids. She used a bronze
ladle...The girls, including the slender blondish girl, emptied
their bowls, even to licking them, that no grain be left..."
Marauders of Gor, pages 64-65
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, page 106
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, page 295
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-rimmed wine crater, to the side of the
fire.
Captive of Gor. page 331
braziers
small heating unit with a round pan suspended on a frame over a
small flame. used to heat liquids slowly. used for ka-la-na when
served with mulled spices. also may be placed onto heating
stones as the heat from the stones is not directly on the metal.
“Four members of the Council Guard, beneath the two great
braziers set at the entrance, leaped to attention, the butts of
their pikes striking on the tiles.”
Raiders of Gor - Page 255
"I decided I might care to taste the steaming black wine. I
lifted my finger. The girl in whose charge was the silver
vessel, filled with black wine, knelt beside a tiny brazier, on
which it sat, retaining it's warmth. 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."
Guardsman of Gor, page 244-245
buckets
"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 plums save for the many small seeds."
Captive of Gor, page 305
canisters
"There were several yards of sausages hung on hooks; numerous
canisters of flour, sugars, and salts; many smaller containers
of spices and condiments.
Assassins of Gor, page 271-272
There was no lock on the door and thus I could come and go as I
pleased. Inside the cube there were canisters of Mul-Fungus, a
bowl, a ladle, a wooden-bladed Fungus-Knife; a wooden headed
Fungus-Mallet; a convenient tube of Mul-Pellets, which
discharged its contents one at a time following my depressing a
lever in the bottom of the tube; and a large, inverted jar of
water, by means of which an attached, somewhat shallow, watering
pan was kept filled."
Priest-Kings of Gor, Page 111
cooking racks
"She built up the fire. I watched her. She unfolded and adjusted
a single-bar cooking rack, placing it over the fire. From this
she suspended a kettle of water. The single bar, which may be
loosened in its rings, and has a handle, may also function as a
spit."
Renegades of Gor, page 150
"Before the feast I had helped the women, cleaning fish and
dressing marsh gants, and then, later, turning spits for the
roasted tarsks, roasted over rence-root fires, kept on metal
pans, elevated above the rence of the islands by metal racks,
themselves resting on larger pans."
Raiders of Gor, page 44
copper kettle
"Is it ready?" I asked. I looked at the tiny copper kettle on
the small stand. A tiny kaiila-dung fire burned under it. A
small, heavy, curved glass was nearby, on a flat box, which
would hold some two ounces of the tea. Bazi tea is drunk in tiny
glasses, usually three at a time. carefully measured.
crater
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-rimmed wine crater, to the side of the
fire.
Captive of Gor. page 331
"He then indicated that she should again kneel to one side, and
take up the two-handled wine vessel, that she be ready, when we
wished, to serve us once more."
Hunters of Gor page 153.
cups
Samos put down a cup of paga.
Raiders of Gor, page 306
"But that sort of thing is behind me now," she said to me,
throwing back her head and quaffing deeply of the ruby-red
Ka-la-na in her cup.
Rogue of Gor, page 20
"It was my loss," smiled Ibn Saran, lifting to his lips a tiny,
steaming cup of black wine.
Tribesmen of Gor page 88.
My Master extended his cup to me, and I, kneeling, filled it
with Sul paga. I pressed my lips to the cup, and handed it to
him. My eyes smarted. I almost felt drunk from the fumes.
Slave Girl of Gor. page 134
She picked up the small tray from the stand near the table. On
it was the small vessel containing a thick, sweet liquer from
distant Turia, the Ar of the south, and the two tiny glasses
from which we had sipped it. On the tray, too, was the metal
vessel which had contained the black wine, steaming and bitter,
from far Thentis, famed for its tarn flocks, the small
yellow-enameled cups from which we had drunk the black wine, its
spoons and sugars, a tiny bowl of mint sticks, and the softened,
dampened cloths on which we had wiped our fingers.
Explorers of Gor, page 10
In most taverns no bottle is brought to the table but the paga
is brought to the table, by the paga slave, a cup at a time, the
cups normally being filled from a vat behind the counter.
Explorers of Gor, page 158
flagon-gourd
A hollowed gourd dried and sealed to drink from. It would
resemble a dried out pumpkin or squash.
When the meat was ready, Kamchak ate his fill, and drank down,
too, a flagon of bosk milk
Nomads of Gor, page 139
"I had carried about bowls of cut, fried fish, and wooden trays
of roated tarsk meat, and roasted gants, threaded on sticks, and
rence cakes and porridges, and gourd flagons, many times
replenished, of rence beer."
Raiders Gor, page 44
flask
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
glasses
I looked at the tiny copper kettle on the small stand. A tiny
kaiila dung fire burned under it. A small, heavy, curved glass
was nearby, on a flat box, which would hold some two ounces of
the tea. Bazi tea is drunk in tiny glasses, usually three at a
time, carefully measured. She did not make herself tea, of
course... She lifted the kettle from the fire and, carefully,
poured me a tiny glass of tea.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 139
The beast returned from the cabinet with two glasses and a
bottle.
Beasts of Gor, page 371
"She lifted the kettle from the fire and, carefully, poured me a
tiny glass of tea."
Tribesmen of Gor page 141.
goblets
standard wine-glass form of a footed bowl, varying in
dimensions. may be made of silver or other metal, wood or clay.
usually decorated through engravings, carvings, color or gems
set into them. come in a variety of sizes, from tiny for Turian
wines to larger for paga or ka-la-na.
I looked at the tiny copper kettle on the small stand. A tiny
kaiila dung fire burned under it. A small, heavy, curved glass
was nearby, on a flat box, which would hold some two ounces of
the tea. Bazi tea is drunk in tiny glasses, usually three at a
time, carefully measured. She did not make herself tea, of
course... She lifted the kettle from the fire and, carefully,
poured me a tiny glass of tea.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 139
The beast returned from the cabinet with two glasses and a
bottle.
Beasts of Gor, page 371
"She lifted the kettle from the fire and, carefully, poured me a
tiny glass of tea."
Tribesmen of Gor page 141.
golden spoon, eating prong
The tables were covered with cloths of glistening white and a
service of gold. Before each guest 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. The first wine, a light white wine, was being
deferentially served by Pamela and Bonnie."
Fighting Slave of Gor, pages 275-276
"I shot the spiced vulo brain into my mouth on the end of a
golden eating prong, a utensil, as far as I knew, unique to
Turia."
Nomads of Gor, page 84
horns
made of bosk or tabuk. it is hallowed, usually carved with a
design or pattern. can be placed on a separate stand upon a
stool or table, or may have a stand attached to it. it is strung
onto a belt or saddle by a thing, or held in hand until empty.
"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 of Gor, Page 90
"I held up 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, page 89
hydria
tall, sided bowl with handles. made of clay or wood. used to dip
warmed liquid from large kettles, then poured from as slaves
serve several at once.
described as a high handled water vessel, something similar is
used by slave girls to dip paga from simmering kettles.
Vagabonds of Gor, page 16
There were perhaps, a hundred men, within the enclosure, and
some fifteen of twenty girls. The girls filled their vessels
which, like the hydria, or water vessel, are high handled, for
dipping in a large kettle hung simmering over a fire near the
entrance to the enclosure. Warm paga makes one drunk quicker, it
is thought. I usually do not like my paga heated, except
sometimes on cold nights. this night was not cold , but warm. It
was now late spring. Some Cosians tend to fond of hot paga so,
too, are some of the folks in the more northern islands,
interestingly, such as Hunjer and Skjern, west of Torvaldsland.
this probably represents an influence from Cos, transmitted
through merchants and seamen. 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 pg16
Ice Storage
"My house, incidentally, like most Gorean houses, had no ice
chest. There is little cold storage on Gor. Generally food is
preserved by being dried or salted. Some cold storage, of
course, does exist. Ice is cut from ponds in the winter, and
then stored in ice houses, under sawdust. One may go to the ice
houses for it, or have it delivered in ice wagons. Most Goreans,
of course, cannot afford the luxury of ice in the summer."
Guardsman of Gor, page 295
Iron Grills
The meat was a steak cut from the loin, a huge shaggy long
horned bovine, meat is seared, as thick as the forearm of a
Warrior on a small iron grill on a kindling of charcoal
cylinders so that the thin margin on the outside was black,
crisp and flaky sealed within by the touch of the fire-the blood
rich flesh hot and fat with juice.
Outlaw of Gor, page 45
Kantharos (footed bowls)
She knelt near the table... and put the paga, in a small
kantharos
Renegades of Gor, page 71
Ladle
" She used a bronze ladle...The girls, including the slender
blondish girl, emptied their bowls, even to licking them, that
no grain be left..."
Marauders of Gor, pages 64-65
Metal pans (large pots)
"Before the feast I had helped the women, cleaning fish and
dressing marsh gants, and then, later, turning spits for the
roasted tarsks, roasted over rence-root fires, kept on metal
pans, elevated above the rence of the islands by metal racks,
themselves resting on larger pans."
Raiders of Gor, page 44
I had hardly settled myself behind the table when the proprietor
had placed a large, fat pot of steaming Kal-da before me. It
almost burned my hands to lift the pot. I took a long, burning
swig of the brew and though, on another occasion, I might have
thought it foul, tonight it sang through my body like the
bubbling fire it was, a sizzling, brutal irritant that tasted so
bad and yet charmed me so much I had to laugh.
Outlaw of Gor, page 78
Even the proprietor slept, his head across his folded arms on
the counter, behind which stood the great Kal-da brewing pots,
at last empty and cold.
Outlaw of Gor, page 80
Other girls now appeared among the tables, clad only in a camisk
and a silver collar, and suddenly, 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 of Gor, page 226
Soon I smelled the frying of vulo eggs in a large, flat pan, and
the unmistakable odor of coffee, or as the Goreans express it,
black wine.
Kajira of Gor. Page 73
Metal Rod/Skewer
"I had had verr meat, cut in chunks and threaded on a metal rod,
with slices of peppers and larma, and roasted; vulo stew with
raisins, nuts, onions and honey; a Kort with melted cheese and
nutmeg; hot Bazi tea, sugared, and, later, Turian wine."
Tribesmen of Gor pages 47-48.
In the cafes I had feasted well. I had had verr meat, cut in
chunks and threaded on a metal rod, with slices of peppers and
larma, and roasted; vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions and
honey; a kort with melted cheese and nutmeg; hot Bazi tea,
sugared and later, Turian wine.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 48
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Re: Items that could be found in a servery wagon
DIR By: Jinxed
Date: June 25, 2024, 7:30 pm
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Pitcher
A girl in a tunic of white silk, gracefully, carrying a large
pitcher of diluted Ka-la-na wine, approached our table from the
rear, and climbed the stairs, delicately, and as though timidly,
head down... I glanced at Virginia Kent, who was now moving
about the tables, in the incredibly brief silken slave livery,
the pitcher on her left shoulder, held there gracefully with her
left hand.
Assassin of Gor pages 186-187.
Plates
"With a serving prong she placed narrow strips of roast bosk and
fried sul on my plate."
Guardsman of Gor, page 234
Pots
"Even the proprietor slept, his head across his folded arms on
the counter, behind which stood the great Kal-da brewing pots,
at last empty and cold."
Outlaw of Gor page 80.
"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 of Gor page 226
Rep cloth
rough fabric woven from the fibers of the rep plant.
Captive of Gor, page 294
Bera went to the next man, to fill his cup with the mead, from
the heavy hot tankard, gripped with cloth, which she carried.
Marauders of Gor, page 78
Serving prong
"With a serving prong, she placed narrow strips of roast bosk
and fried sul on my plate."
Guardsman of Gor, page 234
Skin bags (Bota)
a bag with a reclosable stopper or cork commonly made of
verrskin leather; used to transport liquids and is often
utilized by serving slave girls especially in the camps
Captive of Gor, page 112
Tribesman of Gor, page 36
Dancer of Gor, pages 428 and 429
He leaned over and tossed me a skin bag of Paga
Tarnsman of Gor, page 78
"He signaled to a boy who carried a skin of Ka-la-na wine over
his shoulder. He took the skin of wine from the boy and bit out
the horn plug; he then, with the wineskin on his shoulder, held
back the head of Elizabeth Cardwell with one hand and with the
other shoved the bone nozzle of the skin between her teeth; he
tipped the skin and the girl, half choking, swallowed wine; some
of the red fluid ran from her mouth and over her body."
Nomads of Gor pages 39-40.
"The slender blond girl, who had been giving men water from the
skin bag, was now given the work of filling small bowls from the
large wooden bowl, for the bond-maids. ...."
Marauders of Gor, pages 64-65
"He came to me, bent over, tattered, swarthy, grinning up at me,
the verrskin bag over his shoulder, the brass cups, a dozen of
them, attached to shoulder straps and his belt, rattling and
clinking...Without removing the bag from his shoulder, he filled
the cup...the water flowed into the cup between a tiny
vent-and-spigot device, which wastes little water, by reducing
spillage, which was tied in and waxed into a hole in the front
left foreleg of the verrskin. The skins are carefully stripped
and any rents are sewed up, the seams coated with wax. When the
whole skin is thoroughly cleaned of filth and hair, straps are
fastened to it, so that i might be conveniently carried on the
shoulders, or over the back..."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 36
Spoons
With a tiny spoon, it's tip no more than a tenth of a hort in
diameter, she placed four measures of white sugar, and six of
yellow; 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
Spoon (Horn)
"The horn spoon snapped in his hands, and he angrily threw the
pieces into his bowl."
Assassin of Gor, page 120
Tankard
The Forkbeard himself now, from a wooden keg, poured a great
tankard of ale, which must have been of the measure of five
gallons - - - .
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
victory ale
From Marauders of Gor pg 99
Gorean Ale brought from earth early years. it is traditionally
served in tankards or horns.
Marauders of Gor" Pages 82-83 99,191,194
Tea cups
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 the, by making them sweat as well as
stimulating them. It is drunk three small cups at a time,
carefully measured.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 38
Tray
"She carried a tray, on which were various spoons and sugars.
She knelt, placing her tray upon the table.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 89
First from the kitchen, bearing her tray, came the voluptuous
slave of Aemilianuus. Behind her, too with her tray, came the
little dark-haired slave. In a moment both were deferentially
serving. The collared softness of the dark-haired girl well set
off the the metal of the tray, and the small multicolored
glasses and bottles upon it.
Guardsman of Gor, page 254
Troughs
Seems that slave girls mostly ate their gruel from troughs or
from bowls, using their fingers. "I shared breakfast with
Elizabeth who informed me that it was better than the porridge
below in the trough in the feeding room for female staff
slaves,..."
Assassin of Gor, pages 106-107
Tureen
"'Bread, Master?' she asked.
She offered me a silver tray on which, hot and steaming, were
wedges of Gorean bread, made from Sa-Tarna grain. It took one of
them and, from the tureen, with the small silver dipper, both on
the tray, poured hot butter on the bread.
Rogue of Gor, page 191
Ulo
woman's knife of the Red Hunters. It has semicircular blade in a
wooden handle which is not suitable for carving, but good for
cutting meat and sinew.
Beasts of Gor, page 262
Vat
A large, covered vessel for the storing of liquids such as bosk
milk to keep the contents free of bugs or dirt. It is used to
ferment milk curds, but it may also be placed within the
chilling pit to keep milk fresh.
"Temione had now filled her paga vessel. She picked up a goblet
from a rack near the vat. The shelving on the rack was of narrow
wooden rods. The goblets are kept upside down on the rods. In
this way, washed, they can drain and dry. This also affords them
some protection from dust. I watched her carefully wipe the
goblet. Woe to the slave who would dare to serve paga or wine in
a dirty goblet!"
Vagabonds Of Gor page 20.
Water Bag
Utilized by the desert nomads, hung at each side of their
kaiila, by which to carry and drink water.
"He put his hand on the bulging water bag, which hung behind the
saddle, on the left side of the beast, balanced by another on
the right. One drinks alternately from the bags, to maintain the
weight distribution. Such weight, of course, slows the kaiila,
but, in the desert, one must have much water."
Tribesmen of Gor page 132.
"She then went to one of the large, wooden, covered water
buckets, roped to the deck, and in it submerged a water-skin. I
heard the bubbling as the skin filled... I noted the blondish
girl, the water bag now, wet and heavy, over her shoulder, going
to the men of the Forkbeard, to offer them drink."
Marauders of Gor page 63.
Wine crater
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-rimmed wine crater, to the side of the
fire.
Captive of Gor. page 331
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