Post by pup on Jun 16, 2006 0:36:58 GMT -5
Hunjer whale, cuttlefish, striped parsit, the white-bellied grunt, snail, shark
Cosian Wingfish
A small blue fish of the waters of Cos whit poisonnous spines, its liver is considered a delicacy.
Now this, Saphrar the merchant was telling me, is the braised liver of the blue, four-spines Cosian wingfish. This fish is a tiny, delicate fish, blue, about the size of a tarn disk when curled in one's hand; it has three or four slender spines in its dorsal fin, which are poisonous; it is capable of hurling itself from the water and, for brief distances, on its stiff pectoral fins, gliding through the air, usually to evade the smaller sea-tharlarions, which seem to be immune to the poison of spines. This fish is also sometimes referred to as the songfish because, as a portion of its courtship rituals, the males and females thrust their heads from the water and utter a sort of whistling sound.
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 delicacies of delicacies.
---Nomads of Gor, p 23
Eel
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, p 114
Oysters
Similar to earth oysters.
Other girls had prepared the repast, which for a the war camp, was sumptuous indeed, containing even oysters from the delta of the Vosk
---Captive of Gor, p 301
Parsit fish
A thin silver fish from the cold waters of the North. Torvaldslanders salt it and export it in barrels. It is also added to the gruel of bond-maids (slaves of the North).
The men of Torvaldsland are skilled with their hands. Trade to the south, of course is largely in furs acquired from Torvaldsland, and in barrels of smoked, dried parsit fish.
---Marauders of Gor, p 28
Snails
Would apear to be similar to Earth snails although perhaps, as most things Gorean, larger. Size, however, is not clearly mentioned.
Once the Forkbeard went to her and taught her to check the scoop, with her left hand, for snails, that they not be thrown overboard. Returning to me he held one of the snails, whose shell he crushed between his fingers, and sucked out the animal, chewing and swallowing it. He then threw the shell fragments overboard. "They are edible," he said. "And we use them for fish bait."
---Marauders of Gor
White Grunt
Another fish of the cold waters of the North.
Three other men of the Forkbeard attended to fishing, two with a net, sweeping it along the side of the serpent, for parsit fish, and the third, near the stem, with a hook and line, baited with vulo liver, for the white-bellied grunt, a large game fish which haunts the plankton banks to feed on parsit fish.
---Marauders of Gor, p 59
Caviar on Gor ?
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, pp 275-276
Whales
Seafood: There are many varieties of fish and shellfish eaten including carp, clams, oysters, eels, crayfish, grunts, shark, and parsits. The blue, four-spined Cosian wingfish is a tiny, delicate fish and is a great delicacy, especially its liver. The clustered, black tiny eggs of the white grunt are similar to caviar. In the equatorial waters, most of the fish are poisonous to eat due to certain seaweeds they eat which are harmless to them. The river fish though are generally good to eat.
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
Sorp: A type of shellfish
The sorp is a giant shellfish found in the Vosk River, similar to an oyster. It produces pearls and its blood is used as a dye for dyeing cloth blue. The shell of the sorp is large enough to be used as a throne by the rence people, and is also used to make jewelry and decoration.
"they are propbably false stones," I said, "amber droplets, the pearls of the Vosk sorp, the polished shell fo the Tamber clam, glas colored and cut in Ar fo rtrade with ignorant southern peoples."
Nomads of Gor, page 20
MARSH SHARK
A very large fish, akin to its Earthen cousin of the same name. Filets or steaks are served grilled, poached, baked, or fins are made into soup.
TAMBER GULF OYSTERS breaded and fried, raw or baked with a mixture of rich cream sauce, greens and tarsk bits on top (Oysters Larafeller).
PARSIT FISH A silvery fish with brown stripes, served broiled, grilled, baked, or fried.
SORP A mussel-like shellfish, served steamed, baked, or fried.
WINGFISH A tiny blue salt-water fish with four poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; its liver is considered a delicacy.
SALT THASSA FISH Similar to Earthen salt cod. Served baked or as a component of soup.
bint (noun)
small carnivorous freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; a large school of bints can strip a carcass in minutes; similar to the piranha of Earth
this debris is carried by the fresh-water feeds, through minute faults and fissures, and even porous rock, until it reaches the remains of the ancient seas, now sunken far beneath the surface. On and in this debris, break ing it down, are several varieties of bacteria. These bacteria are devoured by protozoon’s and rotifers. These, in turn, become food for various flatworms and numerous tiny-segmented creatures, such as isopods, which, in turn, serve as food for small, blind, white crayfish, felts and salamanders.
tribesman of gor ... page 596
isopod
A
noun
1
isopod
any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
shrimp
small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
Cosian Wingfish
A small blue fish of the waters of Cos whit poisonnous spines, its liver is considered a delicacy.
Now this, Saphrar the merchant was telling me, is the braised liver of the blue, four-spines Cosian wingfish. This fish is a tiny, delicate fish, blue, about the size of a tarn disk when curled in one's hand; it has three or four slender spines in its dorsal fin, which are poisonous; it is capable of hurling itself from the water and, for brief distances, on its stiff pectoral fins, gliding through the air, usually to evade the smaller sea-tharlarions, which seem to be immune to the poison of spines. This fish is also sometimes referred to as the songfish because, as a portion of its courtship rituals, the males and females thrust their heads from the water and utter a sort of whistling sound.
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 delicacies of delicacies.
---Nomads of Gor, p 23
Eel
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, p 114
Oysters
Similar to earth oysters.
Other girls had prepared the repast, which for a the war camp, was sumptuous indeed, containing even oysters from the delta of the Vosk
---Captive of Gor, p 301
Parsit fish
A thin silver fish from the cold waters of the North. Torvaldslanders salt it and export it in barrels. It is also added to the gruel of bond-maids (slaves of the North).
The men of Torvaldsland are skilled with their hands. Trade to the south, of course is largely in furs acquired from Torvaldsland, and in barrels of smoked, dried parsit fish.
---Marauders of Gor, p 28
Snails
Would apear to be similar to Earth snails although perhaps, as most things Gorean, larger. Size, however, is not clearly mentioned.
Once the Forkbeard went to her and taught her to check the scoop, with her left hand, for snails, that they not be thrown overboard. Returning to me he held one of the snails, whose shell he crushed between his fingers, and sucked out the animal, chewing and swallowing it. He then threw the shell fragments overboard. "They are edible," he said. "And we use them for fish bait."
---Marauders of Gor
White Grunt
Another fish of the cold waters of the North.
Three other men of the Forkbeard attended to fishing, two with a net, sweeping it along the side of the serpent, for parsit fish, and the third, near the stem, with a hook and line, baited with vulo liver, for the white-bellied grunt, a large game fish which haunts the plankton banks to feed on parsit fish.
---Marauders of Gor, p 59
Caviar on Gor ?
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, pp 275-276
Whales
Seafood: There are many varieties of fish and shellfish eaten including carp, clams, oysters, eels, crayfish, grunts, shark, and parsits. The blue, four-spined Cosian wingfish is a tiny, delicate fish and is a great delicacy, especially its liver. The clustered, black tiny eggs of the white grunt are similar to caviar. In the equatorial waters, most of the fish are poisonous to eat due to certain seaweeds they eat which are harmless to them. The river fish though are generally good to eat.
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
Sorp: A type of shellfish
The sorp is a giant shellfish found in the Vosk River, similar to an oyster. It produces pearls and its blood is used as a dye for dyeing cloth blue. The shell of the sorp is large enough to be used as a throne by the rence people, and is also used to make jewelry and decoration.
"they are propbably false stones," I said, "amber droplets, the pearls of the Vosk sorp, the polished shell fo the Tamber clam, glas colored and cut in Ar fo rtrade with ignorant southern peoples."
Nomads of Gor, page 20
MARSH SHARK
A very large fish, akin to its Earthen cousin of the same name. Filets or steaks are served grilled, poached, baked, or fins are made into soup.
TAMBER GULF OYSTERS breaded and fried, raw or baked with a mixture of rich cream sauce, greens and tarsk bits on top (Oysters Larafeller).
PARSIT FISH A silvery fish with brown stripes, served broiled, grilled, baked, or fried.
SORP A mussel-like shellfish, served steamed, baked, or fried.
WINGFISH A tiny blue salt-water fish with four poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; its liver is considered a delicacy.
SALT THASSA FISH Similar to Earthen salt cod. Served baked or as a component of soup.
bint (noun)
small carnivorous freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; a large school of bints can strip a carcass in minutes; similar to the piranha of Earth
this debris is carried by the fresh-water feeds, through minute faults and fissures, and even porous rock, until it reaches the remains of the ancient seas, now sunken far beneath the surface. On and in this debris, break ing it down, are several varieties of bacteria. These bacteria are devoured by protozoon’s and rotifers. These, in turn, become food for various flatworms and numerous tiny-segmented creatures, such as isopods, which, in turn, serve as food for small, blind, white crayfish, felts and salamanders.
tribesman of gor ... page 596
isopod
A
noun
1
isopod
any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
shrimp
small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible