tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 02 08:23:38 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: boqrat (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, October 1, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: boqrat
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: type of animal, [bokrat]
Used in canon:
ghun 'Iw HIq, rap bograt chej
the bokrat liver is as warm as the bloodwine (HQ 13.1:8)
>Additional Notes:
>KGT p. 93. Some dishes are prepared by heating meat in a liquid
>consisting of the animal's blood along with some choice condiments. To
>prepare food in this way is to {Qev} it. Livers of [bokrats] are
>typically prepared in this manner. Though the dish is heated, in order to
>properly make {boqrat chej Qevlu'pu'bogh} ("stewed [bokrat] liver";
>literally, "[bokrat] liver that has been stewed"), the livers should be
>from an animal that was killed only minutes before. The difference in
>flavor between fresh and nearly stale livers is most noticeable.
Stewed bokrat liver was served on board the IKV Rotarran. It wasn't fresh,
but Jadzia thought it might be palatable with a little bloodwine. (DS9
"Soldiers of the Empire")
"...bokrat liver is typically served hot in a stew" (HQ 13.1:8)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons