tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 02 08:36:42 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Salt
<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">The food section of KGT always makes me hungry. :)<br><br><div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="y_msg_container">Klingons use sauces, marinades and condiments (although we don't have a general word for them):<br><br>KGT 97: a cook's ever-present supply of {chanDoq} (marinade) is kept in a large {bal} (jug, jar, bottle)<br><br>KGT 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. <br><br>It's possible that instead of adding salt to their food, Klingons add
sauces in various degrees of saltiness {na'} both in the kitchen and at the table instead:<br><br>KGT 100: When the food arrives, it should be eaten as is; nothing equivalent to a saltshaker will be found on a Klingon dining table. On the other hand, if a dish comes with a sauce, it is appropriate to use as much or as little sauce as one desires.<br><br>This may be well be why they don't have a common word for "salt (crystals)" - although I'm sure Klingon chemists do.<br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div></div></body></html>_______________________________________________
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