[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: burgh quD

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, December 25, 2011
> 
> Klingon word:   burgh quD
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition:     naturally produced *qud*

Never used in a sentence.

Cultural notes:

KGT 92f.:  A distinctive Klingon culinary technique similar to fermentation involves using a living animal as a food processor. Once again, timing is critical. A number of different kinds of foods are mixed together, along with various flavorful herbs, and the concoction (called {Su'lop}) is fed to an animal. After just the right amount of time (a good cook knows from experience when this is), the animal is killed and its parts are used for various dishes, as would be expected. The stomach, however, still contains the now partially digested {Su'lop}, which is removed, used as a sauce (called {quD}), and served with great flourish. To prepare a sauce in this manner is described as {Su'lop Suqqa'} (literally, "reacquire {Su'lop}"), often shortened to just {Suqqa'}. There is an alternate way of preparing {quD} that involves using chemicals to do the job of the animal's stomach enzymes. Klingon gourmets distinguish between the two by referring to {quD} made in the natural way as {burgh quD} ("stomach {quD}"), as opposed to the artificially produced {'un quD} ("pot quD}"). Though nutritionally identical, {burgh quD}, when available, is always preferable to {'un quD}.

KGT 100:  if a dish comes with a sauce, it is appropriate to use as much or as little sauce as one desires.

KGT 94:  asking whether the {quD} is naturally produced ({burgh quD}) or the artificially produced type ({'un quD}) ... shows both knowledge of and interest in Klingon cuisine.

... but don't confuse {quD} with {ghevI'} sauce for *gagh*; {'uSu'} sauce for *gladst*; and the all-purpose {qettlhup} and {gha'poq} sauces.  You'll lose all credibility.


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons