thick as qagh sauce KGT

(KGT 87):  Perhaps the most representative Klingon food, certainly the one best known outside of the Empire, is gagh (or, in Klingon, qagh): serpent worms in a thick sauce (called ghevI')... As the final step in preparing the dish, the worms are poured into a bowl filled with the ghevI' (sauce), which contains, among other ingredients, pellets of an extremely flavorful herb that the hungry worms quickly ingest, even though it is toxic to them and kills them within minutes. Since qagh is considered best if consumed while the worms are still alive, it is important to keep the worms out of the sauce until just before the dish is served.

(KGT 27):  in all regions, the word vIychorgh means juice or sap--that is, the liquid from a plant. In some regions, however, its meaning has been extended to also include any liquid that accompanies food, as if a general term for sauce. Thus, instead of Saying ghevI' for the sauce that normally accompanies qagh (serpent worms), the common expression is qagh vIychorgh (literally, "qagh juice" or the like).

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

(KGT 88):  Curiously, eggs (QImmey) do not play a large role in the Klingon diet as food items in their own right, though they are mixed into many sauces, usually along with the pieces of shell (pel'aQ), for flavor and texture."

PUN:  "gravy"

SEE ALSO:

'uSu'           *gladst* sauce (n)

qettlhup                (an all-purpose sauce) (n)

gha'poq                 *grapok* (an all-purpose sauce)

Se'tu'          saucepan (n)

chanDoq                 marinade (n)

HaH                     marinate, soak, drench (v)