Kabanos
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Polish cuisine
Polish cuisine is a style of cooking and food preparation originating from Poland. It has evolved over the centuries due to historical circumstances. Polish national cuisine shares some similarities with other Central European and Eastern European traditions as well as French and Italian...
dry sausage
Sausage
A sausage is a food usually made from ground meat , mixed with salt, herbs, and other spices, although vegetarian sausages are available. The word sausage is derived from Old French saussiche, from the Latin word salsus, meaning salted.Typically, a sausage is formed in a casing traditionally made...
made of pork
Pork
Pork is the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig , which is eaten in many countries. It is one of the most commonly consumed meats worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BC....
. They are smoky in flavor, and can be soft or very dry in texture depending on freshness. Typically they are quite long, 60 centimetres (23.6 in) but very thin, with a diameter of around 1 centimetre (0.393700787401575 in), and folded in two, giving them a very characteristic appearance. The name comes from "kaban", which means hog
Pig
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(young male pig, fattened with potatoes) in Eastern Poland. Their staging process, and the resulting exceptional taste and aroma are the features which set kabanosy apart from any other sausages.
Kabanos is often seasoned only with pepper. Unlike other meats such as sausage, they are typically eaten alone as an appetizer, and often served with cheese. They are also commonly used as hiking food because they do not spoil as quickly as many other sausages.