Kishka
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Food

  • Kishka (food)
    Kishka (food)
    Kishka or kishke refers to various types of sausage or stuffed intestine with a filling made from a combination of meat and meal, often a grain. The dish is popular across Eastern Europe as well as with immigrant communities from those areas. It is also eaten by Ashkenazi Jews who prepare their...

    , various types of sausage or stuffed intestine with a filling made from a combination of meat and meal, often a grain
  • Kishke (Jewish food)
    Kishke (Jewish food)
    Kishke or kishka , also known as stuffed derma, is a Jewish dish traditionally made from beef intestine stuffed with flour or matzo meal, schmaltz and spices. In modern cooking, edible synthetic casings often replace the beef intestine...

    , a Jewish dish traditionally made from beef intestine stuffed with flour or matzo meal, schmaltz and spices

People

  • Kyszka (family), a szlachta family in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Jan Kiszka
    Jan Kiszka
    Jan Kiszka was a politician, magnate, patron, and benefactor of Polish brethren in the 16th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Kiszka served as Carver of Lithuania from 1569, Royal Deputy Cupbearer of Lithuania and Elder of Samogitia from 1579, castellan of Vilnius from 1588, voivode of Brest...

  • Janusz Kiszka
    Janusz Kiszka
    Janusz Kiszka was a politician, Polish-Lithuanian magnate in the 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Last of the Kiszka family...


Other uses

  • Intestine
    Intestine
    In human anatomy, the intestine is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the pyloric sphincter of the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine...

     or gut
    Gut (zoology)
    In zoology, the gut, also known as the alimentary canal or alimentary tract, is a tube by which bilaterian animals transfer food to the digestion organs. In large bilaterians the gut generally also has an exit, the anus, by which the animal disposes of solid wastes...

    , in East Slavic languages, also used in English-language Yiddishisms
  • Kishka (prison cell)
    Kishka (prison cell)
    A kishka is a type of prison cell used in Soviet prisons. The cell was named after the gut , in that it was tall and narrow, like an intestine, but more like a chimney. The prisoner had room to stand, but could not sit or kneel, let alone lie down. In some Soviet prisons there was no drainage...

    , a type of cell in Soviet political prisons
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