I grew up in the suburbs south of Chicago. We also had fresh kielbasa every Easter with hot Polish horseradish. Other times of year, too. :-). I can’t find a good kielbasa here in rural MO, I keep threatening to make my own.
Thanks for posting this. Good memories.
I went that route. I had trouble finding fresh (not smoked) polish sausage commercially of any decent quality. I bought a ~100 year old Enterprise sausage press at an auction and have been making my own. It’s a bit of work to set up and clean up but it is worth it. I’ve also expanded to other sausage types.