What Is Kielbasa?

the Spruce eats ^ | 9/12/22 | Barbara Rolek

[DallasBiff]

The word kielbasa (keel-BAH-sah) ​is Polish for "sausage." It stretches far beyond the large smoked links commonly seen vacuum-packed in grocery stores. Polish sausage may be smoked, fresh, or cured, and include pork, veal, or any variety of meats; some types are from pork shoulder, and others use scraps or ground meat. Many varieties of kielbasa have flavoring ingredients like garlic, juniper, and marjoram. Traditionally used in Polish cuisine, kielbasa can be boiled, baked, grilled, or cooked in other ways, and there are several great recipes to explore.

[Vermont Lt]

Yes.

Smoked sausage includes Kielbasa, but there are different types of it.

There are different mixtures, some are spicy, some dry, some more fatty.

The stuff you get in the grocery store is just a mass produced fatty junk. If there is a Polish deli around…it’s worth trying it once.

[TigersEye]

Kielbasa is great but does it really compare to a good schnitzengruben?

[the OlLine Rebel]

https://www.polockjohnnys.com/

[TigerHawk]

Cannot forget about the pierogis.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
BUT THE GLUMPKIE? IT’S ALRIGHT TO FORGET THE GLUMPKIE???!!! ‘SAMATTA YOU??? ;-)

[HusbandMan]

I’m not sure about the comparison, but I do know them schnitzengrubens will wipe you out.

[tiki]

We have a Czech festival and we serve Klobase. The Czech recipes have differences but most of them have A caraway bree.
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[qaz123]

Son of a b*tch. I forgot about the glumpkies. Those things were amazing.

My Lord this thread is bringing back some memories.

For those of that didn’t have a Babcia, who made EVERYTHING from scratch, you missed out.

I was very lucky, I had Polish and Italian grandma’s. I ate like a king.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

“I think it’s a South American dance.”

That’s kielbasa Nova

[zigmeisterxiv]

My grandmother, from Poland, called it kielbasi, as did all my family. It’s probably plural but that’s how I like it!

Z

[BenLurkin]

‘Kielbasa’ in the chant. Otherwise pronounced ‘kill-bossy’ in our little corner of the Rust Belt.

[jy8z]

Kielbasa made by the Kiolbassa family is pretty good for store bought.

For the good stuff I go to a local meat market.

[zigmeisterxiv]

BTW if you want the best go to East Village Meat Market on 2nd Ave in Manhattan.
Florida peeps check out the Polish Delicatessen in Leesburg. Most righteous!

Z

[bohica1]

My Polish grandmother made it a lot. Especially for holidays along with Pierogi’s. Sometimes we grill it or I will put it in a crockpot, on low, with sauerkraut and let it cook for a couple of hours. So tasty....it falls apart in your mouth!

[GOPJ]

Bulgarian feta is the best too...

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Thanks! I see a few in my neck of the woods.

[Clutch Martin]

Had a service buddy from Steubenville Ohio and he would take orders and come back with coolers full of kielbasa, brats, ring bologna all kinds of stuff that you just don’t see anymore. I also heard Pittsburgh had a big sausage market going on. Braunschweiger from Pittsburgh is notable... all that stuff. And then there’s Lebanon Bologna from Lebanon Pennsylvania. Wow, I’m getting hungry.

[Stosh]

Kielbasa is great, but still you have to wonder: who stole the kishka.

[Chode]

smothered in kraut...

[TigerHawk]

YOU ATE LIKE AN EMPEROR!!!

EUROPEAN PEASANT FOOD (ALL PEASANT FOOD, I SUPPOSE) IS THE VERY BEST IN THE WORLD!!! OF NECESSITY!

WHEN YOUR LOT IN LIFE IS A SIDE OF BEEF ALL THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE A DELICIOUS MEAL IS A FIRE.

WHEN YOUR LOT IN LIFE IS A CABBAGE, SOME SCRAPS OF MEAT, SOME FLOUR, A FEW EGGS, A COUPLE OF ONIONS, SOME POTATOES, INTESTINES, SALT, PEPPER, A STRONG BACK AND ARMS, AND A LOT OF TIME, YOU GET KIELBASA, PEROGIE, GILUMKIE, BRATS, SAUSAGES OF ALL KINDS, HAGGIS, MEAT PIES, PASTIES, RAVIOLI, PASTAS...THE LIST GOES ON.

THE GUYS WITH THE SIDES OF BEEF NEVER HAD TO LEARN TO MAKE ANY OF THAT STUFF. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY’VE MISSED.

I’VE EATEN AN AWFUL LOT STEAKS IN MY TIME, BUT DON’T RECALL A SINGLE ONE OF THEM WITH THE DROOLING LUST WITH WHICH I RECALL MRS. PETROSKI’S GELUMPKIE, MY MOTHER’S PEROGIE (WHICH I STILL MAKE, NOT AS GOOD AS HERS BUT HERS NONE THE LESS...CHEAP INGREDIENTS, LABOR INTENSIVE, AND TIME CONSUMING!) OR MRS. PETRALLIA’S LASAGNA. THE BEST RARE PRIME RIB OF BEEF, COMES NOT CLOSE TO ANY OF THEM FOR GUSTATORY DELIGHT!!!

THE BEST! UNEQUALED! CERTAINLY UNSURPASSED!

WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE EATEN OF THESE THINGS. ZEUS, AND THE OLYMPIAN GODS ENVY US! THE BEST THEY’VE EVER HAD IS ONLY AMBROSIA!

[Rufii]

I was totally amazed that non US expats in Thailand did not know what Kielbasa was.
I had to learn to make on my own.

I would think that finding kielbasa in Thailand would be as easy as finding a green chile burrito in Northumberland.