[DallasBiff]

Kielbasa was a great treat my mom made when I was growing up, now it's called smoked sausage, is there a difference?

[blueunicorn6]

I think it’s a South American dance.

[posterchild]

I preferred non smoked. I used to make it with just pork, garlic, marjoram, and casing from somewhere online in PA.

[BenLurkin]

“Hit him on the head with a big kielbasa
Put him in a barrel
Roll him down the street”

[cherry]

a good authentic kielbasa is nothing like smoked sausage and the garden variety sold in stores in the vacuum sealed packages are not what I remember....

we have a Russian market locally....thank God I can treat myself to an authentic Polish kielbasi sold in the Russian market, made in Bulgaria....lol...but its good.

[PGR88]

What is Kielbasa?

Its Sunday dinner at Babcia and Dziadek’s house

[where's_the_Outrage?]

You can go into almost any food store in the USA and find Kielbasa. 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.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

The kielbasa (or Polish sausage) I tend to get is the same as smoked sausage, but I think there are other versions. I believe the word itself just means “sausage.”

[FreedomPoster]

Patak Meats in Austell is the real deal. Atlanta area.

https://patakmeats.com/

[ancientart]

The best (or at least most amusing) introduction to Kielbasa and other Polish foods:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa-mHc51SJo

[Fido969]

There is a difference between smoked sausage and kielbasa.

[Dr. Sivana]

There are different types of smoked sausages, and Polish Kielbasa is a subset.

BTW, we NEVER pronounced it “keel-BAHS-sah”. It was ALWAYS “k’bŏ-suh” or “kƏ-bŏ-sƏ”.

[blackdog]

I used to work at Hillshire. Coarse grind beef or pork. 30% coarse grind fat (pork). Spices, hand filled casings. Six hours in continuous smokehouse on racks. Chilled down and vacuum packed in single loop sections. A pretty good product.

[Larry Lucido]

Didn’t Kramer and Newman make those in Jerry’s apartment? Izzy Mandelbaum was not amused.

[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/

[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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[jy8z]

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

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

[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!

[Stosh]

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