Kaszanka

Kaszanka
	Traditional kaszanka
Alternative names	Kiszka; Grützwurst; Knipp; Krupniok (see list below);
Type	Blood sausage
Course	Appetizer, main
Region or state	Central and Eastern Europe
Serving temperature	Hot, cold
Main ingredients	Pork; pig's blood; pig offal; kasha; onion; black pepper; marjoram;
	Media: Kaszanka;

Kaszanka is a traditional blood sausage in Central and Eastern European cuisine. It is made of a mixture of pig's blood, pork offal (commonly liver), and buckwheat (kasha) or barley stuffed in a pig intestine. It is usually flavored with onion, black pepper, and marjoram.

As per the pop-culture website, culture.pl, "unknown in Polish territory until the 17th century, kaszanka must have made its way to Poland from either Denmark or from Germany, through Silesia. Wherever it first came from, it is eaten to this day, although in the 17th century it was considered repulsive." ^[1]

Kaszanka may be eaten cold, but traditionally it is either grilled or fried with onions and then served with potato and sauerkraut.

Other names and similar dishes[edit]

крывянка (Kryvianka, Belarus)
verivorst (Estonia)
kaszanka (Poland)
Kiszka (Yiddish קישקע kishke, some districts of Poland)
Grützwurst (Germany and sometimes Silesia)
Knipp (Lower Saxony, Germany)
Göttwust; Grüttwust (Northern Germany)
krupńok; krupniok (more of a slight name difference than variation; Silesia)
żymlok (a variation of Krupniok based on cut bread roll instead of buckwheat; Silesia)
Pinkel (Northwest Germany)
Stippgrütze (Westphalia, Germany)
Westfälische Rinderwurst (Westphalia, Germany)
krëpnica (Kashubia)
Maischel (Carinthia, Austria): Grützwurst without blood and not cased in intestine but worked into balls in caul fat. The name comes from the Slovenian majželj, in turn derived from the Bavarian Maisen ("slices").^[2]
jelito (Czechia)
krvavnička (Slovakia)
hurka (Slovakia)
véres hurka (Hungarian)
кров'янка (krovyanka, Ukraine)
krvavica (Serbia; Slovenia)
кървавица (Bulgaria)
chișcă (Romania)

References[edit]

^ Cite error: The named reference Culture.pl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Heinz Dieter Pohl. "Zum österreichischen Deutsch im Lichte der Sprachkontaktforschung". Retrieved 1 January 2010.