Cabanossi
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Kabanos (; , plural: ), also known as cabanossi or kabana, is a long, thin, dry sausage usually made of pork which originated in Poland. They are smoky in flavor, and can be soft or very dry in texture depending on freshness. Typically, they are quite long, , but very thin, with a diameter around , and folded in two, giving them a characteristic appearance. Versions made of chicken and turkey are staples in kosher meat markets and delicatessens.
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- Kabanos
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- Polish kabanos
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- Cabanossi, kabana, cabano
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- Poland
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- Sausage
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- Appetizer, main
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- Hot, cold
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- Pork
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Kabanos (; , plural: ), also known as cabanossi or kabana, is a long, thin, dry sausage usually made of pork which originated in Poland. They are smoky in flavor, and can be soft or very dry in texture depending on freshness. Typically, they are quite long, , but very thin, with a diameter around , and folded in two, giving them a characteristic appearance. Versions made of chicken and turkey are staples in kosher meat markets and delicatessens.
==Etymology and history== The name comes from the word , an old obsolete term used in eastern parts of Poland for a young male pig fattened with potatoes specially for making this kind of sausage (hence , 'made of '). The word with a similar meaning is also present in other neighbouring languages; it was initially loaned from Turkic languages where it denotes a boar (compare , , , cognate with ).