Kishka (food)
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[[Image:Jewish Kishka.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Jewish kishke served with [[gravy]]]]
'''Kishka''' or '''kishke''' ([[Belarusian language|Belarusian]]: кішка, ''kishka''; [[Polish language|Polish]]: ''kiszka'' or ''kaszanka''; [[Silesian language|Silesian]]: ''krupńok''; [[Russian language|Russian]]: кишка, ''kishka''; [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]: кишка, ''kyshka''; [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] and [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: קישקע, ''kishke''), is a [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] word meaning "gut", or "[[intestine]]", which lends its name to varieties of [[sausage]] or [[pudding]] (see [[kaszanka]]). The cooked kishke can range in color from grey-white to brownish-orange, depending on how much [[paprika]] is used. It is also known as Black Pudding.
==Kishke in Eastern European cuisine==
[[Image:Krupnioki...jpg|thumb|Silesian ''krupńok'']]
The [[Eastern Europe]]an kishka is a [[blood sausage]] made with [[pig]]'s [[blood]] and [[buckwheat]] or [[barley]], with pig's intestines used as a casing. It is traditionally served at breakfast.
==Kishke in Jewish cuisine==
The ([[Ashkenazi]]) [[Jewish]] kishke is traditionally made from a kosher beef intestine stuffed with [[matzo]] meal, rendered fat ([[schmaltz]]) and spices. Blood is not used, as it is [[taboo food and drink|forbidden]] by [[kashrut]].
In recent times edible synthetic [[casing (sausage)|casing]]s often replace the beef intestines. Home cooks also often use kosher poultry neck skin to stand in for the intestines; it is cut, the bones removed, stuffed, and sewn up with an edible thread. Such kishke is often used as an ingredient in [[cholent]], and this form is more usually referred to as "[[helzel]]".
Kishke is available in some [[kosher]] [[butcher]]ies and [[delicatessen]]s; in [[Israel]] it is available in the frozen-food section of most supermarkets.
There are also [[vegetarian]] Kishka recipes. [http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/passover/recipes-pesach/kishka-recipe-kishke-vegetarian.html] [http://yedidya.org.il/recipes/kishka.htm]
=="Who stole the kishka?"==
"Who stole the kishka?" is a traditional [[polka]] tune, familiar to American radio audiences from a [[1963]] recording by [[Frankie Yankovic]].
==References==
* [http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/passover/recipes-pesach/kishka-recipe-kishke-vegetarian.html Kishka recipe for Passover - Pesach : vegetarian recipes]
* [http://yedidya.org.il/recipes/kishka.htm Vegetarian kishka]
==See also==
* [[Blood as food]]
[[Category:Sausages]]
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[[Category:Peasant foods]]
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[[Category:Blood dishes]]
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