Kabanosy Staropolskie

Kabanosy are long, thin, and sometimes very dry sausages that come in pairs. Their name refers to a 19th-century term kaban or kabanek - young hogs that were fattened with potatoes, and their meat was commonly called kabanina.

The pigs are fattened until they weigh up to 120 kilograms, after which their meat is cut into even-sized chunks, mixed with pepper, nutmeg, sugar, and caraway, stuffed into sheep casings, smoked, baked, and hung to dry until the sausages develop their distinctive shape and dark red color.

Kabanosy sausages have an exceptional aroma, an intense flavor of baked and cured pork, and a unique, delicate, smoky aftertaste of pepper and caraway. These sausages are usually consumed as appetizers or snacks.