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Kielbasa
Smoked Polish sausage / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the surname, see Kiełbasa (surname). For the song by Tenacious D, see Tenacious D (album).
Kielbasa (UK: /kiːlˈbæsə/, US: /kiːlˈbɑːsə, kɪ(l)ˈbɑːsə/; from Polish kiełbasa [kʲɛwˈbasa] ⓘ)[lower-alpha 1] is any type of meat sausage from Poland and a staple of Polish cuisine. It is also known in other world cuisines; in American English, the word typically refers to a coarse, U-shaped smoked sausage of any kind of meat, which closely resembles the Wiejska sausage (typically pork only).