WTF- This isn't kielbasa!!!!!

[Cobalt]

LOL at people who try get kielbasa at a grocery store. Polish stores ftw.

 

[moshquerade]

i only posted cause the title sounded dirty

 

[Marinski]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
i only posted cause the title sounded dirty

hey now...

 

[amicold]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I'm Polish, and VERY particular about my Polish food. It better be authentic, or you're going to hear about it. It's really sad what stores pass off as kielbasa, and I'm having a hard time finding anyone that actually makes it correctly!

First, kielbasa is a savory sausage made of pork and garlic, along with some other spices. It should not look or resemble smoked sausage, and it should not taste like breakfast sausage. Yet...9/10 grocery stores are pawning this stuff off.

Real kielbasa is a super taste explosion. Lots of garlic, and it's so tender a fork melts right through it. I had a supplier that I would get 10 lbs from every few months to keep on hand, but his store was in an urban demilitarized zone and was burned down :|

Cooking kielbasa is a two step process. First, it should boiled, then kept on a rolling boil for about 20 minutes or so. Then, take it off the heat (save the broth for kapusta!!!), let is cool a bit, then either twist or cut it into small links. Then, bake it at 350F for about 45-60minutes. This removes a lot of the grease and condenses the flavor. The "twice cooking" process also tenderizes it to ymmmy perfection. Serve with ketchup and STRONG horseradish.

See-- you people are so boring tonight I'm talking about kielbasa. Nice work.

You could just....oh I don't know. Move to freaking Poland and get some nice authentic Kielbasa there. It will be authentic, because you'd be in god damn Poland.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: amicold

You could just....oh I don't know. Move to freaking Poland and get some nice authentic Kielbasa there. It will be authentic, because you'd be in god damn Poland.

But you'd be in fvcking ass Poland! It's cold there!

 

[animalia]

I can't believe I am reading this.

 

[GeekDrew]

I had what I'm told was "authentic kielbasa" one time, at a friend's house, years ago... I loved it. Haven't had it since, this makes me hungry for it.

 

[Mean MrMustard]

Can anyone here swallow a 13" kielbasa?


/obligatory Howard Stern reference

 

[paulney]

Russian stores have a huge variety of 'kolbasa' (yes, we call it like that), and for some reason almost all of it is made in Canada.
Canada rules I guess.

 

[d0l0mite]

Originally posted by: Coquito
I don't know how authentic the Hillshire farm product is, but I really like it. The casing gets so crisp on the grill. The meat is sweet, savory, & a little extra salty, I just love it.

I'm with you, I take some Hillshire, throw it in a oven pot with some a sauce I mix up with some BBQ sauce, Tabasco, a bit of Rasberry Chipotle sauce and some other spices, then cook it kinda slow. It comes out tender and the sauce is sweet & spicy. I could eat a whole oval (dunno what they call it) of that

I'm not Polish, and I don't know if I've ever had 100% authentic Polish Sausage, but I do know what tastes good to me. And cooked right the Hilshire Farm is great.

gimme a plate of that and some home made Mac & Cheese and I'm a happy camper

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
I feel your pain. Though not polish, I'm Texan. The stuff they try and pass for sausage in supermarkets pisses me off. Its an overgrown hot dog.
http://www.southsidemarket.com/ <--- is how sausage is supposed to be, coarsely ground and spicy. Served with ketchup mixed with Tabasco sauce or bbq sauce.

I also enjoy that Hillshire Farms stuff on the grill, or even under the broiler in a pinch... but kielbasa its not, more like smoked salami!


Good quality Italian & Greek sausage are food favorites of mine as well & I have no trouble getting either of them, but quality Kielbasa is somthing I have to seek out. (Personally I prefer mine with spicy mustard, but to each his own)

Try these in addition to the above link:


Lobels


Polana's

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: Donny Baker
Can anyone here swallow a 13" kielbasa?


/obligatory Howard Stern reference

Kielbasa Queen FTW!!!

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I'm Polish, and VERY particular about my Polish food. It better be authentic, or you're going to hear about it. It's really sad what stores pass off as kielbasa, and I'm having a hard time finding anyone that actually makes it correctly!

First, kielbasa is a savory sausage made of pork and garlic, along with some other spices. It should not look or resemble smoked sausage, and it should not taste like breakfast sausage. Yet...9/10 grocery stores are pawning this stuff off.

Real kielbasa is a super taste explosion. Lots of garlic, and it's so tender a fork melts right through it. I had a supplier that I would get 10 lbs from every few months to keep on hand, but his store was in an urban demilitarized zone and was burned down :|

Cooking kielbasa is a two step process. First, it should boiled, then kept on a rolling boil for about 20 minutes or so. Then, take it off the heat (save the broth for kapusta!!!), let is cool a bit, then either twist or cut it into small links. Then, bake it at 350F for about 45-60minutes. This removes a lot of the grease and condenses the flavor. The "twice cooking" process also tenderizes it to ymmmy perfection. Serve with ketchup and STRONG horseradish.

See-- you people are so boring tonight I'm talking about kielbasa. Nice work.

Thanks for the info. I had no idea my store-bought Kielbasa wasn't anything like real kielbasa. No wonder it tastes meh.

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: d0l0mite

Originally posted by: Coquito
I don't know how authentic the Hillshire farm product is, but I really like it. The casing gets so crisp on the grill. The meat is sweet, savory, & a little extra salty, I just love it.

I'm with you, I take some Hillshire, throw it in a oven pot with some a sauce I mix up with some BBQ sauce, Tabasco, a bit of Rasberry Chipotle sauce and some other spices, then cook it kinda slow. It comes out tender and the sauce is sweet & spicy. I could eat a whole oval (dunno what they call it) of that

I'm not Polish, and I don't know if I've ever had 100% authentic Polish Sausage, but I do know what tastes good to me. And cooked right the Hilshire Farm is great.

gimme a plate of that and some home made Mac & Cheese and I'm a happy camper

That sounds damn good.

 

[AnyMal]

I am hungry for some blood sausage now

<---- ukrainian

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: monk3y
I don't know how to spell it but... My GF makes Glumpky and OMG.. It's amazing. One of the best tasting foods I've had.

Golumpki! AKA "Pigs in a Blanket". These are essentially little "meatloaves" made with rice instead of bread crumbs, then wrapped in a steamed cabbage leaf. I then wrap the leaf with a bacon strip, but that's optional. You then bake it in tomato sauce.

This stuff will gas you up like nothing else, but MY GAWD it's good I'm having flashbacks of bushia's house now!

 

[funboy6942]

I like to boil mine with cabbage, carrots, and potatoes in a pot with water with a lot of garlic and garlic salt and butter, then served with ketcup used on the sausage.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I'm Polish, and VERY particular about my Polish food. It better be authentic, or you're going to hear about it. It's really sad what stores pass off as kielbasa, and I'm having a hard time finding anyone that actually makes it correctly!

First, kielbasa is a savory sausage made of pork and garlic, along with some other spices. It should not look or resemble smoked sausage, and it should not taste like breakfast sausage. Yet...9/10 grocery stores are pawning this stuff off.

Real kielbasa is a super taste explosion. Lots of garlic, and it's so tender a fork melts right through it. I had a supplier that I would get 10 lbs from every few months to keep on hand, but his store was in an urban demilitarized zone and was burned down :|

Cooking kielbasa is a two step process. First, it should boiled, then kept on a rolling boil for about 20 minutes or so. Then, take it off the heat (save the broth for kapusta!!!), let is cool a bit, then either twist or cut it into small links. Then, bake it at 350F for about 45-60minutes. This removes a lot of the grease and condenses the flavor. The "twice cooking" process also tenderizes it to ymmmy perfection. Serve with ketchup and STRONG horseradish.

See-- you people are so boring tonight I'm talking about kielbasa. Nice work.

Should have lived in Chicago. MMMMmmmm... REAL polish sausage. My grandma lives near a Boback's (well whatever it's called now since the brothers got in a hissy fit, Frank B's I think) and I always pick up some Kielbasa before I leave.

 

[Qacer]

I like bigos and flazcki (spelling for both?).

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
I am hungry for some blood sausage now

<---- ukrainian

Morcilla is nasty stuff.

<---- Colombian, but then again almost everything we eat, originates from other countries.

 

[Jawo]

I'm mostly Polish and the only place I've gotten real kiebasa is at a little store near my aunt's house in Michigan City, IN. Last time brought back 50lbs and the entire car smelled like garlic when we got back.

Hilshire farm is sausage, not kiebasa. Real kiebasa is stuffed in pig intestine!

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Coquito

Originally posted by: AnyMal
I am hungry for some blood sausage now

<---- ukrainian

Morcilla is nasty stuff.

<---- Colombian, but then again almost everything we eat, originates from other countries.

Maybe Colombian blood sausage is different? I think it's some of the tastiest stuff in the world.

 

[Jawo]

Originally posted by: Captante
I also enjoy that Hillshire Farms stuff on the grill, or even under the broiler in a pinch... but kielbasa its not, more like smoked salami!

Good quality Italian & Greek sausage are food favorites of mine as well & I have no trouble getting either of them, but quality Kielbasa is somthing I have to seek out. (Personally I prefer mine with spicy mustard, but to each his own)

Try these in addition to the above link:

Polana's

This is what I think of when I think of Kiebasa!

 

[Qacer]

http://thedutchshop.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=2_84

This is also a good site to get Polish food.

 

[TehMac]

Funny, I was just eating a BBQ kielbasa for dinner.