Post by Jaga on Oct 22, 2008 21:03:26 GMT -7
To most Chicagoans, a Polish sausage is something you eat on a bun, smothered in grilled onions.
However, that Chicago-born sandwich, invented by a Macedonian immigrant on Maxwell Street in the 1940s, has little to do with real Polska kielbasa.
Nor does "kielbasa" (pronounced "kew-ba-sa" in Polish) mean a specific sausage. Across Poland, every region has its own recipes, says Gary Longo, director of research and development for Chicago's Bobak Sausage Co., which makes more than 100 meat products.
Under Communism, the Polish government tried to standardize meat production and, in 1964, reportedly issued a 760-page manual that detailed recipes for 119 "official" sausages.
When it comes to kielbasa, Chicago's blessed with scores of Polish delis and markets that make many of these sausages the old-fashioned way. "Chicago's Polish butchers elevate the humble pig to a smoked and cured art form," Saveur magazine wrote last year. Jan Lorys, director of the Polish Museum of America in Noble Square, says that for years, visitors from Poland used to take Chicago sausage back with them.
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www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1234644,FOO-News-polish22.article
However, that Chicago-born sandwich, invented by a Macedonian immigrant on Maxwell Street in the 1940s, has little to do with real Polska kielbasa.
Nor does "kielbasa" (pronounced "kew-ba-sa" in Polish) mean a specific sausage. Across Poland, every region has its own recipes, says Gary Longo, director of research and development for Chicago's Bobak Sausage Co., which makes more than 100 meat products.
Under Communism, the Polish government tried to standardize meat production and, in 1964, reportedly issued a 760-page manual that detailed recipes for 119 "official" sausages.
When it comes to kielbasa, Chicago's blessed with scores of Polish delis and markets that make many of these sausages the old-fashioned way. "Chicago's Polish butchers elevate the humble pig to a smoked and cured art form," Saveur magazine wrote last year. Jan Lorys, director of the Polish Museum of America in Noble Square, says that for years, visitors from Poland used to take Chicago sausage back with them.
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www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1234644,FOO-News-polish22.article
