Kiszka
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Kiszka is an alternative name for kaszanka
, a Polish blood sausage
. It also can refer to:
Kaszanka
Kaszanka is a traditional blood sausage in Polish cuisine. It is made of a mixture of pig's blood, pig offal , and buckwheat kasza stuffed in a pig intestine...
, a Polish blood sausage
Blood sausage
Black pudding, blood pudding or blood sausage is a type of sausage made by cooking blood or dried blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. The dish exists in various cultures from Asia to Europe...
. It also can refer to:
- Kiszka (family)Kiszka (family)Kiszka was a szlachta family of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of Polish and Czech descent...
, an extinct Polish noble family - Lev KiszkaLev KiszkaLuka Lev Kiszka was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and Russia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1714 to his death in 1728. He was also a writer, and theologian.-Life:...
, Metropolitan of Kiev from 1714 to 1728 - Kishka (food)Kishka (food)Kishka or kishke refers to various types of sausage or stuffed intestine with a filling made from a combination of meat and meal, often a grain. The dish is popular across Eastern Europe as well as with immigrant communities from those areas. It is also eaten by Ashkenazi Jews who prepare their...
- Kishka (prison cell)Kishka (prison cell)A kishka is a type of prison cell used in Soviet prisons. The cell was named after the gut , in that it was tall and narrow, like an intestine, but more like a chimney. The prisoner had room to stand, but could not sit or kneel, let alone lie down. In some Soviet prisons there was no drainage...
, a Soviet slang expression