Polish Street Food in London Seen at Kings Cross Market Kabanos / ˌ k ə ˈ b æ n ə s / (plural: kabanosy ) is a Polish long thin dry sausage . They are smoky in flavor, and can be soft or very dry in texture depending on freshness. Typically, they are quite long, 60 cm (24 in) but very thin, with a diameter of around 1 cm (0.39 in), and folded in two, giving them a characteristic appearance. The name comes from the word kaban , an old term used in Eastern Poland for a young male pig fattened with potatoes specially for making this kind of sausage (hence kabanos - "made of kaban"). The word kaban with a similar meaning is also present in other Slavic languages, e.g. it denotes a boar in Russian and Ukrainian. It was loaned into Slavic from Turkic languages . Kabanosy are known to have been produced since medieval times at least and because of their long-las...