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...