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The word kielbasa (keel-BAH-sah) ​is Polish for "sausage." It stretches far beyond the large smoked links commonly seen vacuum-packed in grocery stores. Polish sausage may be smoked, fresh, or cured, and include pork, veal, or any variety of meats; some types are from pork shoulder, and others use scraps or ground meat. Many varieties of kielbasa have flavoring ingredients like garlic, juniper, and marjoram. Traditionally used in Polish cuisine, kielbasa can be boiled, baked, grilled, or cooked in other ways, and there are several great recipes to explore.

Matt Millen got into hot water for sticking his foot in his mouth while he was president of the Detroit Lions, and his internal sensor doesn't seem to have been honed much now that he's a television analyst. In an exchange with Ron Jaworski during ESPN's television coverage of the NFL Draft today, Millen called the former Eagles quarterback a "Polack." Obviously moving to head off any potential backlash from the remark, ESPN quickly put Millen back in front of the camera following the next commercial break. Millen, sitting on a solitary stool and looking contrite, apologized for the remark...

Poland has been forced to deny its foreign minister 'joked' that President-Elect Barack Obama's grandparents were cannibals. Writing in his blog, Mr Czarnecki, an MEP, quoted the foreign minister as saying: "Have you heard that Obama may have a Polish connection? His grandfather ate a Polish missionary." A spokesman for the Polish foreign office conceded that Mr Sikorski had made the controversial comment, but denied that the foreign minister had intended to insult Mr Obama, whose father was Kenyan. Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, has made no comment on the affair. It appears that Mr Sikorski's position is not...

A butcher shop in Greenpoint called it "Hot Kielbasa." But the FBI said the food was code for cocaine. Investigators said livery cabs were used to deliver the illegal drug shipments. The FBI said Polish and Dominican crews teamed up to run the ring. Investigators said whenever members of the ring had to discuss shipments, they referred to the drugs "Hot Kielbasa." Police said the suspects were caught on hundreds of hours of wiretaps. NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly said, "the ‘kielbasa’ was really cocaine, and thanks to outstanding police work it’s no longer available at the meat market." In all,...

Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus, now proven to have collaborated with Poland's communist regime, has officially stepped down. The Pope accepted his resignation. The news came unexpectedly in the morning, in the midst of preparations for the archbishop's inauguration ceremony. The decision was reportedly a result of negotiations at the Vatican level. According to some sources, it was Pope Benedict personally, who suggested that archbishop Wielgus step down after finding out that he did not reveal the whole truth in his recent statements to the Vatican about his past collaboration with Poland's communist regime. Instead of the inauguration ceremony, which was scheduled...

Poland's forces not enough for NATO Peter Wilson, Europe correspondent September 15, 2006 NATO remains desperately short of reinforcements for its Afghanistan campaign, despite an offer by Warsaw yesterday to send 1000 new troops to join Poland's existing 100-strong contingent. Defence Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told Polish TV that the additional 1000 troops would be in Afghanistan by next February. It was a significant increase and acceleration of Poland's previous offer to send 500 of its troops later next year. The announcement came hours after pleas for extra soldiers to reinforce the US, Australian and other Western troops fighting in southern...

The multinational zone in Iraq took another step closer to local control yesterday as the Polish army, which oversees the provinces of Diwaniyah and Wasit, began what is expected to be the final rotation of its troops here. Although President Kaczynski has said he expects to withdraw his country's army from Iraq next year, the exact date for its departure has not been set. Until then, Poland will continue to oversee this zone in central south Iraq, which has soldiers serving from 12 countries. A U.S. Army lieutenant general, Peter Chiarelli, told The New York Sun that the Polish troops...

The idea was appalling to many in the West. Eastern European countries joining the EU would mean a flood of cheap labor. But the wave of economic refugees never came. Instead, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Russians are picking up work in booming Eastern Europe.

Easter is the time for 'kielbasa,' the Polish taste treat Sausage a lure at North Toledo store By GARY T. PAKULSKI BLADE BUSINESS WRITER Inspired by taste buds and family tradition, customers have clogged the parking lot and lined up two to three deep at a North Toledo market in recent days. Their objective: Easter kielbasa. "I come here every Easter," said Mary Aring of West Toledo as she waited for a clerk to shout her number yesterday morning at Stanley's 5-Star Market, 3302 Stickney Ave. "My mother was Polish," she added. "She's dead now. But we follow in that...

How to Say 'Fast Food' in Polish Though they've become less prosperous since the fall of the Iron Curtain, many in Poland would rather have a cheap healthy meal at a local milk bar than a Big Mac. Today when Polish got out to eat they can be overwhelmed by a blitz of possibilities ranging from Michelin-starred restaurants to Chinese take-aways to Western fast food chains. But this culinary diversity is something that only emerged after the Iron Curtain fell in 1989. Before that, when Poles didn't feel like slaving behind the stove, they didn't hop in the car and...

Fort Myers, FL, Apr. 27 (UPI) -- Two teens face charges of making a bomb out of a bottle of homemade napalm wrapped in kielbasa sausage, the Fort Myers News-Press reported Tuesday. Lee County sheriff's spokeswoman Ileana LiMarzi said, "Everybody laughs when they call me about this," but she said bomb squad members weren't laughing when they had to disarm it.

Remembering Poland One Year Later…. By William Grodnick, stationed at Camp Babylon, Iraq As a New York City police officer, and the Manhattan trustee of the NYPD’s Pulaski Association, I joined six of my colleagues in going to Poland last year as guests of the Polish government. I have often heard of the natural beauty of Poland, but to see it firsthand - words cannot describe its immense beauty! From the great city of Warsaw, with its old square, to the ancient city of Krakow with its cathedral, to Zakopane with its majestic snow - capped mountains! There's so much...