Kishka (food)
Kishka or kishke (Belarusian: кішка, kishka [ˈkʲiʂka]; Czech: jelito [ˈjɛlɪto]; Slovak: krvavnica [ˈkr̩vaʋɲit͡sa] (regionally also hurka - in Eastern Slovakia, this already contains cooked blood, unlike the krvavnica); Polish: kiszka / kaszanka; Romanian: chişcă/caltaboș; Yiddish: קישקע : kishke; Hebrew קישקע; Russian: кишка [kʲɪʂˈka] ; Ukrainian: кишка [ˈkɪʃkɐ] ; also Slovene: krvavica/kašnica; Lithuanian: vėdarai; Hungarian: hurka [ˈhurkɒ]) refers to various types of sausage or stuffed intestine with a filling made from a combination of meat and meal, often grain or potato. The dish is popular across Eastern Europe as well as with immigrant communities from those areas.