On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:21:51 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 3/25/2021 6:57 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 3/25/2021 8:25 AM, Gary wrote:
>>> I store my kielbasa at the grocery store. Always fresh when I'm ready
>>> to use it.
>>>
>> I don't think I've ever seen "fresh" kielbasa.* The stuff Sheldon (he
>> mentioned Hillshire Farms), Joan and I were talking about is vacuum
>> sealed so it lasts a very long time in the refrigerator.* If you open
>> the package and only use a portion, it should still be fine for quite a
>> while.* It's not raw sausage.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
>Few places have it. In Polish, kielbasa translates to sausage. What we
>think of as the traditional flavor is the smoked sausage but fresh can
>be anything.


The only unsmoked I have had was a gift from a Ukrainian friend who
made it from venison. We split it carefully down the middle and cooked
it in a frying pan.

I am not a big fan of venison kielbasa.