Talk:Kishka (food)

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Contents 1 Old content from Talk:Kishka 2 XP Engineers 3 Kosher kishkes 4 Kaszanka 5 Waiting for Guffman

[edit] Old content from Talk:Kishka

Is really kishka Jewish ethnic food? I mean, it is from Polish word ,,kiszka" meaning gut or intestine, and it is name of Polish dish similar to sausage (but much worse in taste) (made from guts).

You are misinformed. Kishka (the kosher variety, as described in the article, made of beef intestine stuffed with matzo meal filling) is indeed a Jewish ethnic food. I can't say I enjoy it that much, but I have indeed eaten it. Just google on kishka and you'll get lots of Jewish links. --Rpresser 15:02, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

It should be added that the word kishkes is Jewish slang for "balls", i.e. the English phrase "He has no balls" would use the word kishkes for balls.

This is also misinformation. Kishkes is definitely not slang for "balls"; it is slang for "guts". In English the two phrases "He has no balls" and "he has no guts" have similar meanings, i.e., the man is a coward, but the body part referred to is definitely different. --Rpresser 15:02, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

My wife now wishes me to add that in Hebrew or Yiddish, the proper word to use when referring to testicles is "baytzim" -- literally "eggs". Rpresser (talk) 03:24, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

It's not exclusively a Jewish ethnic food. It might be much more accurate to call it an Eastern European food enjoyed by Jews from the region. BTW Kishka is also yiddish for intestines, not just Polish. Beitzim is Hebrew slang for "balls." Yiddish has a word, "Testikles," or "Bawls," they are housed in the Yiddish, "Bawl Sak." You get the point. Yiddish for Beitzim is Oyn and isn't used as a euphamism for man-balls. However, when Yiddish speakers speak in Aremaic or Hebrew they say Beyim not Beitzim, because Beitzim has a harshly negative assosciation with man-balls. It's like if their were a food called a F&*^ Sh^t in English, most people would find something else to call it. 79.177.238.63 (talk) 05:49, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] XP Engineers

First of all, I am going to assume that when the article says XP, it is referencing Windows XP. Second, there is no way to validat the claim in the article "'Engineers on XP software teams are known to love Kishka. It is traditionally served at morning standup meetings and eaten to the tune..."Who stole the Kishka'"

Unless the poster is an Engineer for Microsoft, who works on XP software, the claim lacks validity. Third, the whole comment is irrelavent to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FozzyMaple (talk • contribs)

As an FYI for your own personal knowledge, it was likely a reference to Extreme Programming teams. Vandalism nonetheless... — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 21:45, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kosher kishkes

So the kosher version doesn't contain blood, correct? That should be emphasized. Rmhermen 19:14, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Right. In practice, some of the blood ends up staying in the meat despite drainage. If I get up to it, I'll buy a kishke and cook it for pictures. The frozen ones don't look very appetizing, though. --Mgreenbe 19:39, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kaszanka

shouldn't this article be merged with Kaszanka ? --83.24.24.147 17:52, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Actually, kishkes should not have any blood in them, so that'd be kind of the opposite of a blood sausage, one might think?

[edit] Waiting for Guffman

Bubbe made a kishka; She made it big and fat. She brought it to my mother. She said "I can't eat that!" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.31.248.125 (talk) 07:52, 1 April 2008 (UTC)