To them who have sampled Russian sausage, or kolbasa, the taste may not be significantly different from other sausages from around the world. Kolbasa can be smoked, cured, or raw; also the filling may vary. During the earlier days, it was made from animal blood that then the Orthodox Church banned the believers from consuming […]
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In ancient Russia, the word “sausage” had a different meaning from modern’s one; sausage was understood to mean food prepared from the blood of an animal, and therefore there was a ban on eating sausage. For example, the term was used in Novgorod Kormchi in 1282: “Some of the blood of an animal that is […]