Siskonmakkara is a mild,
Finnish
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fresh sausage made of
pork
Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the domestic pig (''Sus domesticus''). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BCE.
Pork is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved; ...
, cooked before serving. The meat is soft and smooth-textured and usually squeezed from its casing when cooking. The most common dish using this sausage is siskonmakkara soup (''siskonmakkarakeitto'') in which they are cooked in, and simultaneously flavours, the soup stock. The sausage can also be used for a
stroganoff or
macaroni casserole
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in place of
minced meat. It does not keep well and should be used on the day it is bought.
The word ''siskonmakkara'' is a partial
loan translation
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from the
Swedish
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compound word
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''siskonkorv'' (''korv'' meaning "sausage") whose ''siskon'' part had originally been ''susiskon'', derived from
German
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''Sausischen'' and
French ''saucisse'', both meaning "small sausage".
Rahola
/ref> The word ''siskon'' is a homonym
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of the genitive form of the word ''sisko'' meaning "sister", as the word ''siskonmakkara'' appears to mean "sister’s sausage".
See also
* List of sausage dishes
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References
External links
Glossary of Finnish dishes
Finnish sausages
Fresh sausages
Sausage dishes
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