Cabanossi should not be confused with kabanos - a sausage similar in appearance from Poland.

These are, namely, chorizos and kabanos.

Kabanos are much thinner than chorizos but are used in much the same way, although the older, drier varieties are popular as chewing sausages.

Many of the branded 'pepper salame sticks' sold in supermarkets are variations on the theme of the kabanos, sold very fresh before they harden.

The result (besides the exemplary hams and kielbasa) is velvety liverwurst, extraordinary mazurka sausage made with garlic and caraway, and kabanos, the highly spiced dry hunter's sausage.

Garlicky Polish sausages are irresistible for nibbling; among them are kovbasa and kielbasa ($3.29 a pound) and the skinnier, spicier kabanos, or hunter's, sausage ($4.29 a pound and up, depending on the sausage's dryness, which affects the weight).

An open sandwich is a slice of fresh bread, with different spreads, butter, liver pâté, cheese spreads, cold cuts such as roast beef, turkey, ham, bacon, salami, beef tongue, mortadella, head cheese or sausages like beerwurst or kabanos, and vegetables like bell peppers, tomatoes, radish, scallion and cucumber.