sosiski

English

Etymology

From Russian соси́ски (sosíski), plural of соси́ска (sosíska), from French saucisse (“sausage (hot dog style)”) (whence English saucisse) + Russian -ка (-ka, diminutive suffix), from Old French saucice (whence English sausage).

Noun

sosiski pl (plural only)

1. Small sausages made from a mixture of ground meats, spices, and sometimes other ingredients like breadcrumbs or grains.
   • 1963, New York Times Saturday Book Review Supplement, volume 68, page 46:

     It took her only 15 minutes to reach the counter to get her sosiski.

   • 1989 August 23, “Moscow goes to the dogs — hot dogs, that is”, in The Odessa American, Odessa, Tex., page 10A, column 2:

     New Yorkers pay $1.59 plus tax for a regular Nathan’s Famous dog but comrades in Moscow will have to plunk down the equivalent of $2.25 in rubles for their sosiskis.^[sic]

   • 1990 January 31, Scott Shane, “Muscovites get their first taste of McDonald’s today”, in The Sun, volume 306, number 65, Baltimore, Md., page 2A, column 6:

     Contrary to Western stereotypes, Moscow already has quite a few native fast-food places, selling borscht, pelmeni (dumplings), chebureki (Central Asian meat pies), sosiski (sausages resembling hot dogs) and more.

   • 1998, Russian Life, volume 42, page 21:

     SHOW ME THE SOSISKI! Prior to the crisis, over 60% of food consumed in Moscow was imported. Even now, domestically-made sausage, like these Moscow-made sosiski, rely on imported meat.

   • 1998 July 2, Daniel Williams, “In Moscow, Russians relish foreign franks”, in The Burlington Free Press, volume 171, number 183, Burlington, Vt., page 3C, column 6:

     Sosiski are considered a cheap food.

   • 2003, Ulbandus Review, volume 7, Columbia University Department of Slavic Languages, page 184:

     Just have to make your way through the drunken men eating sosiski and beer for breakfast.

   • 2013, Anya von Bremzen, Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 14:

     Sosiski were Mom’s favorite food. I was hooked on them too, though Mom claims that the sosiski of my childhood couldn’t hold a candle to the juicy Stalinist article.

   • 2019, “Endlessly Diverse Products”, in Sausage Industry‎^[1], Verden: VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH, page 5:

     International Specialties […] • Russian Sosiski and Sardelki