There is mention above of stuffed derma. Although both are intestines, the stuffings differ. Derma was stuffed with grain, fat, sauteed onions and mushrooms. Kishka has a ground or chopped meat based filling mixed in with the grain. Similar herbs and spices get mixed into the filling of both. Way back when, my grandmother used a product called Nyafat [sort of a kosher cousin of Crisco] as the fat. I have one of what is probably very few remaining jars and I use it to make my Passover matzoh balls. When it's gone I will probably fill the jar with Crisco just to maintain a semblance of the tradition.
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