sweetbread
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Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
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Also called throat sweetbread. Also called neck sweetbread,. the thymus gland of such an animal, used for food.
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These days, I poach the sweetbread in milk flavoured with beeswax and honey, then enclose it in a beeswax shell and leave it to mature.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020
The food, by a former Spur Gastropub chef, goes beyond pretzels and burgers, showcasing lamb sweetbread and smoked mussels to pair with the artisanal brews.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2016
“It’s a free-for-all, and you get the fish mixed in with the sweetbread mixed in with octopus,” Mr. Colicchio said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2015
The next evening: sweetbread tacos with maitake mushrooms at Empellón in the West Village.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2011
Sally was going to get permission to stay with us a little and one Thursday she came finally with a sack full of clothes and a paper bag of sweetbread her mama sent.
From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
The menu includes tabletop grills piled high with grilled short ribs, flap meat, sausage, beef sweetbreads, black sausage, and other deliciousness.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2025
Angel Cabrera in 2010 introduced an Argentine asado, well-salted cuts of meat including short ribs, blood sausage and sweetbreads cooked over an open flame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
The pièce de résistance is sweetbreads staged with buttery roasted cauliflower florets, punched up with anchovies, and showered with earthy black truffles.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023
The sweetbreads had the pleasantly woody taste of porcinis and any bitterness in the meat melded into the flavors of cumin and green bell pepper.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
The serving men brought out a heron stuffed with figs, veal cutlets blanched with almond milk, creamed herring, candied onions, foul-smelling cheeses, plates of snails and sweetbreads, and a black swan in her plumage.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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