sweetbread
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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
Carts hold late-night treats: petit-waffles, sugary syrups, fried sweetbread and chicken, and luna pastries.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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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 caramelized sweetbreads are probably one of the best that guests will ever taste in their lives.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2024
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 food was fine, of course; it wasn’t like they served sweetbreads or anything.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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