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sweetbread

[sweet-bred] / ˈswitˌbrɛd /


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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

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

Child’s landmark 1961 cookbook contained 524 recipes, for aspics and sweetbreads, poached eggs and mushrooms, chicken fricassee and calf’s brains in wine.

From Washington Post Nov. 1, 2022

And sweetbreads may well be terrific with lobster, but not when they’re overcooked.

From New York Times Nov. 8, 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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