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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

Expect eggplant katsudon with charred cabbage chow chow, sweetbread teriyaki, duck leg ramen, and an okonomiyaki pancake with shaved Benton’s ham, mayonnaise and smoked tobiko roe.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2018

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

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

Not to mention your liver … your sweetbreads … your.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 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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