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Sweetbreads are still very commonly found in this form or in a bouchée à la reine, with a mushroom sauce, as a Sunday starter for many families in France.

From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020

Sweetbreads with creamy white insides were fried to a pale, crinkled gold, then served with a brown, French, lovely and anachronistic sauce made from veal jus and crayfish.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2018

Sweetbreads au Montpellier.—Parboil a pair of fine white sweetbreads, after soaking them in salt and water an hour.

From Choice Cookery by Owen, Catherine

Sweetbreads and tongues are the favourite materials for forcemeat.

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William

Sweetbreads roasted, 73. stewed white, 73. brown, 74. fricasseed, 73.

From The Jewish Manual Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady