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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

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

There are definitely a few dishes we serve in the restaurant that are the best versions of those specific items anywhere in the world, such as the beef, scallops, sweetbreads and lobster.

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 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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