Sweetbread - wikipedia Sweetbread This article is about the organ meat. For sweetened breads, see Quick bread and Sweetmeat. A dish of crusted sweetbreads. Sweetbread is a culinary name for the thymus ( also called throat, gullet, or neck sweetbread ) or the pancreas ( also called heart, stomach, or belly sweetbread ), especially of calf ( ris de veau ) and lamb ( ris d'agneau ), and, less commonly, of beef and pork. The `` heart '' sweetbreads are more spherical in shape, and surrounded symmetrically by the `` throat '' sweetbreads, which are more cylindrical in shape. Various other glands used as food may also sometimes be called `` sweetbreads, '' including the parotid gland ( `` cheek '' or `` ear '' sweetbread ), the sublingual glands ( `` tongue '' sweetbreads or `` throat bread '' ) as well as ovary and testicles ( cf. Rocky Mountain oyster, prairie oyster, or lamb fries ). One common preparation of sweetbreads involves soaking in salt water, then poaching in milk, after which the outer membrane is removed. Once dried and chilled, they are often breaded and fried. They are also used for stuffing or in pâtés. They are grilled in many Latin American cuisines, such as in the Argentine asado, and served in bread in Turkish cuisine. The word `` sweetbread '' is first attested in the 16th century, but the etymology of the name is unclear. `` Sweet '' is perhaps used since the thymus is sweet and rich - tasting, as opposed to savory - tasting muscle flesh. `` Bread '' may come from brede, `` roasted meat '' or from the Old English brǣd ( `` flesh '' or `` meat '' ). See also Offal Head cheese Notes and references Jump up ^ Oxford Companion to Food ; Oxford English Dictionary Jump up ^ W.A. Newman Dorland, The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 1922 full text Jump up ^ The Medical Age, quoting the British Medical Journal, 11 : 702, 1893 full text Jump up ^ Seatbread BBC food Jump up ^ `` Sweetbreads '', British Food : A History Jump up ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1989 Jump up ^ `` Words to the Wise ''. Take Our Word For It ( 176 ) : 2. 14 November 2002. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 06. Jump up ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1989, s.v. `` brede '' Animals portal Food portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweetbread&oldid=806439643 '' Categories : Offal Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Italiano Lëtzebuergesch Nederlands 日本 語 Русский Simple English Svenska Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 22 October 2017, at 01 : 27. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where is the thymus gland in a cow
Answer: throat