Farmer, Fannie Merritt. The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Columbia Encyclopedia World Factbook American Heritage Coll. It is prenatally developed, of unknown function, and as soon as calf is taken from liquid food it gradually disappears. Pancreas, stomach sweetbread, is sold in some sections of the country, but in our markets this custom is not practised.
Sweetbreads are a reputed table delicacy, and a valuable addition to the menu of the convalescent.
A sweetbread consists of two parts, connected by tubing and membranes. When sweetbread is found in market separated, avoid buying two of the throat sweetbreads, as the heart sweetbread is more desirable. 2 Sweetbreads spoil very quickly. Sweetbreads are always parboiled in this manner for subsequent cooking. Broiled Sweetbread Parboil a sweetbread, split cross-wise, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and broil five minutes.