亚洲网紅露点

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sweetbread

[ sweet-bred ]

noun

  1. Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
  2. Also called neck sweetbread, the thymus gland of such an animal, used for food.


sweetbread

/ 藞蝉飞颈藧迟藢产谤蓻诲 /

noun

  1. the pancreas ( stomach sweetbread ) or the thymus gland ( neck or throat sweetbread ) of an animal, used for food
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sweetbread1

First recorded in 1555鈥65; sweet + bread
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sweetbread1

C16: sweet + bread , perhaps from Old English 产谤牵诲 meat; related to Old Saxon 产谤腻诲辞 ham, Old High German 产谤腻迟, Old Norse 产谤腻迟丑
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The caramelized sweetbreads are probably one of the best that guests will ever taste in their lives.

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The pi猫ce de r茅sistance is sweetbreads staged with buttery roasted cauliflower florets, punched up with anchovies, and showered with earthy black truffles.

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She wrote terrible poetry about offering up her glands and sweetbreads as a token of love.

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Child鈥檚 landmark 1961 cookbook contained 524 recipes, for aspics and sweetbreads, poached eggs and mushrooms, chicken fricassee and calf鈥檚 brains in wine.

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Here鈥檚 what else to expect: breezy service, icy oysters, crisp cod perched on ratatouille and sweetbreads that cut like custard and arrive with a forest of mushrooms.

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