Don't be fooled by their name--these menu items are really the glands of a calf cooked & eaten as a delicacy
Still, what 
sweetbreads are, how they got their name and how they .... Don't Show... [DOC] [TLE] The Food Timeline: history notes-meat [PAR] "We cook meat for four basic reasons: to make it safe to eat, easier to chew and to 
digest .... To my mind, there is a simple explanation for these cooking preferences
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