Sweetbreads with Peas

Ingredients

• Take the skin and fat off the breads
• let them stand in salt water for a few minutes
• thicken with flour
• season highly with pepper, salt, and butter

Method

1. 1

   Cut sweetbreads into pieces, boil until done.

2. 2

   Boil peas in salted water and combine with sweetbreads.

3. 3

   Use pea liquor to thicken and season.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Blue grass cook book (1904) by Minnie C. Fox, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SWEETBREADS WITH PEAS Stew the breads, but do not cut them up. Make a batter and dip the breads in and fry in hot lard. Cook the peas in salt water and serve with the breads. HOW TO BLANCH SWEET- BREADS Soak 3 hours in 3 different waters with 1 pinch of salt in each water. Drain, place in cold water, and boil till tender. Throw in cold water to whiten. Put in a cold place, and they are ready for general use. 78 THE BLUE GRASS COOK BOOK STEWED SWEETBREADS V, C. G. Boil the sweetbreads till tender enough to pick them to pieces, and take out the strings and hard pieces. Then put them on to stew with cream, seasoning with pepper, salt, and a very little mace. Then add a lump of butter with a few bread- crumbs and yolks of 2 eggs beaten light. Cook till thick as very thin mush. This recipe is for 2 pairs. SWEETBREADS WITH CHAM- PIGNONS E. D. P. 1 can of champignons, 1 set of sweetbreads, ^ pint of clear soup, 1 teaspoon of flour, ^ teaspoon of brown flour, ^ tablespoon of butter, 1 wineglass of wine. Salt and pepper to taste. Cook the sweetbreads thoroughly and cook the champignons with their liquor in a saucepan with 74i ENTREES the clear soup. Boil nearly an hour; season well, and put sweetbreads in. Add butter and flour. Cook till thick, and add wine last. Serve hot. SWEETBREADS WITH PEAS Take the skin and fat ofF the breads and let them stand in salt water for a few minutes. Cut into pieces and boil till done. Boil the peas in salted water and put with the breads. Take the liquor from the peas and thicken with flour and season highly with pepper, salt, and butter

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