This section is from the book "The Cook's Guide", by Semper Fidelis Circle. Also available from Amazon: The Cook's Guide.
When coming from the market, place in cold salt water for 1 hour. Remove and put into boiling water; cook until tender, as shown by using a fork; then place them into cold water again. When cold skin them; then make a cream sauce, put them in, and let all boil up together and they are ready to serve.
Take sweet breads, soak them for an hour in cold water with a tablespoon of vinegar, or a little lemon juice and cook them for twenty minutes. Then drop them again into cold water to harden. When cold, pick apart, freeing them as much as possible from the skin. Have the pieces no larger than an oyster. Now make a batter of 1 egg, a little milk and flour. Dip the sweet breads into this and fry in hot fat, until a golden brown. Season with salt and pepper. If preferred dip them into beaten egg and roll in cracker crumbs instead of batter. When done put them on a brown paper, a moment, to free from grease. Serve hot with sliced lemon and a little parsley.
 
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