Salad Of Sweetbreads

• 2 sweetbreads, 1 pair
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice (fresh is best)
• salt
• 1 head lettuce (butterhead or other tender leaf lettuce preferred)
• 1 cup mayonnaise (Hellmann's preferred)
• green onions (optional) or scallion, very thinly sliced (optional)

1. Soak sweetbreads in acidulated water (water and a little vinegar or lemon juice) for an hour and remove membranes and veins;.
2. Bring a pot of water to the boil; add salt and lemon juice.
3. Place sweetbreads in boiling water; reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
4. Drain sweetbreads and plunge into icy water to stop cooking process.
5. When cold, cut into 1/4" dice.
6. Place lettuce leaves in a chilled salad bowl.
7. Mix the diced sweetbreads with part of the mayonnaise; pile into center of lettuce leaves and frost with remaining mayonnaise.
8. Garnish with thinly sliced onion, if desired.

pair, lemon juice, salt, head lettuce, mayonnaise, green onions

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/salad-of-sweetbreads-355648 (may not work)