Salad Of Sweetbreads - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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)

Preparation

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