Tortillas. Photo: Little Blue Hen/Flickr

You think you’re an adventurous eater, but have you tried sweetbread – in other words, cow glands?

Sounds gross, but prepared the right way, they’re chewy and meaty and delicious (and this is coming from a person who is occasionally grossed out by the modern chef’s apparently boundless enthusiasm for random acts of butchery. For instance: I would not recommend head cheese).

These mollejas tacos from Homesick Texan look like a good introduction to sweetbreads, for the skeptic. Consider that the first time my boyfriend tried snails, they were also in a taco. A tortilla and some pico de gallo can make pretty much any sundry food look appetizing.