It was originally prepared using meat only, a popular variation today is adding about a fourth of sliced veal kidney to the meat.

The veal kidneys flamed in calvados and served in cream sauce are good.

Pub classics like sautéed veal kidneys are $18, and desserts are $6, not $4.

Of all these specialty cuts - yet another euphemism - my favorite is veal kidneys.

They still arrive with the veal kidney roasted in its own fat.

Like veal kidneys, which the restaurant braises and sells as a special.

Diners curious to taste veal kidneys would be wise to call ahead.

"We've had orders for as many as six veal kidneys in a night," she said.

Also appealing are the veal kidneys in a dark, sweet-edged Burgundy sauce offset by a snap of black pepper.

For veal kidney in a butter, mustard and parsley sauce.