most delicate food
that can be given to young children.

2073. Broth.

Broth, made of mutton, veal, or chicken, with stale bread toasted, and
broken in, is safe and wholesome for the dinners of children when
first weaned.

2074. Milk.

Milk, fresh from the cow, with a very little loaf sugar, is good and
safe food for young children. From three years old to seven, pure
milk, into which stale bread is crumbled, is the best breakfast and
supper for a child.

2075. For a Child's Luncheon.

Good sweet butter, with stale bread, is one of the most nutritious, at
the same time the most wholesome articles of food that can be given
children after they are weaned.

2076. Milk Porridge.

Stir four tablespoonsfuls of oatmeal, smoothly, into a quart of milk,
then stir it quickly into a quart of boiling water, and boil up a few
minutes till it is thickened: sweeten with sugar. Oatmeal, where it is
found to agree with the stomach, is much better for children, being a
mild aperient as well as cleanser; fine flour in every shape is the
reverse. Where biscuit-powder is in use, let it be made at home; this,
at all events, will prevent them getting the sweepings of the baker's
counters, boxes, and baskets, All the waste bread in the nursery, hard
ends of stale loaves, &c., ought to be dried in the oven or screen,
and reduced to powder in the mortar.

2077. Meats for Children.

Mutton and poultry are the best. Birds and the white meat of fowls
are the most delicate food of this kind that can be given. These meats
should be slowly cooked, and no gravy, if made rich with butter,
should be eaten by a young child, Never give children hard, tough,
half-cooked meats, of any kind.

2078. Vegetables for Children. Eggs, &c.

For children rice ought to be cooked in no more water than is
necessary to swell it; apples roasted, or stewed with no more water
than is necessary to steam them; vegetables so well cooked as to make
them require little butter, and less digestion; eggs boiled slowly and
soft. The boiling of milk ought to be directed by the state of the
bowels; if flatulent or bilious, a very little currie-powder may be
given with vegetables with good effect. Turmeric and the warm seeds
(not hot peppers) are also particularly useful in such cases.

2079. Potatoes and Peas.

Potatoes, particularly some kinds, are not easily digested by
childre