Croquettes made of finely ground meat, grated bread, milk, and beaten eggs, and fried in butter, are the most wholesome preparation. At the age of five, the child may be given breast of roast fowl, and occasionally veal cutlet or filet of beef. Boiled meat must never be given to the child, because meat is deprived of many stimulating and even nutritive properties by boiling and rendered less digestible. Nerve Feeding Substances. Besides meat a child who has reached the age of four may be given fried brains and sweetbreads, to be combined, for example, with chicken croquettes.
All cheeses are to be excluded from the child's diet.
The only milk product suitable to children from three to six years of age is fresh butter. From what we have said about soups, it may be inferred that bread is an excellent food for the child. Bread sticks are excellent for those who can afford them. Among fruits there are excellent foods for children. They too, like milk and eggs, if freshly gathered, retain a living quality which aids assimilation.