1. Doughy breads, griddle cakes, insides of muffins, hot biscuits, etc.
2. Fried meats, such as sausage, oysters, pork, ham, veal, salt fish, corned beef, dried beef, etc.
3. Foods that are hot when they are cold—such as catsup, horse radish, mustard, highly spiced pickles, sauces, etc.
4. Rich pastries, puddings, unripe fruit, salted peanuts, and highly concocted dishes.
5. Certain salads, containing coarse but easily swallowed foods, with highly seasoned sauces.
6. Tea, coffee, and all alcoholic beverages.
7. Soft candies, chocolate creams, bon-bons, patties, etc.
Average normal children crave sweets, and since their normal food is about seven per cent sugar it is not to be wondered at. There are many forms of pure, hard candies which may be taken by the three-year-old child. They are stick candy, fruit tablets, sunshine candies, and other varieties which may be sucked.
All soft candies, such as chocolate creams, bon-bons, patties, etc., are to be avoided. Hard candies, taken along with the desserts at meal time, in no wise injure the normal stomach of the healthy child.
The other members of the family should set a correct example by sucking the hard candies rather than chewing them; for if the hard candies are allowed to dissolve slowly in the mouth they produce a weak solution of sugar, which does not interfere with digestion as do the strong and concentrated sugar solutions which result from chewing chocolate creams, bon-bons, etc.