pabulum

The pabulum seemed to be of vegetable origin, though varieties of it had a peculiar flesh-like flavor.

Everybody thinks he can teach English literature, and the public doesnt care particularly: it takes its pabulum largely on trust.

To remove the leaves and fallen twigs is to withdraw much of the pabulum upon which the tree was destined to feed.

Still more would it be of interest to discover what, if any, changes were wrought in the pabulum, or fluid generally.