{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"eric","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/eric\/","title":"If pigs could fly... - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0eJrnG9UhS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/if-pigs-could-fly%e2%80%a6\/\">If pigs could fly&#8230;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/if-pigs-could-fly%e2%80%a6\/embed\/#?secret=0eJrnG9UhS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;If pigs could fly&#8230;&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"0eJrnG9UhS\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"By Guest Blogger Annie Eagle \u00a0If pigs could fly&#8230; (after the year of the pig) In Vietnam there is a delicately sweet, street-speciality called \u2018jambong\u2019 (from the French for ham).\u00a0 It is often served with sticky rice (xoi) or is deftly stuffed into cut baguettes alongside cheese or meat and slivers of cucumber. \u00a0I had eaten it myself a couple of times before I discovered what it was. \u00a0It looks to me like mattress stuffing, or very fine wood shavings.\u00a0 What I find striking, is how the once living animal, the pig, could be rendered unrecognizable, just as great trees are reduced to sawdust\u2026\u2026 Now that the Year of the Pig has just ended, I wish to consider the reputation and treatment of this lowly and most serviceable animal. In the Orient, the Pig has an honoured place in the Chinese Calendar.\u00a0 This Year of the Pig ended a 60 year cycle, so was known as the Year of the Golden Pig.\u00a0 It was seen as an especially auspicious year.\u00a0 Orientals believe that those who are born in a Pig year will have a good life, \u00a0as reflected in the Vietnamese proverb \u2018Tuoi Hoi nam doi ma an\u2019 which roughly [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/flyingpig.jpg"}