{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"John Edmundson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/","title":"Vegetarian Humour - in 1852 & 1848 - Punch Magazine - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5GPUM3Euy4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/vegetarian-humour\/\">Vegetarian Humour &#8211; in 1852 &#038; 1848 &#8211; Punch Magazine<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/vegetarian-humour\/embed\/#?secret=5GPUM3Euy4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Vegetarian Humour &#8211; in 1852 &#038; 1848 &#8211; Punch Magazine&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"5GPUM3Euy4\" 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","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Punch_Banner.jpg","thumbnail_width":576,"thumbnail_height":149,"description":"\u00a0Vegetarian Humour \u2013 in 1852 &amp; 1848 \u2013 Punch Magazine Here we are\u00a0being &#8216;ribbed&#8217; by the magazine\u00a0Punch, or the London Charivari\u00a0&#8211; aeons ago! The 1848 article is directly referring to Elizabeth &amp; William Horsell&#8217;s projects &#8211; but does not mention them by name &#8211; they were vegans &#8211; more about them here if you Click &#8211; and also lower down this page. The Victorian vegetarians \/ vegans &amp; their humanitarian friends were generally quite a scholarly bunch. Many of their writings are &#8216;flavored&#8217; with sections of Latin, Greek, French &amp; German; their vocabulary was wide. It is fun to read their writings, though much of it seems quite &#8216;quirky&#8217; today. They read Shelley\u00a0with enthusiasm &#8211; ~ It is only by softening and disguising dead flesh by culinary preparation, that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion; and that the sight of its bloody juices and raw horror does not excite intolerable loathing and disgust. ~ &#8211; from &#8211;\u00a0&#8216;A Vindication of Natural Diet&#8217; &#8211; 1813 &#8211; Percy Bysshe Shelley &#8230;&#8230;.but very, very few of them seem\u00a0to have ever used Facebook or watched television! The humour of Victorian vegetarianism \/ veganism was (&amp; still is) also quite delicious! \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 1852 Scene [&hellip;]"}