{"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":"Vegetarianism in Australia, A History &amp; \"Eating a cockroach\" - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"eQdm504pg8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/vegetarianism-in-australia-a-history-eating-a-cockroach\/\">Vegetarianism in Australia, A History &amp; &#8220;Eating a cockroach&#8221;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/vegetarianism-in-australia-a-history-eating-a-cockroach\/embed\/#?secret=eQdm504pg8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Vegetarianism in Australia, A History &amp; &#8220;Eating a cockroach&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"eQdm504pg8\" 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":"Vegetarianism in Australia A History by Edgar Crook \u00a0 Go here for a real treat &#8211; free downloads of a very fine book on the veggie\u00a0history of Australia &#8211; http:\/\/www.ivu.org\/history\/australia\/\u00a0\u00a0 ************************************************************************************************************ Vegetarian themed poem\u00a0written by the pseudonymous author, &#8216;Jerry&#8217; &amp; published in the West Australian Times on 26 October 1874. The Banquet of Blood: a vegetarian lay A cockroach crawled o&#8217;er a baker&#8217;s shelf, Waving his horns, and looking for pelf: The baker upon his bread board below, Was kneading and rolling about the dough. \u00a0 The board received such terrible thumps, As the baker&#8217;s rolling pin struck the lumps, The shelf was shaken, the cockroach fell &#8211; Ah where? The baker he could not tell! \u00a0 Into the oven, deep in the dough, Stern fate would have the cockroach go, Dead and buried, his fate unknown Perished the cockroach all alone. \u00a0 A napkin lay where a feast was spread, In its midst a bit of dainty bread. A lovely lady, with hands most fair, Unravell&#8217;d the napkin lying there. \u00a0 Soups, fish, and birds, of many a kind, A pig with skewers, its joints to bind: A rabbit with parsley stuck on its nose, And snipes and wallabies [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cropped-HappyCowSQUARE-2016-512.jpg","thumbnail_width":512,"thumbnail_height":512}