Oh, how disappointing. From the title I had expected something more, er, controversial.

Like this Modest Proposal, first published in 1729.

I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.