The role of printers in the Reformation was not limited to the publication of books and pamphlets. Occasionally they contributed their appetites. On a chilly morning on 9 March 1522, in Zurich, the printer Christoph Froschauer took a break from the preparation of an edition of the epistles of Paul and shared a plate of sausages with his twelve workers. It was Lent and the consumption of meat was forbidden by the Church. Froschauer defended his action before the civil magistrates on the grounds that he had a heavy load of printing jobs waiting and his men needed the extra sustenance. Zwingli defended Froschauer and became extremely popular.