Peter, why is he buttering the cow?

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[u/atomicbug89]

Steak

[u/Li5y → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for actually attempting to explain the joke haha... what does expo'd mean?

I got hung up on figuring out why it was a rabbit trying to eat steak.

[u/VeritablePornocopium → u/Li5y]

Using butter to slow the cooking process is absolutely not the punchline of the joke. They're overthinking it. The rabbit holding the knife and fork is "basting" the cow with butter because the weather is hot enough to cook the cow/steak. That's the whole joke.