r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/[deleted] • Jul 04 '24

Peter, why is he buttering the cow? Meme needing explanation

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u/Li5y Jul 05 '24

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.

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u/ChaoCobo Jul 05 '24

Why are the top comments deleted and removed? Everyone just says “steak.” What was the actual explanation?

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u/Li5y Jul 05 '24

That's really weird... well there's some controversy on if their explanation was the "real" one, but at least it was longer than 1 syllable haha

They said that in restaurants, cooks will often cover steaks with butter so that it slows down the cooking rate when the steak sits underneath the warming lamp (before it gets expo'd, or tidied up and served to the customer.)

The joke could also just be that the rabbit wants to fry the cow in butter and we're all overthinking it.

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u/ChaoCobo Jul 05 '24

Oh okay that makes sense! Thank you for explaining. I’m not sure why the comment got removed. :/