Pass the butter

Michael Feldman isn't giving up his lobster on his trips to Maine:

... Over the years we have sacrificed innumerable crustacians to the Sacrificial Pot, and never once have he heard a protest, a whine, a grunt a cry, a squeal, a scream, a hiss or even a whimper as they took their Last Dip (or next-to-last, counting the butter).

Earlier:
But the cows die surrounded by their loved ones as they slowly drift off to "sleep".