However, the lightning display accompanying Thor's arrival killed and charred several Cows (while their still-living herdmates cursed their fellows' luck), giving Ford and Arthur the opportunity to sample the cooked meat. Ford Prefect and Arthur (who had become far more open-minded after years spent traversing the galaxy) considered the Cows' offer to be eaten, only to be interrupted by the arrival of the Norse thunder god Thor.
Later, a herd of Ameglian Major Cows were encountered on the planet Nano. Arthur Dent expressed great disgust at the idea of eating a sentient, speaking creature and ordered a green salad instead, however, the Ameglian Major Cow noted that many vegetables that were "very clear" on the point of not wanting to be eaten. The Cow first appeared at Milliways, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and expressed a desire to be consumed by Milliways' patrons, having been bred to want to be eaten. It was presented on a tray surrounded by salad leaves, instead of merely arriving at the table on its own, as was implied in the book, and it was given a West Country accent. It was large and fat, a bovine-looking quadruped with leathery, beige-pink skin, and two horns. In the television series, the Ameglian Major Cow appeared very similar to how it was described in the second novel. Eventually, after Arthur and Trillian have expressed their shock and Ford has expressed his disinterest, Zaphod requests four rare steaks and the Dish of the Day goes off to shoot himself, telling Arthur not to worry, as he says "I'll be very humane."
The creature offers Zaphod and his party his shoulder, braised in a white wine sauce, then goes on to offer other parts of its body, having worked hard to fatten itself up through force-feeding itself for months. The creature seems peaceful and at ease, and at one point is described to have "mooed." It was described as a large dairy animal, a "large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type." It was said to have large watery eyes, as well as small horns and what might have been an ingratiating smile on its lips. In the second book, the Cow was the Dish of the Day at Milliways, which arrived when Zaphod Beeblebrox (accompanied by Arthur, Ford, and Trillian) requested to 'meet the meat'.
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