It’s human meat.

The Richard Scarry universe is actually set in a twisted dystopian future where animals gained sentience and overthrew the humans. We are the farm animals. I won’t go into where their milk comes from.

*Me when I’m horny

The taste of toothpaste lingers for a while and ruins the flavor of breakfast, especially orange juice.

The Way™ is Coffee/tea/juice to temporarily overwrite that morning breath feeling, then breakfast, then brushing teeth.

With the cropped version my imagination filled in the next frame with the ring getting violently ripped from her ear…

but this is much more horrifying.