I’d recognize it anywhere, that’s The Lou from Lou Malnatis! Though it looks like one of the frozen ones they ship on dry ice.

Making an honest woman out of a hooker.

Trough is a device in which food is served, not a room nor a location of preparation. Horses may sleep in a stall, but they also piss and shit on the floor there. I find these metaphors to be stretched a little thin, but I’m no neigh-sayer.