# Final Meal Requests **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2001, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-meal-requests/53034 "2001-02-03T18:32:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SpinneZiege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SpinneZiege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpinneZiege)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2001, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-meal-requests/53034/1 "2001-02-03T18:32:24Z")
I just found [this list of final meal requests for executionees in the state of Texas](http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/finalmeals.htm) on [Plastic](http://www.plastic.com/). What would be yours? I have to agree with Stacey Lawton on the jar of dill pickles. ---
**Author:** ![vertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3ec8ea/32.png) [@vertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertigo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-meal-requests/53034/2 "2001-02-03T21:10:29Z")
I read somewhere that they rarely eat their last meal, preferring instead to send it back to their fellow inmates. Can’t back that up, so take it for what it is worth. For me it would be: Roast Beef Mashed Potatoes (with pepper) Green Beans Iced Tea (no sugar) Mmmm…, comfort food. And let me tell ya, I’m gonna need the comforting. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-meal-requests/53034/3 "2001-02-03T21:16:26Z")
This subject was already covered in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=40132) thread. ---
**Author:** ![mighty\_maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@mighty\_maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mighty_maxx)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-meal-requests/53034/4 "2001-02-03T21:54:30Z")
Dynomite stick pie, with a side of Big ass jackhammer. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-meal-requests/53034/5 "2001-02-03T21:56:45Z")
Cake ‘n’ file, and a .38 sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-meal-requests/53034/6 "2001-02-04T02:07:00Z")
It would be a good time to finally try fugu. ---
**Author:** ![S-Terry\_Dan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@S-Terry\_Dan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S-Terry_Dan)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-meal-requests/53034/7 "2001-02-04T08:49:48Z")
Raw oysters. Lots and lots of raw oysters. Washed down with cheap, flat grape soda. Oh, and pea soup. And then, it’s time to strafe the area with vomit. ---
**Author:** ![SpinneZiege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SpinneZiege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpinneZiege)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-meal-requests/53034/8 "2001-02-04T21:22:40Z")
Zenster: Boy do I feel like a jackass now. I even remember when that thread was active. ---
**Author:** ![Elkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Elkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elkman)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-meal-requests/53034/9 "2001-02-04T23:05:41Z")
Pepperoni and jalapeno pizza, extra cheese, lemon pie, and a six-pack of Miller’s Genuine Draft. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-meal-requests/53034/10 "2001-02-05T03:29:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SpinneZiege \* > \*\*Zenster: > > Boy do I feel like a jackass now. I even remember when that thread was active. \*\* Not to worry, it happens to the best of us. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-meal-requests/53034/11 "2001-02-05T04:06:38Z")
A large order of haggis and a jar of Vegemite. I figure that after a meal as bad as _that_, the Governor would shorten the sentence to “Time served” and set me free.