# If you were on death row, what would be your last meal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 1, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751 "2013-09-01T20:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SeanHallam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SeanHallam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanHallam)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/1 "2013-09-01T20:07:02Z")
If you were on death row, what would be your last meal? Since Most states allow the meal to cost up to $50, that will be the budget to keep in mind for this question. ---
**Author:** ![Scruples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@Scruples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruples)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/2 "2013-09-01T20:23:12Z")
Fettucine alfredo with roasted red peppers and smoked salmon. Garlic bread on the side. Caesar salad also on the side. A big gooey brownie for dessert. Chilled milk to wash it all down. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/3 "2013-09-01T20:53:52Z")
An [ekiben](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekiben). Since they cost around 1,000 yen, that’s clearly within the budget. (And I’d want it properly fresh, so I might need to be sent to Japan.) ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/4 "2013-09-01T20:54:15Z")
Good question! I would ask for [Tournedos Rossini](http://www.frenchfoodfreaks.co.uk/content.php?mod=recipes&id_rec=23&id_cor=3&id_reg=1), with a side of every drug and booze known to man. I might as well get to try them before departing this place, especially as I’m innocent. ---
**Author:** ![Xavier\_Breath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/76d3ee/32.png) [@Xavier\_Breath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier_Breath)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/5 "2013-09-01T21:49:56Z")
About thirty bran muffins and a head of cabbage. Maybe a dozen asparagus spears. Oh, and some really garlicky salami. That way they’ll remember me after I’m gone. And maybe outlaw the death penalty. ---
**Author:** ![SeanHallam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SeanHallam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanHallam)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/6 "2013-09-01T22:22:31Z")
I would personally have some country fried steak smothered with gravy, sweet peas covered in butter, green beans salted and covered in garlic, corn on the cob and a milkshake ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/7 "2013-09-01T22:30:24Z")
I’d probably have lobster, lima beans, and a baked potato, with chocolate mousse for dessert. Should be under $50 easily, especially with lobster prices these days. ---
**Author:** ![SeanHallam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SeanHallam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanHallam)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/8 "2013-09-01T22:32:19Z")
> [@Xavier\_Breath](#): > > About thirty bran muffins and a head of cabbage. Maybe a dozen asparagus spears. Oh, and some really garlicky salami. > > That way they’ll remember me after I’m gone. > > And maybe outlaw the death penalty. I think it is more punishment to a criminal to keep them alive in prison then to end their life. I realized that after watching this documentary. Yeah the death penalty might give closure to victims but life in prison is cheaper and the inmate will eventually die in prison anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/9 "2013-09-01T22:52:32Z")
[Final meal requests from death row prisoners in texas.](http://drongomala.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/final-meal-requests-from-death-row-prisoners-in-texas/) Oddly fascinating. A few are interesting: > [@](#): > > T-bone steak, large salad, french fries, chocolate ice cream, **pack of Camel cigarettes (cigarettes prohibited by policy)** Don’t want to damage his health? > [@](#): > > No preference. Asked for whatever was on the menu (chili dogs, baked beans, corn and peanut butter cookies) > [@](#): > > Six pieces of french toast with syrup, jelly, butter, six barbecued spare ribs, six pieces of well burned bacon, four scrambled eggs, five well cooked sausage patties, french fries with catsup, three slices of cheese, two pieces of yellow cake with chocolate fudge icing, and four cartons of milk . ---
**Author:** ![SeanHallam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SeanHallam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanHallam)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/10 "2013-09-01T22:59:40Z")
I would actually ask for some Wild Turkey 101 over a meal. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/11 "2013-09-01T23:52:28Z")
Oysters and a porterhouse. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/12 "2013-09-01T23:58:23Z")
Chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes, with lots of gravy, fresh green beans with butter and garlic salt, dark chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/13 "2013-09-01T23:58:54Z")
Barbecued Dodo bird with a side of deep fried trilobites I’ll wait… ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/14 "2013-09-02T00:02:20Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Barbecued Dodo bird with a side of deep fried trilobites > > I’ll wait… You want those trilobites squashed long and narrow or short and fat? ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/15 "2013-09-02T00:09:31Z")
Whatever takes longer 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NGC2024](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@NGC2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NGC2024)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/16 "2013-09-02T00:18:41Z")
I am a vegetarian, but I would ask for the following foods to be presented to me in the following order: A hot dog roasted on the rollers in the back of a convenience store A filet mignon with Bearnaise sauce A piece of fried chicken with nothing but flour, salt and pepper in the coating A tuna salad sandwich on white toast spread with mayonnaise Two pieces of white toast with loads of cold butter For my beverage, I would like a room temperature bottle of seltzer water, five ice cold glasses of Stella Artois and a hot chai latte for sipping. Oh and for dessert I want basic creme brulee. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/17 "2013-09-02T00:53:22Z")
Might as well go for the fugu. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/18 "2013-09-02T01:17:01Z")
I’d go with my ethnic heritage. Matzo ball soup, potato latkes, pastrami, on rye with mustard, sour pickles and nutella hamentaschen washed down with kedem grape juice and some ice cold seltzer. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/19 "2013-09-02T01:42:12Z")
Chopped salad with grilled chicken, bacon, blue cheese, and raspberry vinaigrette ½ dozen raw oysters on ice with mignonette, lemon slices and tabasco Porterhouse grilled medium rare with mushrooms Steak fries Grilled asparagus Creamed spinach Maine lobster tail with drawn butter One wafer thin mint ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751/20 "2013-09-02T01:43:39Z")
No way would I be able to eat at a time like that! I’m about to die for chrissakes. To say my appetite would be affected by the circumstances would be putting it mildly. Give me a bottle of tequila for my last meal. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-on-death-row-what-would-be-your-last-meal/667751.md?page=2)