You have been found guilty of [insert here] crime.
Your sentence? Death by lethal injection.
Terrible, yes, I know… however you are allowed to have one last meal of course.
This meal can what you wish. So can the beverage. You can have anything foodwise as a last meal, regardless of cost. Funny thing, this is really how Death Row works too. They get you anything you want.
It can be a bowl of soup, or a 4 course extravaganza. However, keep in mind you only have half an hour to eat it.
So what will you have?
What food or plate and drink will you want to have pass your lips one last (or for the very first) time?
For me: Sweet and Sour Pork on fried rice, and a side of sesame chicken. Dessert will be a thick slice of cheesecake, and wash it down with a old fashioned Coke.
Two eggs, over hard. Three slices of bacon, extra crispy. Two slices wheat toast, real butter, no jelly. Grits with butter. Tall glass of OJ without pulp. Glass of water.
I’d start with a salad topped with blue cheese dressing (not any old blue cheese dressing - I mean the expensive type with real blue cheese crumbles, a little cottage cheese, vinegar & buttermilk.)
Catfish with loads of tartar sauce, hushpuppies with real butter.
Key lime pie, or perhaps a DQ cone.
Are my Southern roots showing?
Ringo posted a link to a site about last meal requests by Texas inmates who were soon to be inmates no more. I’ve looked at the site before and some of the choices are a tad strange. A jar of pickles!
According to the warden just because its a, “last meal request,” doesn’t mean they are going to get it. They just requested it. Most times last meals are limited to what’s on hand in the pantry. On occasion, the warden said, he’d stop at the store on the way in and pick up something for them. Some things, such as cigarettes and beer, are never allowed.
Just chiming in here, that as far as I’m concerned, this is particularly cruel and unusual punishment. I’ll explain why:
There’s nothing whatsoever obligating anybody to actually BRING you what you ask for… you get what you get. Wanna complain? Go right ahead… after we’re done here. Now sit in the chair!
So, right before you are killed, they let you dream about food… make incredible requests, or just simple ones… and then give you whatever they feel like.
Anybody ever actually tried prison food? It’s not that bad, but it sure ain’t good!
I’d have to ask for something simple that carries well, like a pizza. Maybe they’d actually get it to me.
