You're On Death Row: What Is Your Last Meal?

In My Humble Opinion
1

And no, you cannot order some endangered/missing species to be grilled in order to prolong the inevitable execution.

I am sort of boring and would probably go for a medium-well cheeseburger (no fries, but thanks for asking) and a chocolate shake. Probably a Diet Coke as a chaser…

Not that I don’t like shrimp, or lobster or pastas or Indian food, or Chinese, or Greek food…but when it comes down to it, and screw the calories at that point, I’ll take the tried and true comfort food.

So, what is your last meal?

2

An ‘eye’ steak cooked medium rare, some hand-cut potato chips, a little green salad with some marinated beetroot and a big hunk of asparagus in vinigarette dressing.

Either that, or some dinkum bacon and eggs, w’toast and Vegemite.

3

If I ate Vegemite, they would find me dead and would save the electricity to kill me on the chair.

4

I’m with you. There is a burger joint near my ex’ apartment that serves the most amazing burgers ever. I would have one of their burgers, maybe the avocado and cheddar burger, because, dammit, I love avocados and cheddar cheese. On the side will be acorn squash and sweet potato salad. I’d wash this all down with a Newcastle or similar ale. For dessert, a homemade elderberry pie. A final nightcap of a brandy manhattan would be very much appreciated.

5

Wot?? No Vegemite??

:smiley:

6

Add that to the ‘Something to do Before you Die’ List! You won’t live to regret it!

:smiley:

7

1 slice of pepperoni pizza
1 bacon cheeseburger (mayo, mustard, tomato, onion)
french fries
1 can of cherry Coke
1 can of A&W root beer
2 slices of french toast topped with maple syrup
1 banana
1 mango
a bunch of grapes
1 slice of cheesecake
1 scoop of rocky road ice cream on a cone
1 snickers bar

8

I like vegemite alright… Just not sure if I want it smeared on my final cheeseburger.

9

If I were about to be executed, I wouldn’t really care about my last meal. In fact, I wouldn’t be hungry at all.

What hypocrisy: they say to you, “The bad thing is that we’re about to kill you. The good thing is that you can eat whatever you want.”

10

So your idea is to vomit in front of the witnesses?

11

I’d go with toast and vegemite as well.

With lots of XXXX.

12

Hmm… I’m not sure, probably hard to tell until the hour is drawing nigh - would depend on just what I was in the mood for that day. :smiley:

But two of the leading choices I can think of:

  • roast turkey dinner, with roasted potatoes, gravy, and a little bit of corn
  • pizza with pepperoni, bacon, beef, and extra cheese.

(Not really a good idea to mix the above, even my last day on earth. :wink: )

13

Seriously conflicted here. They say most real death row inmates go for food from their childhood - I guess it takes them back to a time when there was someone who could make everything right. But my tastes have grown up since then. So I’ll have a little from column A and a little from column B.

Coffin Bay oysters (mum taught me to enjoy oysters, and these are great).

Breakfast Creek Hotel rare eye fillet with bacon sauce (Mum and Dad took me to steak houses when I was a kid and while I love a good Wagyu with an upmarket marbling number, the Brekky Ck eye is a great treat anyway).

Pineapple Sago my mum used to make me every birthday. It was no great shakes as an item of cookery, but I adored it. She died 20 years ago this year, and it broke my heart that I would never taste it again. It was one of those simple things that made me mourn her loss every year. Then last birthday, I got a present from my sister - she had found Mum’s pineapple sago recipe (in Mum’s hand writing).

Best. Birthday. Present. Ever. In. The. History. Of. The. World.

And I guess it would make a pretty good final taste for me.

14

If that’s the Brekky Creek in Brisbane, I always thought their steaks were over rated. (No more hijacks).

15

The worship of them is overdone (but then nothing could live up to that level of adulation) and there are better pub steaks around (FWIW, I am not alone in rating the Norman Hotel higher). And there are certainly better restaurant quality steaks around. But the Brekky Ck steaks are still pretty good. And reminiscent of my youth - hence their inclusion.

It’s my execution, and I get to demand my comfort food :smiley:

16

I was going to mention the Norman. I wasted a lot of my youth in the Spanish Gardens at the Brekky Creek.

17

Nothing…Why on earth would I need a last meal?

Monavis

18

I’d ask for a one quart morphine milk shake; hold the milk. I’d chug the damn thing down, too.

19

If I were to be electrocuted I’d request 10lbs of unpopped popcorn as my last meal. Nobody will ever forget the Jiffy Pop Man.

20

Don’t know about other states, but in Texas they won’t give you anything your heart desires, they’ll fix you anything they have in the prison kitchens, although they may make a run for a special request from McDonald’s or what have you. Burgers tend to be popular because they’re among the better items in prison. A good proportion of last meals go uneaten.

Me, I’d ask for something classic, like a cake with a file in it.