# You're On Death Row: What Is Your Last Meal? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2009, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070 "2009-01-06T08:55:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/41 "2009-01-06T17:48:30Z")
Surf and turf 1 bowl of new england clam chowder 1 Giant 10 pound Maine lobster 1 Perfectly grilled medium rare rib eye steak 1 giant baked potato with chives and sour cream 1 huge mug of fresh apple cider 1 Slice of apple pie a la mode … Now, who do I have to kill around here to get this post haste! ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/42 "2009-01-06T20:14:16Z")
GQ: Do they allow beer and other alcohol? How much? And how long do you have to eat the whole thing? Time for a nap afterward? Do we have a resident executioner on the Dope? ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/43 "2009-01-06T20:17:08Z")
Spaghetti with a heaping helping of chili (my family’s super-secret recipe), and a vanilla milkshake. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/44 "2009-01-06T20:19:02Z")
> [@Peanut\_Gallery](#): > > GQ: Do they allow beer and other alcohol? How much? And how long do you have to eat the whole thing? Time for a nap afterward? > Do we have a resident executioner on the Dope? According to [WIki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_meal): The last meal is a customary part of a condemned prisoner’s last day. The day before the appointed time of execution, the prisoner will be given the meal, as well as religious rites, if he or she desires. As a general rule, inmates may not ask for an alcoholic drink as it dulls the senses. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/45 "2009-01-06T20:23:56Z")
\*Appetizer: \* Chopped liver on crackers _Main course:_ Lobster. I wouldn’t mind it Bay of Fundy style (boiled, served cold) if fresh enough, but a basic boiled one is fine. Lima beans. Baked potato Side salad with Russian dressing. _Dessert_ Those double chocolate cakes you get in restaurants. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/46 "2009-01-06T20:25:16Z")
My own head. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slip_1)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/47 "2009-01-06T20:32:14Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Chicken fried steak with garlic mashed potatoes (red potatoes with the skins left on) covered in country gravy with a side of buttery corn on the cob and biscuits. Dessert would be a double layer fudge cake with brownie batter ice cream on top. A Doper after my own heart! 😃 I’d go for Bananas Foster for dessert, though. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/48 "2009-01-06T20:35:12Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > According to [WIki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_meal): > > The last meal is a customary part of a condemned prisoner’s last day. The day before the appointed time of execution, the prisoner will be given the meal, as well as religious rites, if he or she desires. As a general rule, inmates may not ask for an alcoholic drink as it dulls the senses. The explanation I’ve also heard is that they can’t make any exceptions to the normal prison rules, which of course forbid alcohol. It’s likely your request for a pack of smokes will also be turned down, notwithstanding the imagery of the last cigarette. Check this out: > **[The Memory Hole - A Lifestyle Blog To Remember!](https://www.thememoryhole.org/deaths/texas-final-meals.htm)** ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/49 "2009-01-06T20:35:52Z")
Donuts. Lots of donuts. And bacon! And diet coke! And cigarettes! If there ain’t no tomorrow, might as well have the stuff I deny myself for health reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Telcontar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Telcontar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telcontar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/50 "2009-01-06T20:38:32Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I’d ask for a one quart morphine milk shake; hold the milk. I’d chug the damn thing down, too. > [@Cluricaun](#): > > 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. I like your styles. I’d be torn between Ground Governor and Potted President. …Or an outback prime rib, medium rare with aussie chips and a coke. Preceded by a blooming onion. ---
**Author:** ![yams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/848f3c/32.png) [@yams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yams)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/51 "2009-01-06T20:41:30Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Chicken fried steak, french fries, mashed potatoes, a tub of gravy, one scoop of every flavor Ben&Jerry ice cream covered with whipped cream, a bottle of wine, peppermint white cocoa and **peppermint Peeps**. > > To hell with being a sober vegetarian Peppermint Peeps? Peeps, those little sugar-crusted marshmallow bunnies and chicks they sell around Easter - those come in peppermint? I thought they only came in Peep [read: sugar] flavor? love yams!! ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/52 "2009-01-06T20:49:48Z")
[http://www.olivegarden.com/press/news\_releases/2006/20060816.asp](http://www.olivegarden.com/press/news_releases/2006/20060816.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/53 "2009-01-06T20:50:18Z")
Welcome back, **yams!!** It’s been too long! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/54 "2009-01-06T21:12:55Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > [http://www.olivegarden.com/press/news\_releases/2006/20060816.asp](http://www.olivegarden.com/press/news_releases/2006/20060816.asp) Clever. You could postpone the execution almost indefinitely! Same with a “bottomless cup of coffee,” I suppose… ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/55 "2009-01-06T21:59:49Z")
> [@yams](#): > > Peppermint Peeps? > > Peeps, those little sugar-crusted marshmallow bunnies and chicks they sell around Easter - those come in peppermint? I thought they only came in Peep [read: sugar] flavor? > > love > yams!! [http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/](http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/) Enjoy, yammy! ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/56 "2009-01-06T22:28:34Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > Check this out: > > [The Memory Hole - A Lifestyle Blog To Remember!](http://www.thememoryhole.org/deaths/texas-final-meals.htm) Clearly, fried chicken makes people do terrible things. ---
**Author:** ![Hogwash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hogwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogwash)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/57 "2009-01-06T22:30:45Z")
Wiener Schnitzel the size of a toilet seat. And fries. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/58 "2009-01-06T22:35:49Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > [http://www.olivegarden.com/press/news\_releases/2006/20060816.asp](http://www.olivegarden.com/press/news_releases/2006/20060816.asp) The new comedy show of David Allen Grier? had a “documentary” segment with exactly that premise for a death row inmate avoiding the death penalty. It was a funny premise and done pretty well also. I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/59 "2009-01-06T22:48:55Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > 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. Win. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070/60 "2009-01-07T00:21:56Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > 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. You’d better hope to hell that they don’t stay the execution… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-death-row-what-is-your-last-meal/480070.md?page=4)