Reese

So, You're on death row, What's do you want as your final meal?

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I would want about 6 fried eggs(over-medium and peppered), 4 large breakfast sausage, 4-5 slices of bacon, 2 biscuits with gravy and a tall glass of Orange juice and a cup of coffee with sugar and milk.

That'd definitely take my mind off dying for a bit.

Now, Let's get to the discussion. How far do you feel that the state should go to make sure a death row prisoner gets everything on their list for their final meal? Do you think they should only get whatever the chef has available in the kitchen or do you think they should do whatever possible to fill the request.?

I think we can all agree you can't have a slab of whale meat with a tiger paw on the side, but one request on the webpage linked above was a birthday cake with something written on it. I think that's fine, Also, I'd go as far as going out of town to get a specific item from the prisoner's favorite pizza joint in his home town. Even if it takes a day or more to find the stuff. I think they should get it. If you're on death row in California you shouldn't really expect your philly cheese steak to be fresh if you want it made in the favorite Philly bar.

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Tully Mars

Since your killing them whats the point in treating them nicely first? Never got this. But then I'm not in favor of killing people. Some where in my youth I was told killing people is wrong and it kind of stuck.

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Reese

I'm not in favor of killing them either. I actually have another thread I'm trying to compose about prison, the death penalty and other things. So can we save that discussion until then?

If it helps, just imagine you know you're going to die in a freak forum posting accident and you wanna pick your meal carefully.

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Tully Mars

Ok, seafood fajitas followed by a slice of strawberry cheesecake on the beach in Mahahual.

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wwtsd

If I am to go White Castles , who cares about the effects .

fresnelly

A nice baguette with triple creme brie.

This would also be my first treat after being rescued from a desert island.

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dlish

a glass of water...

wouldnt want to shit myself later

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Nisses

little springrolls with sweet chili sauce

followed by a light soup

then some nigiri zushi, albacore, seared unagi, shrimp & salmon

some vegetable tempura, yakisoba and plain white rice

up till here: keep the beer coming

and Sakura Mocchi with some Japanese tea for dessert.



Hey, I only get to die once
dlish: Somehow I can't seem to be bothered about the shitting myself later part... Not like *that*'s gonna be the part to give me discomfort.

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dksuddeth

tuna steak, sauteed scallops, fried potatoes, brussell sprouts, garlic bread.

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dlish

now thats going to create a mess!

nisses - no it wont be whats going to give me discomfort, its the mixture of gases and nervousness that'd give me stomach pains and let me rip one.. no thanks..ill take the glass of water!

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Baraka_Guru

I'm with dlish on this one. I'd rather fast than have a meal.

Part of it is biological, part of it is metaphysical.

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snowy

My mom's clam chowder.

Sure, there are other things I could eat, but there's nothing I love more.

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World's King

Pretty much anything grandmother wants to make me. Hopefully pasta.

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Craven Morehead

lots of bacon

RogueGypsy

SUSHI & SASHIMI !! Every type and configuration, tons of Wasabi and lite soy, 2 lbs of hickory smoked bacon and all the milk I can drink.

They will remember killing me for a long, long time.

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genuinegirly

Honestly I don't think much effort or resources should be placed on a last meal for a prisoner who is facing the dealth penalty. They have been stripped of rights. If some organization is out there that feels strongly about funding someone's last meal, that's great. Go for it. But I don't want my tax dollars being spent on something so frivelous.

My last meal?
Oatmeal. Dang, I love oatmeal.

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KellyC

Some pussy. No point eating anything else.

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Willravel

First, I'd apologize for all the dirty blond dead hookers. There's really no excuse.

I'd want to pay for the last meal myself, to be honest, because as liberal as I am I don't believe in wasteful spending. I'd start out with a calamari salad and a light pinot grigio. Second course would be halibut and sweet potato chowder, with tweaks I've made to create my own recipe. I was thinking cioppino for the main course, but that's too obvious. No, the main course would be eel matelote and grilled foie gras with a grand cru burgundy. For dessert, I think apple ganache bonbons in Scotch Bonnet caramel would wrap things up perfectly.

Do I think last meals are a good idea? That's not easy to answer. I abhor the death penalty, and I can't believe that the US still is involved in such a barbaric, vengeful practice of injustice, but following the spirit of the death penalty, an exorbitant last meal doesn't make sense. If they're such bad people we need to actually kill them, why bother giving them a wonderful and delicious meal on the eve of their horrifying punishment? It doesn't follow in the spirit of the punishment. If we're going to have a death penalty, there should be no last meal. There should be a fair appeal process, but nothing more.

SabrinaFair

Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, sliced tomatoes, and cucumbers and onions soaked in vinegar. Apple pie and ice cream for dessert. There are meals more delicious or sophisticated, but none more comforting to my Southern heart.

That being said, I'm an active death penalty abolitionist.

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settie

I think I'd either choose between tasty ribs and scalloped potatoes, or stuff my face at my fave local sushi bar with miso soup, salad, veg tempura, and tons of different sushi rolls.
Dessert? No idea. Maybe some of my fave peanut butter ice cream with broken up peanut butter cups inside. Marble Slab rules.

Bear Cub

A pizza topped with Chinese food, being served by a lobster that's sliding down a rack of ribs with prime rib tied to its feet.

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Terrell

A seafood sampler, consisting of all the types of seafood I like. (which is almost every type of seafood I've ever eaten)

An appetizer of shrimp cocktail, and raw oysters.

A main course of Lobster tail, fried clams, fish, scallops, calamari, crab legs, & those things that look like minature lobster tails (I forget what they're called). There are likely other things I'd want but cannot remember at this time

Dessert: key lime pie OR apple pie with cinnamon.

I doubt I would be able to finish all that food at once, unless the portions of each type of seafood are small.

sapiens

Nothing complex. Some fish tacos, good beans, maybe a salad.

Bear Cub

Oh yea, I want a potent diuretic, too. If they're going to fry me, they're going to have some cleanup on their hands.

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ametc

Fresh spring rolls with spicy peanut sauce. yumyumyum

Psycho Dad

Pickled eggs and beer. No matter how they killed me, I'd have my own gas chamber.

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Sue

A pepperoni calzone from Xtreme Pizza with all the mountain dew I needed to wash it down. For dessert, if I were allowed to have it, would be the Baileys dessert I make with my boyfriend.

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levite

Well, I don't believe in the death penalty-- at least not in such a way as to permit last meals. And if I knew I was going to die, I personally wouldn't eat, I would fast.

But my first meal after being rescued from a desert island would be:

Pre-appetizer: Za'atar Malawach (a kind of crispy filo-like fried pan-bread common to Israel and many Arab countries, served hot and sprinkled with a dry herb mixture), hummus, pickled vegetables.

Palate cleanser: honey and orange blossom water sorbetto

Appetizer: Machchi Pakora- an Indian dish of morsels of fresh fish (in this case, sea bass) dipped in spiced gram flour and deep fried, served with a selection of sweet and sour chutneys.

Palate Cleanser: lemon sorbet

First Course: Medallions of duck breast and quartered cipollini onions, sauteed in duck fat, and served with crispy duck skin, with a small dipping sauce made of brandy, candied apricot, and caramelized garlic; garnished with lightly steamed sugar snap pea pods, tossed with sea salt and cracked pink pepper.

Palate Cleanser: sassafras and anise sorbetto

Second Course: Short ribs of venison, braised to finish in a reduction of good Burgundy wine, allspice, and juniper berries; garnished with lightly steamed fresh baby asparagus.

Palate Cleanser: Blood orange granita

Third Course: Shepherd's Pie: a crust of mashed baby Finnish yellow potatoes mixed with rendered goose fat, and garnished with crispy lamb bacon, served over a stew of leek, baby carrot, and black truffle, around tender cuts of bison sirloin.

Palate Cleanser: Moscato and sour kiwi granita

Fourth Course: Grilled fillet of elk, rubbed with garlic and rosemary, and served with a dipping sauce made of reduced port, shallot, black raspberry, roasted garlic, and cracked black pepper; garnished with steamed hearts of baby artichoke, stuffed with mashed celery root cooked with goose fat and onion.

Palate Cleanser: key lime and candied ginger sorbet

Dessert: Forest berries and fresh pineapple, marinated in Cointreau and Framboise, with clove-infused simple syrup; Karidopita (a Greek walnut cake soaked in simple syrup); and marzipan and caramel dark chocolate truffles.

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Punk.of.Ages

Sixer of Guinness and a pack of Camel Studs.

The way I see it, the person about to be killed. The least he should get is one more meal done exactly how he wants it.

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lostgirl

General Tso Chicken from Hunan Chili in Mountain View, CA. Best in the world!

girldetective

First: Dates stuffed with Marcona almonds, wrapped tenderly in crispy proscuitto served warm, with a smooth red wine.
Second: Fresh pan fried trout with beet salad on the side, and water.
Third: One-half a papaya, with a glass of Lapsang Souchong tea.
Final: Pyrat rum over ice with a twist.

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Poppinjay

*bump*

I knew there had to be a thread for this, complete with the link I was looking for! It's amazing how frequently death row inmates request burgers. I like the one guy who asked for one pot of coffee. Not sure where he was going with that.

Spy Magazine did an article on final meals back when they were in business and they used the Texas list. One guy requested 4 whole chickens, tubs of ice cream, and all sorts of fixin's. They told him he'd have to "live" with a steak.

At any rate, I would like Russian Cream, a tuna steak lightly seared rare, hollandaise on asparagus, and a whole bottle of prune juice.

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Reese

Grr.. I totally just came to this thread going to post my final meal only to realize I made the damn thread. Some eggs do sound really good right now though.

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Salem

miso soup, King crab legs in garlic butter, fillet mingion, chocolate milk, coke, 7 cheese raviolli with a tomato sauce and baked cheese on top. Baby potatoes and carrots with butter, Ice cream cake,fudge brownies, and warm bananna bread.

noodle

Um, I'm just going to have dinner with Levite.

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LoganSnake

I don't get the tradition of making a person who is about to die a great meal. You're gonna die, so why stuff your stomach with food? Waste of ingredients.

I looked over the list and some of the shit people order is borderline absurd. Do you really need the entire Page 6 of the menu before you croak? I mean really.

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Punk.of.Ages

Cyanide & Happiness proves relevant once again...

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Willravel

Seriously, the man knows his food.

Xerxys

In Bear Cubs Defense, if they're gonna kill me, I would like to attempt killing them too via noxious gasses!

Plan9

Lasereth just jokingly suggested that spending money on food (in the Weekly Costs thread) was a waste because it all goes into the toilet. Obvious statement being obvious aside, I was flabbergasted and I'm the guy that's been eating yellow box Cheerios two meals a day for the last three years.

Don't wanna be a 1st grade health/science teacher but we eat certain foods because they keep us alive and because our brains tells us that they taste good. Food is both a necessary fuel and enjoyable experience. The waste byproducts we produce from this activity are hardly the thing to concentrate on in the "Why food?" debate either in our daily lives or right before you take that cold needle to Never-Neverland. It's all about the granting of a final pleasurable experience equating to some sort of human dignity. It's that whole "treat others fairly" thing. I could even go as low as to squeeze out some pop psych bullshit about Maslow's Pyramid (thanks Baraka) here, too. "If we feed the body, it works to comfort the soul." *wank wank* I apologize.

I suppose we could just herd starving death row inmates into a packed football stadium and blast them into beef stew with M2 machine guns. That'd the practical thing to do, wouldn't it? Why waste food on dead men? And why do they have clothes? Hell, why waste all that precious time and money on legal appeals? Oh yeah... we tell ourselves we're not monsters. Food is an easy out. Some school of ethics uses it as a neutralization mechanism.

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