Lore of the last meal: Inside the captivating culinary ritual before vicious killers face death.

Fox News ^ | 11.04.2022 | Louis Casiano

[Carriage Hill]

Last meals requested by condemned inmates across the country have ranged from epic portions to a single plate with barely any food as part of an ongoing ritual that precedes the execution.

[Carriage Hill]

The last meal for condemned prison inmates has become a thing of lore over the years as details about their gruesome crimes and culinary preferences in their final hours have garnered widespread media attention. Inmates on death row in prison systems across the country have included some of the most vicious and vile murderers whose crimes have shocked and sickened the public.

[Carriage Hill]

SPJNK

[Clutch Martin]

There is more than one prison out there that has gone to the “what’s on the menu or nothing” mindset.

[dfwgator]

I always love it when they request a Diet Coke.....Why?

[lee martell]

That’s a tradition that should probably be ended.
It’s food wasted.
Besides, having a full belly may slow down the effectiveness of that last injection.

[TheDon]

I prefer what I recall as the Japanese way of not letting the condemned know the date of execution ahead of time.

[Graybeard58]

McVeigh had two pints of mint and chocolate chip ice cream before his 2001 lethal injection death.

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There’s a word for “two pints.”

[LizzieD]

I’ve always wondered how anyone could have an appetite when they know they are hours from death. I wouldn’t be able to eat at all.

[Jamestown1630]

I can’t drink regular ‘coke’. It’s too sticky sweet.

[Graybeard58]

"In Ancient Greece, you had to feed the person who was going to be executed, so that they could cross the River Styx into the underworld, and not come back as a hungry ghost," the paper states.

[Jamestown1630]

Liver and fava beans...

[Carriage Hill]

Me neither.
A gallon of Kettle One Vodka and the fixin’s for 20+ Bloody Marys, would do just fine, though.

[A_perfect_lady]

I don’t know, man, if they put a pint of cookie dough ice cream in front of me...

[1Old Pro]

I say let them order the meal, just tell them they can’t have it until after the lethal injection.

[Graybeard58]

I can’t drink regular ‘coke’. It’s too sticky sweet.

The very reason I drink Diet Coke too. Unsweetened tea too.

I’m not overweight either.

[1Old Pro]

I can’t drink regular ‘coke’. It’s too sticky sweet.

That pretty much goes for all soda that is not unsweetened.

[Allegra]

There is more than one prison out there that has gone to the “what’s on the menu or nothing” mindset.

I think, but I can’t swear to it, that Texas did away with the “last meal” thing a few years ago.

[VanShuyten]

In Japan, every meal is the “Last meal” for the condemned prisoner. The Japanese notify the prisoners only on the morning of their executions that today’s the day they hang.

It keeps the rabble and families and lawyers out of the way.

[Nea Wood]

I know! I’ve never understood why that is even a tradition. How could you possibly enjoy the meal?

[Carriage Hill]

I like their style.