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What would your death row meal be?

138 replies

DysonArseWrap · 02/12/2023 13:57

Only 1 option, 3 courses if you wish.

What are you having? I'll go first..

Starters: prawn cocktail with iceberg lettuce and avocado (basic I know but I love it)
Mains: rare-medium rare beef wellington either triple fried chips, mayo for the chips, pan fried asparagus and long stem broccoli, with a red wine gravy.
Desert: old school butterscotch tart, Cornish clotted cream.
Then a bix of Jaffa cakes or two.

Washed down with a litre of disaronno and cranberry to help me on my way.

What's yours?

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FrownedUpon · 03/12/2023 10:23

It’s such a crass question. Watch “14 days in May” and see how you feel.

MegaClutterSlut · 03/12/2023 10:27

Starter - either garlic bread or garlic mushrooms

Mains - spag bol with loads of cheese on top

Dessert - sticky toffee pudding

Drink - a pint of full fat coke

janefondofu · 03/12/2023 10:41

LauderSyme · 02/12/2023 14:05

I know I am being uptight but your question is terribly tasteless (no pun intended).

You could have asked about an ideal menu without bringing racially discriminatory, state-sanctioned murder into it.

Jesus Christ. Lighten the fuck up

LauderSyme · 03/12/2023 12:35

@janefondofu I lightened up enough to answer the question!

But I maintain that some things are so wrong and barbaric they are unsuitable for inclusion in 'lighthearted' thread titles. Obviously you are free to disagree and many of you have.

kiwimelonlime · 03/12/2023 12:58

Starter: Old fashioned Prawn Cocktail, Marie-rose sauce, lettuce, avocado and a whole fresh Lemon.

Mains: Loads of Peri-Peri Fries from Nando's, messy authentic Chicken burrito with mixed beans, salsa and sour cream served with a Pina Colada Cocktail to drink!

Dessert: Rhubarb and Apple crumble with lashings of custard AND clotted cream ice Cream.

OnedayIwillfeelfree · 03/12/2023 13:08

Pork belly squares with really crispy fat

Ribs with sweet barbecue sauce. Onion ring loaf please M&S, bring it back from 1993! Jacket potato with loads of butter, roast asparagus and courgettes.

Pecan pie with single cream.

Toddlerteaplease · 03/12/2023 13:11

Steal and triple cooked beef dripping chips. With mushrooms, onion rings and all the trimmings.

Followed by apple crumble and ice cream. (In separate bowls)

Lostsadandconfused · 03/12/2023 13:18

Chicken liver parfait, followed by Peking duck washed down with Domaine De La Romanee Conti.

Then sticky date pudding with lashings of toffee sauce and vanilla bean ice cream and copious amounts of Chateau d Yquem

CambridgeLass · 03/12/2023 13:22

Starter - Bruschetta

Main - Roast lamb Sunday dinner with all the trimmings, mint sauce and a spoon to eat the minty gravy at the end.

Dessert - Tiramisu or fruit crumble and custard.

tsmainsqueeze · 03/12/2023 13:35

Halloumi for starter but not that fussed about a starter.
My late nan's chips and her fried eggs , big doorstep slices of blackened topped bread from the baker that used to delivery it to her door slathered in very salty butter with a big blob of fruity sauce to dip into.
Desert , poached pears and / or jelly .
Big glass of iced coke with slices of lemon.

CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau · 03/12/2023 13:46

Lay off OP, please, everyone. They aren’t endorsing the death penalty which is incredibly flawed and the last meal tradition is odd to say the least. But haven’t we all wondered what we would do in a circumstance like this? What if we went down in a plane crash and could choose to starve to death or eat human flesh? What if we had to run from a fast-moving disaster and had to choose between saving ourselves or risking our lives for a friend? What would we save first from a burning house? The list goes on, and the answers can be quite revelatory about other humans.

My choice? A starter of tomatoes and mozzarella, served with copious well-iced water. Main: a weird one but cinnamon French toast with maple syrup, possibly waffles as well and perhaps some fruit - pretty much an American breakfast buffet. I’d like to start the espresso martinis at this point or Baileys if the jail is very cheap. Dessert: salted caramel macarons. More espresso martinis because at this rate I’d be too hungover to care about being executed the next day.

CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau · 03/12/2023 13:52

Btw OP aren’t the requests for medications sort of infringing the rules? States which enforce the death penalty aren’t normally going to let you kill yourself before they get the chance and prisons tend to be quite anti-drugs… sorry everyone for being a prig, but for example prisons in the US will even resuscitate people with no chance of reprieve weeks away from their execution. You’re probably not going to get away with requesting morphine or ket (both absolutely vile drugs anyway, I’ve had them in hospital).

Iateallllllthepies · 03/12/2023 14:19

Anything with gluten. A massive McDonalds, a huge pizza that isn’t on a cardboard GF base. A shit ton of soft, buttery white toast.

I’m coeliac and if my last meal had to be gluten free, I’d tell them to shove it up their arse, I’d rather starve.

I’m being executed - I don’t care if I walk to the electric chair with explosive vomiting and diarrhoea after ingesting all the lovely wheat products.

(I’m in a shit mood about coeliac today, currently sat in a restaurant with dh family, drinking tea while they tuck into delicious food because as usual, while there is a GF menu, they cannot guarantee no cross contamination and I don’t fancy a few days feeling like crap on the off chance it will be fine).

Deathraystare · 03/12/2023 14:21

Ñever ending!!!

No. Gosh I could never make up my mind but it would involve both cheese mash and roast potatoes. No meat.

Birchvalley · 03/12/2023 14:47

I’d probably have Chinese. Duck and pancakes to start. Crispy beef, salt and pepper squid, prawns in black bean sauce and some naice rice.
Desert would be choc fudge cake with glorious icecream.
I feel awful after eating Chinese: can’t tolerate all the additive and salt. It’s tasty though so I’d enjoy it.

Ollifer · 03/12/2023 17:21

CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau · 03/12/2023 13:52

Btw OP aren’t the requests for medications sort of infringing the rules? States which enforce the death penalty aren’t normally going to let you kill yourself before they get the chance and prisons tend to be quite anti-drugs… sorry everyone for being a prig, but for example prisons in the US will even resuscitate people with no chance of reprieve weeks away from their execution. You’re probably not going to get away with requesting morphine or ket (both absolutely vile drugs anyway, I’ve had them in hospital).

They may be vile drugs but if I was about to be injected with a lethal concoction anyway I'd give them a go

CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau · 03/12/2023 17:38

I’d just go with fentanyl and be done, that or midazolam or propofol. The drugs for lethal injection are horrific as well, potassium chloride burns even at the smallest doses let alone the amount needed to stop a heart and one of the other three ingredients of the death cocktail is a paralytic.

DysonArseWrap · 03/12/2023 20:00

CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau · 03/12/2023 13:46

Lay off OP, please, everyone. They aren’t endorsing the death penalty which is incredibly flawed and the last meal tradition is odd to say the least. But haven’t we all wondered what we would do in a circumstance like this? What if we went down in a plane crash and could choose to starve to death or eat human flesh? What if we had to run from a fast-moving disaster and had to choose between saving ourselves or risking our lives for a friend? What would we save first from a burning house? The list goes on, and the answers can be quite revelatory about other humans.

My choice? A starter of tomatoes and mozzarella, served with copious well-iced water. Main: a weird one but cinnamon French toast with maple syrup, possibly waffles as well and perhaps some fruit - pretty much an American breakfast buffet. I’d like to start the espresso martinis at this point or Baileys if the jail is very cheap. Dessert: salted caramel macarons. More espresso martinis because at this rate I’d be too hungover to care about being executed the next day.

Thank you!

I didn't mean any ill intent with my question I just thought I'd get better food combos with a 'last death row meal' than 'what's your perfect meal'

Also - I think I'd do the same, have so much alcohol and have an incredibly severe hangover the next day Grin

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OhHowTheDogsStackUp · 03/12/2023 20:27

CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau · 03/12/2023 13:52

Btw OP aren’t the requests for medications sort of infringing the rules? States which enforce the death penalty aren’t normally going to let you kill yourself before they get the chance and prisons tend to be quite anti-drugs… sorry everyone for being a prig, but for example prisons in the US will even resuscitate people with no chance of reprieve weeks away from their execution. You’re probably not going to get away with requesting morphine or ket (both absolutely vile drugs anyway, I’ve had them in hospital).

I wouldn't mind a spot of morphine and ketamine at recreational levels.

After I've eaten though, please. I don't want to think my plate is a mile long while I'm eating my succulent Chinese meal.

CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau · 03/12/2023 20:31

@OhHowTheDogsStackUp morphine makes me nauseous and I’ve had ket in hospital, it was horrific and I required two other tranquillisers to calm down and stop fighting the doctors. It’s generally known as a horse tranquilliser and horses often have paradoxical reactions as well.

ThornInMySide84 · 03/12/2023 20:33

I honestly don’t think I could stomach anything.

OhHowTheDogsStackUp · 03/12/2023 20:35

CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau · 03/12/2023 20:31

@OhHowTheDogsStackUp morphine makes me nauseous and I’ve had ket in hospital, it was horrific and I required two other tranquillisers to calm down and stop fighting the doctors. It’s generally known as a horse tranquilliser and horses often have paradoxical reactions as well.

I wouldn't want to be dosed in hospital. I hear they give you a heroic dose to try and push you into a K hole. Ugh. Your experience sounds wretched!

It's a shame morphine makes you sick. It's really quite a nice one for me. I love a little bit of oramorph. It sends me into sideways happy land. I'd definitely be wanting a shot glass of it.

HunterHearstHelmsley · 03/12/2023 20:37

Starter - Baked camembert with warm bread.

Main - Fillet steak (medium well - I'm a heathen), mashed potatoes and overdone veg (heathen, again)

Dessert - A tub of Chunky Monkey

Drinks would be cans of Pepsi Max and, if I'm allowed alcohol, Disarrono for mixing.

CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau · 03/12/2023 20:44

@OhHowTheDogsStackUp i was having a chest drain for a punctured lung put in (involves putting a huge needle in to get the air and blood out) but as I’d already been short of breath for 24 hours they wanted to shove a massive amount of of sedative in ASAP. I immediately saw reality coming apart like a Lego set and absolutely panicked. And yes, I got the K-hole and the midazolam withdrawal due to my medical circs, I couldn’t hold a cup and tried to ligature with my IV line the next day. 20/10 not recommending at all.

SignoraItaliana · 03/12/2023 20:51

Full English breakfast with fried bread and black pudding, with a giant creamy cappuccino to wash it down, followed by a jammy doughnut.