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Last meals.

You discuss it after a particularly satisfying holiday feast. Melanie Dunea wrote a book about the topic last year. And now, the National Museum of Crime and Punishment has queried more than 500 of their visitors on the subject, asking: "What if you could have absolutely anything you desired -- and what if you knew it would be the last meal you ever ate?"

There were absolutely no limitations or conditions set on the answers. The questioners found that people tended to gravitate towards foods that were either comforting and familiar or extravagantly luxurious for their final repast. The most popular responses were...



Some of the more unusual requests included kielbasa, pop tarts and Stouffer's macaroni and cheese. There were also many votes for John Wayne Gacy's last meal, which was 12 deep-fried shrimp, a bucket of Original Recipe chicken from KFC, french fries and a pound of strawberries.

Personally, I think I'd go for really excellent Vietnamese deep fried spring rolls, several slices perfectly charred, brick oven pizza and a hand-packed pint of Bassett's Ice Cream. How about you?

[via NBCwashington.com]

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This is a bit of a gruesome one: a weblog dedicated to recording the last meals of those condemned to death.

But there is a little more to each blog post than just the last meal. Details of the crime, the length of wait on death row and the like are all detailed. So, for example, 47 year-old Mack had a final meal request of a fish fillet sandwich, French fries and a lemon-lime soft drink. Mack was executed for the rape and murder of a Reno woman and was the first Nevada convict to be executed based solely on DNA evidence.

I am certain my last meal would not be anything KFC related as per another, now deceased, person. Plenty of comments on Dead Man Eating detail what people would request.

 

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