I read a magazine piece the other day about last meals. Someone had done a study on what condemned prisoners requested for their last meal. Mostly steak, mashed potatoes, fries, and hamburgers, it turned out. No surprises there–they wanted simple comfort food. But then the article went on to discuss a new cookbook that listed what famous chefs had picked for a last meal. These were top chefs, the ones who spend their days coming up with exotic, odd, and very, very expensive meals. Truffles, cavier, goose liver pate, bittersweet chocolate with gold leaf, that kind of thing. Guess what they wanted for a last supper? Mac and cheese, hamburgers, steak, mashed potatoes . . . in other words, comfort food. One guy even asked for a hotdog. And all these chefs talked about how the comfort food was what they’d eaten as a child. What Mom made.
I thought about this a bit. I’m from Minnesota, but my mother came from New Orleans. Guess what I’d pick for a last meal? Mom’s red beans and rice with sausage, a side of her cornbread, maybe a coke. Or even milk. I’ve always liked drinking skim milk. And I think I’d have to have her banana cake with cream cheese frosting for dessert.
So, my question to you is: What would you pick for your last supper? And why?
Cheers!
Elizabeth
www.elizabethhoyt.com
www.juliaharper.com
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Hey Elizabeth I’m from MN too, the Iron Range to be exact, where my mother’s idea of spices were salt, pepper & ketchup. God love her.
Though I have a bit more…discriminating palate these days LOL, I’d still go with her fried pork chops, boiled potatoes and to-die-for gravy, with a nice slice of German chocolate cake, and a Coke sounds good. Now I’m hungry for just that.
by Stacy ~
on November 13th, 2007 at 6:38 am
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I’d go for smoked homemade sausage, mashed potatoes with cream/onion gravy, peas and cream and homemade Apple Pie from my Mom’s. Top it off with a Pepsi or Iced Tea.
by RobynL
on November 13th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
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I’d have Taco soup and a salad, Diet Pepsi, Texas toast, and for dessert–pumpkin cheesecake.
by Estella
on November 13th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
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A nice juicy steak with fries and a Coke. Chocolate cake and ice cream for dessert.
by Jane
on November 13th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
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Hmmm….dim sum.
by Little Lamb Lost
on November 14th, 2007 at 3:18 am
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Prime rib (medium rare) with oven roasted potatoes, spinach souffle, a salad with home grown tomatoes and top it off with chocolate angel food cake with choc whipped cream frosting and a scoop of ice cream. WHY? All are my favorites!! Plus, after eating all of these I wouldn’t be able to move…what a way to go!
by Laurie
on November 14th, 2007 at 6:04 am
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Banana Cake with CC Icing. Sounds wonderful. Care to share the recipe?
I guess for a last meal - something Italian.
by Pat L
on November 14th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
