Death Row

Apparently there's loads of different traditions when it comes to final meals.  In America inmates on death row are not allowed to ask for alcohol with their final meal, but in France historically the condemned man was given a last glass of rum, but no final meal as they were usually told of their impending doom minutes before being introduced to the guillotine.  In the States these days it's now euphemistically called a "special meal" and is provided a couple of days before the execution.

Ted Bundy apparently declined a special meal, so he was given the traditional steak (medium-rare), eggs (over-easy), hash browns, toast, milk, coffee, juice, butter, and jelly.

Interestingly steak would also be my final meal.  Or more specifically teriyaki steak.

The Marinade

• Juice of 4 lemons
• 4 tablespoons of dark soy sauce
• 4 tablespoons of brown sugar
• 6 cloves of garlic (crushed)
• large chunk of ginger (grated)
• slug of olive oil
• ground pepper/pinch salt

Go to the butcher and get really thick cut rump steak.  Make up the marinade, tasting as you go.  Marinade the meat for four days.  Yes, really - four days.  Minimum.

Cook on a really hot griddle pan, searing on both side and then serve sliced into ribbons.

I love this with fresh peppery salad or asparagus.

And that would be my final meal.  More interesting of course, is the story of how I end up on Death Row in the first place.....