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What would be your final meal request?

Even the french fry got a little healthier when the federal government required food labels to list the amount of trans fat. In a large order of McDonald’s french fries, trans fat dropped from 71/4 grams to zero and saturated fat went from 5  1/2  grams to 3  1/2  grams.  (File Associated Press)
Even the french fry got a little healthier when the federal government required food labels to list the amount of trans fat. In a large order of McDonald’s french fries, trans fat dropped from 71/4 grams to zero and saturated fat went from 5  1/2 grams to 3  1/2 grams. (File Associated Press)

Executed killer Lawrence Russell Brewer requested this for his final meal Wednesday:

Two chicken fried steaks smothered in gravy with sliced onions

A triple meat bacon cheeseburger with fixings on the side

A cheese omelet with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and jalapenos

A large bowl of fried okra with ketchup

One pound of barbecue with half a loaf of white bread

Three fajitas with fixings

A meat lovers pizza

Three root beers

One pint of Blue Bell vanilla ice cream

A slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts

He didn't eat any of it.

What would you choose for your last meal?

(S-R archive photo of one of my selections)


 



Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.