The last meals requested by death row inmates before they are led off to the execution chamber is something ingrained in the mythos of the US.
From monstrous four course meals to the two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream ordered by Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, it shows a morbid last glimmer of humanity before they're killed.
Despite the death penalty being outlawed in much of the Western world, in the US it is still relatively commonplace.