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What would your last meal be? Three course.

  • 26-01-2023 12:07am
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,424 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    Many of us here see each others dinners on a semi-regular basis and it's pretty varied. But if you only had one meal before you go. Maybe you're on death row, maybe you know you've only one meal to go ever again. Three courses. What would they be?

    Personally ... whilst there are tastier dishes out there, ones with more finesse required, fancier ingredients, I'd probably plump for something nostalgic, something comforting.

    • Prawn cocktail. I'll never forget my disgust when I found that marie rose was just mainly a mix of mayo and ketchup but still special. Always the Christmas starter, prawns were a treat back then, simple and delicious.
    • Chicken kiev with frites or some baby new potatoes. Salt and butter. Bearnaise if it's frites. I dunno, this isn't a childhood one, I just love a good chicken kiev.
    • Ice cream. Probably just plain vanilla in a wafer. Vienetta a close second. Definitely a childhood one.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,978 ✭✭✭sporina


    hmm I've thought about this (when watching i'm a celeb.. get me out of here)..

    starter - prawn pil pil.. & garlic bread..

    main - fillet of roast hake, veg and side of skin on chips and aioli

    desert - choc brownie (warm) n ice cream

    and 2 glasses of a v nice sav blanc NZ..

    then zzz



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,688 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    This one will have to be thought of for a little bit. Ok, that’s enough. 😋


    Starter. A giant gamba in garlic chilli butter with some crusty bread.

    Main. Rasher and sausage pie.

    Pud. Jam Roly Poly, custard and cream.



  • Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭dtothebtotheh


    If I was on Death Row, it’d just be a bottle of Middleton rare, not sure I’d have an appetite.


    Otherwise:

    Starter: Garlic tiger prawns

    Main: Fillet Steak, mushrooms, fried onions, shoe string fries , bearnaise sauce.

    Desert: Crème Brûlée & a bottle of Middleton Rare



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Ginger83


    Minestrone soup

    Fillet steak

    Banoffi pie

    Redbreast 21



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,803 ✭✭✭snowgal


    so hard to choose! definitely not the most exciting choices, but when it comes to it, I would have to go with:

    crispy Chicken wings with buffalo sauce (has to be from La Bucca!)

    Roast chicken dinner, small amount of veg, loads of roasties and gravy! with mcdonalds fries on the side!

    warm thin crepe with vanilla ice cream and butterscotch sauce

    Bottle of St Emillion Grand Cru, mmmmmmm



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Tribeca in Ranelagh used to do amazing deep fried calamari so Id have that to start.

    Main would be a medium rare 16oz T-bone steak with a lobster surf and some seasonal vegetables on the side.

    Not really a dessert person but Id have a decent sized slice of millionaires shortbread.

    Washed down by a couple of bottles of ice cold Erdinger Dunkel.

    Take me down now guards!!!



  • Registered Users Posts: 267 ✭✭Dslatt


    I'll have what you're having, excellent choice!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,970 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    This is one of those questions that comes up all the time and honestly, I'd probably end up dying hungry because I suffer from the world's worst choice paralysis.

    Dessert would definitely be a cheeseboard, though, cause I don't like sweet things at all.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭ILikeBoats


    Starter: Buffalo wings

    Main: Flame grilled rib eye, onion rings, fries, pepper sauce

    Desert: Trifle



  • Registered Users Posts: 258 ✭✭It is a Dunne Deal


    Hot n Spicy Chicken wings


    A fillet steak medium rare with onion rings skinny chips and pepper sauce


    A massive bowl of strawberry, chocolate and banana ice cream

    All washed down with a pint of Heineken.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭brick tamland


    Starter: Large bowl of really good chowder, Brown bread on the side

    Main: Fish Tacos, side portion of chips

    Desert: Sticky Toffee pudding (warm) with a scoop of good vanilla ice cream



  • Registered Users Posts: 925 ✭✭✭angel eyes 2012


    Starter: French Onion soup topped with Gruyere Cheese (just had this on holiday and I could live on it alone)

    Main: Chicken Jalfrezi with Pilau Rice and Garlic Naan Bread

    Dessert: Lemon Meringue Pie

    Glass of Cava



  • Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭pawdee


    I'd eat the executioner.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,362 ✭✭✭mojesius


    - Prawns and crab claws smothered in garlic butter with brown soda bread for dipping

    - a really good chicken curry (I love curry, all types of curry)

    - some sort of a gooey chocolate brownie or tart with berry coulis and vanilla ice cream and crushed pistachios

    All washed down with a nice bottle of Bordeaux



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,230 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Prawns are a popular starter!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,238 ✭✭✭jellybear


    Great thread!!

    For me...

    Starter- Tomato and basil soup with garlic bread

    Main- well done fillet steak with chips, onion rings and peppercorn sauce

    Dessert- Trio of desserts- apple crumble, lemon meringue pie and a fudgy chocolate brownie

    Drinks wise- a nice cold diet coke 😁



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Ginger83


    Ah you can't have a well done steak, sure it would be dry 🙂



  • Registered Users Posts: 623 ✭✭✭smeal


    Starter: deep fried brie

    Main: A creamy Bacon and mushroom tagliatelle carbonara

    Dessert: Sticky Toffee Pudding warm with salted caramel ice-cream

    (all enjoyed alongside a crisp Sauvignon Blanc)



  • Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭Tippman24


    Starter: Buffalo Wings.

    Main: Porterhouse Steak/Chips/Onions/Bernaise Sauce.

    Dessert: Sherry Triffle.



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,180 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    I'm struggling with a starter, but for main I think I would opt for a really good Neapolitan style pizza with simple toppings, something puffy and yet crisp, like Reggie White has served at restaurants like Pi Pizza and others.

    A very high quality cheese smashburger with fries was a contender.

    I also considered steak and chips with all the trimmings, but I think I'd want a very specific cut of meat ... The spinalis dorsi, which is difficult to get.

    For desert, hands-down it would be a large slice of simple baked cheesecake in a fairly neutral flavour, like vanilla.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,241 ✭✭✭Hodors Appletart


    Prawn Cocktail, but with the iceberg I'd also have some freshly foraged Samphire mixed through, I love that stuff so much

    I love beef, so I'm going to go with steak for mains - I'd want a few different bits, a small piece of Wagyu, and some Irish Dexter, a small fillet seared and served blue, and a ribeye cooked perfectly with the fat rendered.

    Beef dripping fries, green beans as the veg and some exquisite creamy pepper sauce for dipping

    for desert, the full sherry trifle that my ma makes for xmas, not one portion of it. The full thing.

    then some peaty, briney Islay scotch.



  • Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭Slava_Ukraine


    Starter: Crab claws, prawns in the shell with garlic butter and homemade white soda bread.

    Main: 20oz Sirloin steak - rare (I still cant find a steak to beat a good thick sirloin!). Homemade chips, homemade coleslaw and onion rings.

    Dessert: Cheeseboard with Port - No particular brand, I'll drink any awld shi*e :)

    To drink during the meal: A Midleton rare.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭gameoverdude


    Chowder (with pumpkin seeds. Thank you hibernian hotel in kilkenny). With proper toasties.

    Beef and veg casserole or perhaps bacon and cabbage. With proper toasties.

    Very good cheese board. With...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,947 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    French Onion Soup, the traditional Parisian way.

    Fusilli carbonara, a nice thickish sauce comforting and enveloping the fusilli.

    A mighty slice of chocolate ganache for dessert with fresh cream and ice cream.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    My main course would be a spicey lamb Indian dish maybe jalfrezi with pilau rice and Nan bread. For starter I would like a lobster with chillies sprinkled over it, the white fleshy meat is divine. For my desert I think I would have Xmas trifle with custard and cream. And I would like a 6-pack of kingfisher to drink with the Indian. Then if I do somehow make it to breakfast I will have a full Irish with ……,,,



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭gameoverdude






  • Smoked halibut with lemon & peashooter salad

    Roast chicken, stuffing, red peppers, fluffy crispy roast potatoes, gravy with saffron.

    Baked Alaska



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,532 ✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    Garlic bread and cheese

    Organic free range Chicken tikka masala, nan bread, wholegrain rice

    Chocolate chip brownie

    All of the highest quality of course since it's my last meal.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,978 ✭✭✭sporina


    shellfish with garlic butter...

    seafood with garlic butter and some mediterranean style veg.. garlic bread..

    a warm chocolate chip brownie, butterscotch sauce and ice cream

    a nice cold bottle of sav blanc from NZ..



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,663 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Starter: either authentic Sicilian arancini or a nice piece of breaded brie and cranberry sauce.

    Main: fillet steak (medium), asparagus, onion rings, mushrooms, and both mash AND thick cut triple cooked chips cos I'm about to die so I might as well load up on all my favourite types of potato. Sure lets throw in some potato dauphinoise too.

    Desert: either warm brownie with vanilla ice cream or eton mess.

    Drink: a nice red Montepulciano



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,230 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    What are proper toasties?

    A toastie would be a toasted sandwich to me but I can't imagine that with a beef casserole or bacon and cabbage.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,978 ✭✭✭sporina




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    The toasty will be himself 2hrs later after being strapped into the electric chair!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭gameoverdude




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭RoboRat


    Starters: Pan Seared Scallops with Clonakilty Black Pudding and a cauliflower puree... accompanied by a glass of Sancerre

    Main: Medium-rare rack of crusted lamb with creamed potatoes, tender stalk broccoli, baby carrots in brown sugar, and fresh peas in mint... accompanied by a glass of Argentinian Malbec

    Dessert: a big dish of Creme Brulee and a glass of Grey Goose Vodka.

    2nd dessert: A fine cheeseboard with lots of blue cheese and relishes... accompanied by a fine port. (Note: I'm fatally allergic to penicillin, so perhaps the blue cheese will kill me and thus wipe the satisfaction off my executor's face)



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭put_the_kettle_on


    I'm sat here nearly cross eyed with the effort of making an actual choice !

    Umm...

    Scallops for starter, pan seared with lemon butter and a spinach salad, accompanied by a nice chilled glass of Sancerre.

    A tender, slow braised lamb shank lovingly nestled in a mound of creamed potato, with a rich red wine jus spooned over, and a side of green beans, cabbage, and roast parsnip. Wine would be either a Californian petit syrah or more probably a top notch Amarone.

    This dessert is something I only ever make at Christmas because it's such a faff but it's my absolute favourite...

    Chocolate and coffee torte with walnut and brandy ice cream drizzled over with nocino syrup, accompanied by a glass or two of dark, luscious pedro ximinez.

    Guess who's as fat as butter ☺️



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,218 ✭✭✭✭josip


    Cox's Orange Pippin straight from the tree.

    Bacon double cheeseburger meal.

    Mammy's apple tart (warm) and HB vanilla ice cream



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭RoboRat


    OK, I'm going to say that you deserve to be executed for ordering a well-done fillet steak!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,230 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    What type of response is that to a genuine question?

    What do you mean by "proper toasties"?

    I don't think I'm alone here in not knowing what you are on about.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,230 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭Oscar_Madison


    Deep fried whale - if last meal I reckon I’ll have a stay of execution for about 20 years getting through that 🤪



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭gameoverdude


    You obviously didn't see my thread on the subject. Best thread on boards ever!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭gameoverdude


    They bleedin deleted my proper toastie thread. Absolute shower of no taste savagesà



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,230 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    So, care to enlighten us?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭gameoverdude


    No. Its a sense of one's self in a proper toastie format.

    It's not something one can explain. It's the moment, nay microsecond, that one bites into lava hot cheesey goodness. Is it cheese? You don't know because of mysterious triangle encapsulated sheer magnificence of a proper toastie.

    You haven't lived. Should be thought in school.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,230 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    So, you are talking about toasted sandwiches. That took a while 🤔

    Toasted sandwiches with a beef and veg casserole is an interesting pairing, bacon and cabbage, too. You must be a terrifically interesting person 👍



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,424 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    I'm confused.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,688 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭gameoverdude




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