The text is a transcript of a video where Brian Price, a former inmate and chef, talks about his experience of preparing the last meals for death row inmates in Texas. He demonstrates how he cooked some of the meals that were requested by the condemned men, such as fried chicken, fish, onion rings and bacon sandwiches. He also shares his thoughts and feelings about the death penalty, the executions, and the inmates he served. He reveals that he prayed over each meal and tried to do his best to give them some comfort and peace before they died. He also questions the humanity and morality of the lethal injection and the cost of keeping the inmates on death row for years. He ends by showing his signature dish, the Hangman's hamburger steak.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Brian Price was born in San Antonio, Texas.
2. From 1975 to 1988, he was a professional photographer and bass player in hard rock bands.
3. He went to prison in 1989 on a 15-year sentence for sexual assault.
4. In prison, he was assigned to work in the kitchen.
5. He spent 14 years of his sentence in Huntsville, Texas.
6. He learned to cook from his mother and specializes in down-home cooking.
7. In prison, he was mentored by a four-star chef named Terry Parak.
8. He volunteered to prepare last meals for death row inmates with passion and care.
9. He prepared almost 200 last meals over 10 years.
10. The Texas Department of Corrections raised their own chickens for food.
11. The electric chair, nicknamed "Old Sparky," was used from 1924 to 1964 and executed 361 inmates.
12. The electric chair was replaced by lethal injection, which is officially listed as homicide on death certificates.
13. Brian Price prepared a meal called "Hangman's hamburger steak."
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