Dunbar Critter Dinner 2023

By Candace Nelson - 5:18 PM

Dunbar Critter Dinner

The Dunbar Critter Dinner has been held for decades (yes, critter dinner), and I was so happy to finally attend this year. 

Dunbar Critter Dinner

Held at the Dunbar Recreation Center, the dinner is available for a $5 donation or 5 nonperishable items that go to the Dunbar Food Pantry. A unique experience, a good cause, and a meal? Sign me up.

Dunbar Critter Dinner

I truly wasn't prepared for the turnout. I arrived a half hour before the dinner started, and there was already a line wrapped around the building, and the parking area was nearly full. It would be another hour before I would make it to the front of the line inside to see what was on the menu. 

Dunbar Critter Dinner

Here's what was on the dinner line: crawdads with corn and sausage, ground bison, elk stew, rabbit gravy, camel, yak, boar, alligator, Rocky Mountain oysters, venison, turkey, pork - plus mashed potatoes, green beans, pinto beans, cornbread, rolls, etc. 

Dunbar Critter Dinner

My favorite was probably the rabbit gravy - it had a good, light flavor and since it was a gravy, it wasn't dry like some other game meats can be.

Dunbar Critter Dinner

I tried a little bit of everything, but for some reason, the crawdads bother me because I just remember using them as bait to fish. It's weird.

Dunbar Critter Dinner

Honestly, if you've had a frozen dinner salisbury steak meal, many of these meats aren't too far from that. Maybe a bit different texture or stronger flavor, but nothing totally out of left field.

Dunbar Critter Dinner

Is there anything here you wouldn't try?

Dunbar Critter Dinner

Or anything you would really like to try?

Dunbar Critter Dinner

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