The Dunbar Critter Dinner has been held for decades (yes, critter dinner), and I was so happy to finally attend this year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Is there anything here you wouldn't try?
Or anything you would really like to try?
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