Photos of Less Mess Suet Treat for Wild Birds

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Finely chopped/ground fat being heated in a stock pot

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Melted fat with solids separating

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“Morty,” our resident Northern Mockingbird, about to enjoy a suet snack.

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A completed suet treat cake about to be wrapped in wax paper for storage

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Suet treat mixture after being pressed into an 8”x8” pan lined with wax paper

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Dried blueberries and chopped dried cranberries being stirred into the suet mixture

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Cornmeal, flour and quick-cooking oats being stirred into the fat and peanut butter mixture

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Natural peanut butter and melted fat being combined

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Rendered beef fat after being poured through a cheesecloth-lined silicone colander into a heat-safe glass measuring cup

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Debris strained from melted fat poured through a fine mesh strainer

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Beef fat after being finely chopped in an electric chopper

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Removing bits of meat from beef fat