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bird suet

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Recipe by
Nancy Sauter
Barrington, NH

I got this from Hints by Heloise. I put it here so I wouldn't keep losing the recipe. It works great!

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Ingredients For bird suet

  • 1 c
    lard (rendered fat of hogs, not vegetable oil)
  • 1 c
    peanut butter (crunchy or plain) i use natural no sugar or salt
  • 1 c
    flour
  • 2 c
    instant oatmeal
  • 2 c
    cornmeal
  • 1 c
    raisins
  • 1 c
    ground peanuts (unsalted)

How To Make bird suet

  • 1
    Carefully melt the lard and peanut butter in a very large pot over low heat, then add all of the other ingredients and stir to mix.
  • 2
    Pour into a large pan and put in the refrigerator overnight. It will firm up.
  • 3
    Cut into blocks to fit your suet feeder. Or you can reuse the containers that commercial suet comes in.
  • 4
    Heloise says: Why spend a bunch of money on fancy feeder hooks when a good old coat hanger will work great? Jut bend it into a hook on each end, or use tow if you need it longer and you have a strong inexpensive suet hanger!

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