Winter Bird Snacks
When the weather gets cold, these Winter Bird Snacks give our feathered friends a much needed treat.What You'll Need:
- Ground suet (found at meat counters in grocery stores)
- Two pans
- Bowl
- Water
- Strainer
- Birdseed
- Aluminum foil
- Disposable plastic food storage containers
- Mesh onion sack
- Peanut butter
- Shortening
- Whole wheat flour
- Cornmeal
 Winter Bird Snacks |
To make suet cakes:
Step 1: Put two pounds of ground suet in a large pan and add two quarts of water. Simmer until all the fat is melted.
Step 2: Strain into a bowl and let it cool, then put in the refrigerator until the fat is hard.
Step 3: Remove the hardened fat and put into a small pan. Melt it over low heat. Add three or four cups of birdseed.
Step 4: Make molds by shaping two layers of aluminum foil over the outside of a plastic food container.
Step 5: Pour the suet-birdseed mix into the molds. (Two pounds of suet will make three four-inch by six-inch cakes.) You can put the cakes on a platform feeder out of reach of squirrels or hang them in a mesh onion sack.
To make bird treats:
Step 1: Mix two parts of peanut butter with one part each of shortening, whole wheat flour, cornmeal, and birdseed.
Step 2: Mix in a large bowl.
Step 3: Roll the mixture into balls and put in a feeder.
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