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Date Posted: 04:09:00 06/13/02 Thu
Author: Becky Cullen
Author Host/IP: BGHOST018-032.bghost.com / 198.30.18.32
Subject: Summer Suet

I had a request for my homemade suet. It does not melt in the heat. Here is the basic recipe:

1 lb. suet (approximately), melted
4 c cornmeal
1 c flour
1 c peanut butter

It doesn't take long to make at all. You can play around with the basic recipe as much as you like. I usually start with 2 pounds of suet (running it through a food processor first helps the melting process) and use 2 medium-sized jars of peanut butter and double the cornmeal and flour. It should be somewhat thick when still warm and if it looks too runny just add more cornmeal. You can add chopped nuts, dried fruits, and seeds if you like. I ladle it into freezer containers and keep it in the freezer, leaving one container in the fridge. It remains firm in the fridge so I nuke it for about a minute to soften it before spreading it on my log feeder.

This was the first winter I tried this recipe and the birds have gone nuts over it. Red-breasted nuthatches dined on it all winter as well as downy woodpeckers and Carolina wrens. The blue jays and house sparrows forego the easily obtainable store-bought suet cakes in a traditional feeder prefering instead to go through all sorts of acrobatics to get at the homemade stuff. Even the robins have gotten into the act. They sit under the log feeder then jump up and are able to hover just long enough to grab a bite. I don't know what it is about the homemade stuff, but the store-bought cakes were not touched all winter.

Warning: Be prepared to refill you feeder daily.

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