Bacon Grease And Oatmeal For Bird Recipes

HOMEMADE BIRD SUET RECIPE

Homemade Bird Suet Recipe image

Substitute seeds or bird food for specific species

Provided by Kim - Today's Creative Life

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1/2 Cup Bacon Fat (substitute with lard or shortening)
1/2 Cup Peanut Butter (creamy or chunky)
1 Cup Cornmeal
1 Cup Rolled Oats
1/2 Cup Flour
1 Cup bird seed - Black Sunflower seeds

Steps:

Melt peanut butter and bacon fat in the microwave for a minute or so, mix well.
Mix in the remaining ingredients and stir well.
Spoon into paper cups and place in the freezer or refrigerator
Once it's cooled completely, tear the cup away from the suet and place into the mesh bag.
I tied twine around the opening end and secured it enough to hang from a tree.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1680 calories, Carbohydrate 124 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 49 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 120 grams fat, Fiber 19 grams fiber, Protein 40 grams protein, SaturatedFat 30 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 2 1/2 cups, Sodium 4254 grams sodium, Sugar 7 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 80 grams unsaturated fat

NO-MELT SUET (FOR BIRDS)

No-Melt Suet (For Birds) image

Don't put suet out in high summer temperatures, it can spoil and melt, coating feathers. This is a tried and true suet recipe that I found in Birds and Blooms Extra, contributed by Virginia Barnard. She explains that it works very well in Oklahoma's high summer temperatures. We live in Wisconsin, where it obviously isn't quite as hot, but it has held up here, even in direct sun. The squirrels like it too, but now that we're offering other food for them, a little ways away, they aren't bothering it as much as they were at first. The recipe is written for lard, but I used saved bacon grease and it has worked fine. The next time I make it, I'm going to experiment with less or none of the sugar, as it doesn't seem necessary. But, I guess maybe the birds could have a little sweet tooth, too! Note: yield is approximate. I doubled the batch last time I made it, and filled 2 quart ziplock containers after putting some in a feeder, so I'm not exactly sure how much I started out with.

Provided by SrtaMaestra

Categories < 15 Mins

Time 10m

Yield 5 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

2 cups quick-cooking oats
2 cups cornmeal
1 cup lard do not use bacon grease
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
some bird seed, preferably without shells

Steps:

Melt the lard and peanut butter together, either on the stove or in the microwave.
Combine all of the dry ingredients.
Add the dry ingredients to the melted fats.
The original recipe suggests pouring into a square pan about 2 inches deep, or spreading onto tree limbs. I just put it into ziplock containers and scoop it out as needed to fill a screen type of feeder (See photos). I use my cookie scoop to take it out, but then mash and break up the scoops, because otherwise the squirrels can come and take a whole scoop at once, way too easily! I don't know if it would hold up well in cake form, as I haven't tried that, but it defintely doesn't melt or make a gloppy mess.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 973.7, Fat 70.7, SaturatedFat 20.9, Cholesterol 39.2, Sodium 331.7, Carbohydrate 70.6, Fiber 11, Sugar 5, Protein 20.6

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