Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Cornmeal
- Peanut Butter
- Shelled Nuts
- Shelled Sunflower Seeds
- Electric Skillets
- 1 lb. raw suet
Step1
Obtain a pound of raw suet from your grocer or butcher.
Step2
Cut suet into 1-inch pieces.
Step3
Put suet into pan and turn heat on low. Use an electric skillet, a sturdy pan in your oven or a large skillet on your stovetop.
Step4
Pour fat, as suet melts, into another heat-proof container.
Step5
Discard leftover chunks, when all suet has been rendered.
Step6
Add 3 c. (combined) cornmeal, peanut butter, raisins, and shelled nuts or bread crumbs before fat becomes solid.
Step7
Pack suet mixture in smaller containers such as empty tuna cans, empty milk cartons or empty coffee cans. Or put entire suet mix in bowl or pan.
Step8
Put containers in refrigerator to harden and keep fresh.
Step9
Put suet "cakes" into suet feeders, pack suet mix into empty holes in logs or trees or put suet in netted bags and suspend from a tree.